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DJ Kicks | ALBUM REVIEW

Fans of cuddly, home-listening indie electronica (like Four Tet or the bells-loving Pantha du Prince) will want to hear this lovely DJ set of headphone beat candy. The rising U.K. producer's grooves tease beguilingly (see Muslimgauze's dry-textured...
January 12, 2012 8:05 AM ET
"I'm Excited" | SONG REVIEW

Shadow's music used to be touched by the uncanny; this may be the clunkiest thing he's done. Stray, seemingly found noises give the groove ridges, but it's so busy it never finds its footing. Listen to...
July 29, 2011 7:00 AM ET
SBTRKT, 'SBTRKT' | BLOG ENTRY

Ambitious like James Blake, and freewheeling like the London dubstep scene he’s lit up for two years, SBTRKT (real name Aaron Jerome) tries a lot of things on his debut — and succeeds at most....
July 6, 2011 10:38 AM ET
SBTRKT | ALBUM REVIEW

Ambitious like James Blake, and freewheeling like the London dubstep scene he’s lit up for two years, SBTRKT (real name Aaron Jerome) tries a lot of things on his debut — and succeeds at most. Guest vocalist...
June 29, 2011 11:25 AM ET
Equal Rights: Legacy Edition (Reissue) | ALBUM REVIEW

Before he was gunned down during a home invasion in 1987, Peter Tosh was one of reggae's most militant performers – a civil rights agitator who co-wrote "Get Up, Stand Up" as a member of the Wailers....
June 21, 2011 12:05 AM ET
Disc-Overy | ALBUM REVIEW

The PlayStation-bleepy crossbreed of hip-hop and house known as grime has become England's new chart-pop. On his debut, 22-year-old MC-producer Tinie Tempah dreams of even wider glory: "Disturbing London, baby, we about to branch...
May 17, 2011 12:45 AM ET
"Synchronize" | SONG REVIEW

Jarvis goes disco! On the latest in a stellar year's worth of singles from DFA Records (LCD Soundsystem main man James Murphy's label), Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker teams up with French house luminary Pilooski's part-time duo Discodeine...
January 7, 2011 9:15 AM ET
Back to Me | ALBUM REVIEW

American Idol Season Three winner Fantasia Barrino comes across like an updated Patti LaBelle: She has a big voice equal parts gurgling and throaty, with a predilection for melodrama to go with it. But on her third...
August 23, 2010 12:00 AM ET
Hollywood Hellraiser Dennis Hopper Dies at 74 | ARTICLE

Dennis Hopper — actor (Rebel Without a Cause, Blue Velvet), director (Easy Rider, Colors), screenwriter, photographer, painter, hellraiser, raconteur, and no-bull Hollywood legend — died of prostate cancer at his house in Venice Beach, in Los Angeles...
May 29, 2010 7:00 PM ET
Remembering Michael Viner, The Man Who Recorded "Apache" | ARTICLE

Michael Viner, the record producer whose 1973 recording of "Apache" by the Incredible Bongo Band is the cornerstone of hip-hop, died in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 8th, from cancer. He was 65. Viner held a number of...
August 14, 2009 1:35 PM ET
Kings of Leon, NIN Join Northwest Acts at High-Voltage Sasquatch! | ARTICLE

Central Washington's Columbia River Valley is some of the most beautiful natural landscape in the U.S., and the headlining acts at the Sasquatch! Festival, at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA, over Memorial Day weekend knew it....
May 26, 2009 11:53 AM ET
Chickenfoot's Rowdy Tour Launch Draws Visit From Fire Department | ARTICLE

The launch of new rock supergroup Chickenfoot's short spring tour at Seattle's El Corazon last night (May 14th) pleased the rowdy crowd despite a number of logistical issues. Nine songs into the band's main set, a visit...
May 15, 2009 7:56 AM ET
Franz Ferdinand Blast Through "Tonight" Tunes at Seattle Opener | ARTICLE

The Moore Theatre in downtown Seattle is a sit-down venue, but you'd never know it judging from Franz Ferdinand's performance there Monday night. The Scottish quartet's 85-minute set had a road-tight feel, despite the show being the...
April 14, 2009 8:53 AM ET
Kanye West, Rihanna, N.E.R.D and Fiasco Shine at Glow in the Dark Tour Opener | ARTICLE

Kanye West, Rihanna, N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco all turned in stellar sets to begin the "Glow in the Dark" Tour, what will likely end up as one of 2008's most talked-about bills. All of Kanye's openers were...
April 17, 2008 11:15 AM ET
Dave Matthews and Death Cab Rock for Compassion With the Dalai Lama | ARTICLE

Two of Seattle's biggest artists — local indie-rock heroes Death Cab for Cutie and longtime resident Dave Matthews — took a back seat on Friday to a name even bigger than theirs: the Dalai Lama. Death Cab...
April 14, 2008 11:31 AM ET
Dear Heather | ALBUM REVIEW

Thirteen new (and old) songs from Canada's hippest seventy-year-old. It's folly to complain that Leonard Cohen has lost his voice, since he never really had one to begin with. From the thin Canadian-folkie drawl of 1967's Songs...
November 11, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Live Review: Here Come the Pixies | ARTICLE

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. In the Pixies' case, a dozen years away from the stage has only helped their legend -- not just a consistently brilliant catalogue that converts thousands of new listeners every year,...
April 15, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Give Up | ALBUM REVIEW

Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie has always been a daydreamer. But on Give Up — his first album with laptop techno whiz Jimmy Tamborello, under the name Postal Service — Gibbard leaves behind the dreamy...
March 25, 2003 12:00 AM ET