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Cheb I Sabbah's Worldly Electronicanew
Throughout his career, which has taken him around the world, he has seen and experienced lots of change since he began DJing in Paris as a teenager in the 1960s.
Chicago Newcity |
Zeb Resman |
11-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cheb I Sabbah
Thrill Jockey Records Crosses the 15-Year Linenew
"I was a really big fan of Touch & Go and Dischord," founder Bettina Richards says, "especially their ethos. You don't see it written about much these days, but it still means a shitload to me -- the open relationship with the artist, that fundamental thing."
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
11-28-2007 |
Music
A Life Once Lost Pulls the Triggernew
Iron Gag delivers more of the relentless anger and musical brutality that the band has displayed before.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Scott Lieber |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Life Once Lost, Iron Gag
Tori Amos Wants You to Know How Hot She Isnew
... And why she's still fighting to be heard.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Benson |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tori Amos, American Doll Posse
A Groundbreaking Dissertation Diagnoses Metal Healthynew
Musician and clinical psychology Ph.D. candidate Gerald Chavez talks about his study, which finds that heavy metal does not increase aggression in juveniles.
Weekly Alibi |
Zak Schlegel |
11-27-2007 |
Music
Black Reign and Ohkang Appreciate Lo-fi Glorynew
The duo specializes in taking stripped-down soul samples, coupling them with 808 drum kicks that wallop like a mule, and lacing it all with lyrics that stick to your cerebrum like they're made of Velcro.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
11-27-2007 |
Reviews
Brazil's Longtime King of Tropicalia Outlasts the Oppositionnew
Caetano Veloso represents not only a nation and a craft but also the infallible counterculture of the '60s that couldn't stop if it wanted to.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Caetano Veloso, Ce
The Hit Mannew
From bookie to record mogul to big-screen gangster to Music Row exec, the strange but true life of Frank Dileo.
Nashville Scene |
Jack Silverman |
11-27-2007 |
Music
Talking Ska with Ryan Scrogginsnew
Maybe there are taller peaks ahead in the career of Scroggins, the former keyboardist in Los Skarnales and now the leader of his own band, the Trenchtown Texans.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bob Dylan's Legendary Grinnew
There's a reason he's pegged his concerts as the "Never Ending Tour": The only way he's been able to stay out in front has been to convince us -- and himself -- that he's still an active, modern artist, whose career is far from ending. It's hard, though, because the past keeps getting reinforcements.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
11-27-2007 |
Concerts
(Re)Making the Bandnew
Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra into the 21st century.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The 100 Greatest Detroit Songs Evernew
"Best" is totally subjective and fairly open-ended, of course, though some of the factors we asked voters to take into account included the song's impact and "pure spine-tingling quality." Sales were a little important but not as important as impact (did someone say "Stooges"?).
Metro Times |
Staff |
11-27-2007 |
Music
Revenge of the Nerdsnew
This is the second-to-last time you will find Ween and They Might Be Giants in the same sentence.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: La Cucaracha, Ween
The Brits Are Alrightnew
With a new four-CD retrospective The Brit Box, Rhino Records captures the agony and ecstasy of the golden age of Modern English rock.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
11-26-2007 |
Reviews
Girl Talk's Taser Shownew
Washington University officials promise a top-to-bottom review of the rowdy Nov. 9 concert at the campus' Gargoyle club that ended with police blasting an intoxicated, nude student in the rear end with a Taser gun.
Riverfront Times |
Kathleen McLaughlin |
11-26-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
