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Who? Originally a violinist associated with revival swing bands like the Squirrel Nut Zipper and his own Bowl of Fire, Andrew Bird has since evolved into one of the most captivating folk and indie rock singers of the decade. Employing the lush orchestration that comes with instruments like ...
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Andrew Bird
It's been a hell of a year for Simian Mobile Disco: there was the massively successful stadium tour (culminating with a gigantic New Year's Show at Brixton Academy), member James Ford's well-received production work for artists like the Arctic Monkeys and Florence and the Machine, and, most ...
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Massive Attack have revealed the cover art for Heligoland, the new album due out February 8th. The artwork is by Robert Del Naja (3D) himself. Here's the tracklisting, it's got all kinds of Damon Albarn going on (he is the vocalist for "Saturday Come Slow", plays the keyboard on "Splitting The ...
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Massive Attack
Damon Albarn
Martina Topley Bird
Tunde Adebimpe
Rush
Travis Barker has been posting a bunch of videos of him adding new beats courtesy of his live drumming and someone decided to finally put the songs into a mixtape. If you haven’t heard any of these remixes then you have to take a listen to the musical genius he provides the songs. The ...
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Travis Barker
Rise Against
Who? The Queens-based hip-hop trio are one of hip-hops true legends, comprised of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. In a time when gangster and party rap was on the rise, A Tribe Called Quest managed to make noise by creating what you might call jazz-rap and spitting ...
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A Tribe Called Quest
Q-Tip
Is Alec Empire ditching that pure-electro he’s been messing with to return to his Digital Hardcore ways? Hugh Platt is responsible for the excitable words; Paul Caudell takes the blame for the exciting pictures.Sometimes, mankind is able to spot a devasting force of nature before it hits, we ...
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The always-odd Lady Gaga gave a performance that can't be missed at Sunday's 2009 AMAs, live from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Check out Gaga's medley of "Bad Romance" and "Speechless." You have to admit she is quite the entertainer! Yes......she is wearing bones!
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Lady GaGa
Nokia Theater
With the eventual release of the Neil Young Archives Volume One this year which spanned the years 1963 to 1972, that meant that it was time for Warner’s to work on the remasters of Neil’s releases on vinyl. Most of his popular (sold lots of) back catalog and all of his recent releases have been ...
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Neil Young
Who? A pair of ex-art schoolers from Rhode Island, Javelin are the beatmasters of the ever-expanding lo-fi DIY movement. Using an array of old dollar bin records to create modern dance music, Javelin are making some of the weirdest, most conceptual jams on the scene today. While they've only ...
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By Michael Goldberg Tom Petty reminds me of that boyish stoner dude I saw around Tam High School in Mill Valley, CA, when I was going there in the late '60s, back when I was a teenager trying to get by, and find my place in the world. That skinny dude, man, straight dirty blond hair down ...
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Tom Petty
Jack White supergroup the Dead Weather is already planning a 2010 sophomore record release, even though their debut, 'Horehound', has been out for less than a year. "We can't tell you that much about it except that it's gonna be really expansive, and I use that word loosely in a scientific ...
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Jack White
Rolling Stone
The Raconteurs
Queens of the Stone Age
The Kills
This is a Missy Elliott exclusive! She's back! Missy Elliott will finally drop her long awaited 7th studio album Block Party on Jan. 19, 2010. Originally set to drop this fall the album was later pushed back to Jan 2010. "There are a lot of great collaborations on the record, but I can only ...
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Missy Elliott
Lil Wayne
Swizz Beatz
T-Pain
Teyana Taylor
Standing in the queue for the museum of the Cité de la Musique's wide hall, the air that should have been chilling is more than warm. It's Love. It's Miles Davis love. From 16 of October until 17 of January, the exhibition We Want Miles celebrates Miles Davis' genius, inspiration and ...
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Miles Davis
Julien's Auctions held a major sale of rock memorabilia on Saturday in their Music Icons and Steven Tyler Auction. Held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, the auction not only drew collectors to the auction site, but also from around the world as bids were accepted on-line. Michael ...
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Michael Jackson
Motown
Bo Diddley
Calling all aspiring producers, bedroom studio artists, djs who can't scratch, beat masters and anyone else curious about how your favorite tunes are made. Get comfy, grab yer drank and/or a blunt coz this post is jam packed with tips, tricks, gear analysis and more from the top producers in ...
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Pete Rock
Ryan Leslie
Kanye West
Taylor Swift performed 'Love Story' on the BBC televised Children In Need fundraiser on Friday night. Swift also donated £13,000(almost $22,000) of her own money to the charity! Taylor will never seize to amaze us.
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Taylor Swift
Swift
James Taylor
Big Boi
OK, really digging the All Access MOG, esp the artist playlists.
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Beyonce's sister's version of Bjork's classic 'It's Oh So Quiet', all Gospel'ed, is cool.
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Beyoncé Knowles
Solange Knowles
Working a concert sounds a lot more glamorous than it really is. Especially if you're selling Coke. Especially after your audience is sufficiently inebriated and hot. A Colorado Summer Music Festival with 707, Rainbow, Scorpions, Ted Nuget and REO Speedwagon (the headliner) was the first and ...
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Scorpions
Nice stuff from their 2002 lp " I Can See Your House From Here" The Scooters (not to be confused with Germany's Scooters) caught the ears of a few folks I talked to recently and I'm glad I gave a listen. The Scooters Anthony Carey - Lead Vocal, Guitar Chris Kelly - Lead Vocal, ...