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Excuse My French | ALBUM REVIEW

Nothing gets to French Montana. The Moroccan-American MC has scored a string of hits on the strength of his luxuriously unhurried flow, slinging street dreams in the cadences of a sleepy don. The beats on his major-label...
May 21, 2013 12:00 AM ET
Kanye West Brings Out New Material at Surprise New York Show | ARTICLE

Kanye West played a sweetly eccentric Auto-Tuned love song and a snippet of a second new tune – both presumably from his sixth solo LP, expected out June 18th – and railed against paparazzi at last...
May 16, 2013 7:30 AM ET
Four Tet Looks Back on 'Rounds' | ARTICLE

"It feels like more than a decade has gone by," says Kieran Hebden. That's how long it's been since the English DJ/producer, better known as Four Tet, released his breakthrough album, Rounds, which is getting a...
May 14, 2013 10:00 AM ET
Kanye West Has 'Dope' Music on the Way, Collaborators Say | ARTICLE

All it took was two words for Kanye West to drive millions of fans wild with anticipation: "June Eighteen." He left it at that – but all signs indicate that West's tweet was the unofficial announcement...
May 6, 2013 11:34 AM ET
Q&A: Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich on Atoms for Peace, the State of Dance Music and What's Next for Radiohead | ARTICLE

Whatever you do, don't call Atoms for Peace a supergroup in front of Thom Yorke. "If anyone ever says it to my face," says the Radiohead singer, with a sharp grin, "I'm going...
April 23, 2013 9:00 AM ET
Reincarnated | ALBUM REVIEW

Like Willie Nelson before him, Snoop Dogg finally got so high he made a reggae album. Go ahead, laugh. It really is hilarious to hear him preaching Rastafarian gospel in a fake patois. But here's...
April 19, 2013 5:08 PM ET
Wolf | ALBUM REVIEW

At 22, Odd Future ringleader Tyler Okonma is already a master at exposing the darker corners of the adolescent male mind, its suffocating frustrations and transgressive thrills. His third solo LP burrows deeper than ever into...
April 17, 2013 10:00 AM ET
Ghost on Ghost | ALBUM REVIEW

Forget wine – a decade ago, when we met Sam Beam, his music felt more like a bottomless mug of warm, soothing chamomile. Beam has worked hard to move past that first impression in recent years, spiking...
April 16, 2013 12:05 AM ET
Macklemore: Thrift Shop Hero | ARTICLE

Close to midnight in a warmly lit room in an apartment/office complex in Austin, a few dozen recovering addicts fill neat rows of chairs,...
April 11, 2013 4:05 PM ET
Save Rock and Roll | ALBUM REVIEW

Fall Out Boy are kidding – right? Four years after their de facto breakup, just when we'd finally forgotten all the embarrassing LiveJournal entries they inspired the first time around, they ride back into town,...
April 8, 2013 4:15 PM ET
Macklemore Opens Up About His Struggle to Stay Sober | ARTICLE

Seattle rapper Macklemore says it's been a challenge to stay sober since the Number One smash "Thrift Shop" turned him and producer Ryan Lewis into overnight pop stars. "The last three months haven't been good for me...
March 28, 2013 9:00 AM ET
Phoenix Go Psychedelic on 'Bankrupt!' Album | ARTICLE

Last summer, after brushing off concert promoters for more than a year while they worked in secret on their next album, Phoenix got an offer they couldn't refuse: a headlining slot at April 2013's Coachella festival....
March 27, 2013 8:00 AM ET
SXSW 2013: Vampire Weekend Shine After Midnight | ARTICLE

Vampire Weekend helped close out SXSW 2013 last night with a crowd-pleasing after-midnight set at Stubb's BBQ. It was a moment-of-truth performance for the band – their first full U.S. show in...
March 17, 2013 2:15 PM ET
Thom Yorke: Atoms for Peace DJ Set Will Be 'Really Exciting' | ARTICLE

When Thom Yorke announced that he and producer/bandmate Nigel Godrich would be celebrating the release of Atoms for Peace's debut LP with three special DJ sets in New York, London and Berlin, he described it as
March 14, 2013 8:00 AM ET
Trinidad James Explains It All | ARTICLE

Trinidad James is still wrapping his head around how it feels to be the proud owner of a viral hit. "To be honest with you, man, it's a learning experience," says the flamboyant Atlanta MC, 25. "It's...
March 7, 2013 2:48 PM ET
Q&A: Jim James on His Solo Debut | ARTICLE

Jim James traces the origins of his solo debut, Regions of Light and Sound of God, back to a nasty...
February 28, 2013 11:25 AM ET
Amok | ALBUM REVIEW

When did Thom Yorke start having so much fun? For more than a decade, we knew him as rock's greatest miserablist, the kind of guy who spends the whole party glaring at everyone while trying his hardest...
February 18, 2013 2:10 PM ET
Meet the Brooklyn Nets' Courtside Mixmaster | ARTICLE

Last fall, Questlove went to check out one of the Brooklyn Nets' first games at the new Barclays Center. What impressed him most wasn't the home team's 98-85 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers: "Gotta say," the...
February 1, 2013 1:55 PM ET
Long.Live.A$AP | ALBUM REVIEW

A$AP Rocky is proof of how much rap careers have accelerated: The 24-year-old Harlem MC is just making his major-label debut, but he's already facing the expectations and challenges once associated with second or third albums. Blame...
January 2, 2013 11:22 AM ET
Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors | ALBUM REVIEW

Big Boi has been struggling against straight-man typecasting for years. That will happen when the public first encounters you as the guy standing next to Andre 3000, whose arty tastes and Ziggy Stardust wardrobe made him...
December 11, 2012 10:05 AM ET