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Fighting the Powernew

Dead Prez, like Public Enemy before it, keeps civil rights at the fore.

Colorado Springs Independent | Scott Lieber | 02-27-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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Rare/Importnew

Gene Coleman and The Tabadol Project outlast bombs, bad luck and bad weather.

Philadelphia City Paper | Shaun Brady | 02-27-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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Stars Alignnew

Do Make Say Think and Constellation Records are doing it for themselves.

Metro Times | Dave Segal | 02-27-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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Bill Kirchen's Telecaster Thundernew

This twanger's been putting dieselbilly in his hot rod Lincoln for over 40 years.

Metro Times | Brian J. Bowe | 02-27-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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Venus in Fistsnew

Lou Reed gets all healthful and New Age-y, but cross him and you might still lose an eye.

East Bay Express | David Downs | 02-26-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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Locked Up in a Studionew

Jazz hotshot Howard Wiley blows out Deep South prison spirituals into an opus called The Angola Project.

East Bay Express | Rachel Swan | 02-26-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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Mike Relm's Cinematic Mash-Upsnew

A couple of years ago, this West Coast turntablist made it fairly easy to have some people into your living room and turn a low-key social outing into a depraved, beer-ridden music trivia match with Radio Fryer.

Orlando Weekly | Dominic Umile | 02-26-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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Marching Band Madnessnew

Mucca Pazza started out as goofy communal fun -- and then the 30-piece band starting getting gigs.

Chicago Reader | Jason Crock | 02-26-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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Ramblin' Man: Ron Franklin Settles Down With 'City Lights'new

From Memphis to Amsterdam, Franklin performs wherever he pulls in for the night.

The Memphis Flyer | Andria Lisle | 02-23-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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Kyra & Tully Let the Freak Flag Flynew

The folk duo certainly isn't using weird tunings because someone from Sonic Youth thinks it's profitable -- it just feels right.

NOW Magazine | Tim Perlich | 02-23-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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Afrobeat Straight Outta Ottawanew

Bands like Souljazz Orchestra, along with Brooklyn's Antibalas, Montreal's Afrodizz and Ann Arbor's NOMO prove some of the most exciting Afrobeat music is now being made far away from its West African origins.

NOW Magazine | Tim Perlich | 02-23-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

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