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27 items by Lauren Gitlin

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  Moby Opens New "Hotel" | ARTICLE

  Mining New Wave, disco and electro, Moby has taken a trip back to 1981 on Hotel. The ambitious album, which hits stores this week, is two CDs of sample-free tracks, with Moby on almost every instrument....

  March 14, 2005 12:00 AM ET
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  Beck to Drop 'Sea Change' Follow-Up This Month | ARTICLE

  For the follow-up to 2002's melancholic Sea Change, Beck reunited with Odelay producers the Dust Brothers on a collection of guitar-heavy...

  March 10, 2005 12:00 PM ET
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  Ciara, Princess of Crunk | ARTICLE

  "I'm not a Barbie," says teen R&B sensation Ciara. "Just a regular around-the-way girl. I keep it cool. Keep it real." But unlike most regular girls, the eighteen-year-old Atlanta native (born Ciara Harris) possesses a Lil Jon-produced hit single, "Goodies," which...

  October 20, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  Bjork Voices "Medulla" | ARTICLE

  "Instruments are so over," says Bjork of her new, purely vocal album, Medulla, due out late August/early September. "I think this was probably the most intuitive album I've done," she continues. "I had to use ingredients that I...

  June 15, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  DJ Makes Jay-Z Meet Beatles | ARTICLE

  It's the ultimate remix record: Underground DJ Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton) takes a cappella tracks from Jay-Z's The Black Album and composes new beats for each song using only samples from the Beatles' "White Album." The...

  February 5, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  Browne, Dead Play for Seva | ARTICLE

  In 1978, hippie-activist Wavy Gravy launched the Seva Foundation, a charity that helps eradicate blindness and provide eye care for people in Nepal. Twenty-five years later, several of Gravy's musical friends are gathering to raise money and celebrate the organization's tenure. The...

  December 5, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  TSOL's Grisham Runs for Gov. | ARTICLE

  Despite having once recorded a song titled "Abolish Government," TSOL's Jack Grisham has joined Arnold Schwarzenegger and many others in the race for California governor. "TSOL were always a big anti-government band," Grisham says of punk rockers, who formed in 1978,...

  August 13, 2003 12:00 AM ET