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Inspiration Information/Wings of Love | ALBUM REVIEW

Known mostly via the Brothers Johnson's smash version of his psychedelic-soul fantasia "Strawberry Letter 23," R&B renegade Shuggie Otis recorded with heavyweights like Frank Zappa as a teen but fell out of favor with the music industry...
May 8, 2013 10:15 AM ET
Q&A: Wire's Colin Newman on 'Change Becomes Us' and Ignoring Nostalgia | ARTICLE

Arguably more than any other English act that emerged in response to punk, Wire have always been as much of an art project as a band. Originating in a unit at singer Colin Newman's art school,...
March 25, 2013 11:00 AM ET
Q&A: Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes on Releasing His Long-Lost Side Project | ARTICLE

The history of rock is littered with legends of albums never quite completed. In the case of TV Mania: Bored With Prozac and the Internet?, longtime Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes and Warren Cuccurullo, guitarist for...
March 11, 2013 11:15 AM ET
Rufus and Martha Wainwright Host 'Christmas 101' in Oakland | ARTICLE

Billed as "Rufus and Martha Wainwright's Christmas 101," the first of three shows held this year in Oakland and Los Angeles featuring the son and daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and the late Kate McGarrigle was like...
December 20, 2012 11:15 AM ET
Q&A: Jason Lytle on Going Solo and Going Native | ARTICLE

Jason Lytle is smaller than you might expect under his baggy flannels and janitor slacks, and strikingly deer-like. Beneath his trucker cap, he hides big Bambi eyes that project a vulnerability that may account for him getting...
October 22, 2012 2:00 PM ET
New Order Sweep Through Favorites in Oakland Tour Opener | ARTICLE

To the rousing bravado of a vintage Ennio Morricone spaghetti western theme and a battery of flashing white lights, New Order took the stage at Oakland's Fox Theatre Friday night for the initial show on their first...
October 8, 2012 8:54 AM ET
The Best of Kylie Minogue | ALBUM REVIEW

With electronic grooves dominating Top 40 radio, Australia's Kylie Minogue and her euphoric dance pop are more relevant than ever. This 21-track set plays like a crash course in the history of international club style – from...
June 19, 2012 12:10 AM ET
Can's Irmin Schmidt Sheds Light on His Band's Intensity and Turmoil | ARTICLE

A month shy of his 75th birthday, German keyboardist Irmin Schmidt is old enough to have lived through World War II. But the spirit of his music with Can – one of Krautrock's key groups and an influence...
May 2, 2012 11:30 AM ET
Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Now Available on DVD | ARTICLE

With nearly as many costume changes, dance routines and self-empowerment speeches as songs, everything about this New York gig from last February pushes the...
January 19, 2012 10:50 AM ET
Filling the Void | ALBUM REVIEW

While drumming in British bands Free and Bad Company, Simon Kirke racked up songwriting credits on several smash albums, but few have heard him sing his own songs. Having undergone rehab, Kirke turns his recovery into...
September 27, 2011 12:00 AM ET
Artist to Watch: Army Navy Spin Power-pop from the L.A. Highlife | ARTICLE

Click here to listen to Army Navy's "The Long Goodbye" Who: Power-pop traditionalists as lively as as they are lovelorn — which is quite a...
August 19, 2011 4:40 PM ET
Songs in A Minor (Reissue) | ALBUM REVIEW

When the braided shorty burst out of the gate in 2001, boy bands were still boomin' and Destiny's Child defined bootyliciousness. With her classically trained voice and keyboard chops, Keys reintroduced the idea of a self-reliant...
July 18, 2011 1:20 PM ET
Drums Between the Bells | ALBUM REVIEW

An album of poetry set to music might not be what the world wants from Brian Eno: Collaborator on some of the most-loved albums by U2, David Bowie, and Talking Heads, the veteran...
July 5, 2011 12:05 AM ET
Britney Spears Proves She's Still Got It at 'Femme Fatale' Tour Kickoff | ARTICLE

Britney Spears is a dozen years into her career, and yet the kickoff of her Femme Fatale tour at the Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento last night managed to propel her forward. She's wisely focusing on the present –...
June 17, 2011 8:10 AM ET
Queen (Reissue) | ALBUM REVIEW

When Queen debuted in 1973, their mix of hammering jams and folksy asides was closer to Zeppelin than to the stadium-killing theatricality they would later perfect. This revelatory reissue — one of five...
May 24, 2011 12:00 AM ET
thecontrollersphere | ALBUM REVIEW

Click to listen to Of Montreal's thecontrollersphere Few would argue that Of Montreal leader Kevin Barnes lost his freakiness in the feverish pursuit of soul-rock...
April 19, 2011 8:00 AM ET
"Wet" | SONG REVIEW

Created for Prince William's bachelor party ("and all bachelor parties around the world to follow"), Snoop's new single is a bit of seductive minimalism that packs an R. Kelly album's worth of sex metaphors into four laid-back...
December 27, 2010 9:15 AM ET
"Rolling in the Deep" | SONG REVIEW

With the follow-up to her Grammy-snagging 2008 album looming, this London pop-soul singer made a surprising choice for the disc's first single: "Rolling in the Deep" finds the 22-year-old in bluesy gospel mode, sounding powerful but not...
December 15, 2010 5:10 PM ET
"Whataya Want From Me" | SONG REVIEW

Pink's original recording of the hit she co-wrote for Adam Lambert reveals that Lambert's producers more or less replaced her voice with his. Lambert's desperation gives him the edge, but this would have fit well on any...
December 6, 2010 9:40 AM ET
Rolling in the Deep | SONG REVIEW

With the follow-up to her Grammy-snagging 2008 album looming, this London pop-soul singer made a surprising choice for the disc's first single: "Rolling in the Deep" finds the 22-year-old in bluesy gospel mode, sounding powerful but not...
November 29, 2010 12:00 PM ET