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  • Interview: Duran Duran

    Interview

    Duran Duran

    Wed, 14 May 2008 12:26:19

    Duran Duran are the original prototype for the recent electro-dance-DJ craze and of its participants. Being pioneers of the electro movement hasn't ...more

  • Interview: Strange Wilderness

    Interview

    Strange Wilderness

    Wed, 14 May 2008 10:29:34

    Allen Covert is one funny dude. The first thing that he says, when clicked over to speakerphone, speaks volumes about his sense of humor. "Am I on the ...more

  • Interview: Kelley Polar

    Interview

    Kelley Polar

    Tue, 13 May 2008 13:03:57

    Kelley Polar's sophomore release, I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling, keeps one eye on the dance floor and the other on the Heavens above. ...more

  • Interview: Gnarls Barkley

    Interview

    Gnarls Barkley

    Tue, 13 May 2008 10:46:57

    Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo could've easily been a painter. The soulful crooner paints portraits of pain on Gnarls' latest concoction of smoky, space ...more

  • Interview: Reprise

    Interview

    Reprise

    Mon, 12 May 2008 13:02:11

    Director Joachim Trier speaks with a mix of humble assuredness and palpable passion about Reprise, his award-winning film, which has garnered praise ...more

  • Interview: Filter

    Interview

    Filter

    Mon, 12 May 2008 07:29:18

    Richard Patrick has got a lot on his mind—a new Filter record, a headlining tour and well, jury duty. "The sucky thing is I just got jury duty, and ...more

  • Interview: Theory of a Deadman

    Interview

    Theory of a Deadman

    Thu, 08 May 2008 15:29:23

    Theory of a Deadman's Tyler Connolly loves Los Angeles. In fact, he's got nothing but positive things to say about the City of Angels. Perhaps, it's ...more

  • Interview: The Mars Volta

    Interview

    The Mars Volta

    Thu, 08 May 2008 15:08:25

    The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is one fiery individual. Not only does he set guitar fret boards ablaze with his fleet-fingered virtuosity, he's ...more

  • Interview: Paul Freeman

    Interview

    Paul Freeman

    Thu, 08 May 2008 09:59:20

    In Los Angeles, there's a small bar that sits on Fairfax Ave. just above Wilshire Blvd. It's called Molly Malone's, and the only thing distinguishing ...more

  • Interview: Achozen

    Interview

    Achozen

    Fri, 02 May 2008 10:19:22

    Welcome to 21st century hip hop. It's spearheaded by Achozen: an unlikely pair of friends. In one corner, there's Shavo Odadjian, a founding member of ...more

  • Rockferry

    Duffy

    Rockferry

    Wed, 14 May 2008 07:10:12

    Lately, the U.K. has been producing pint-sized singing powerhouses like nobody's business: Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Adele, and now ...more

  • Arm's Way

    Islands

    Arm's Way

    Wed, 14 May 2008 07:04:58

    Arm's Way finds Islands setting sail distinctly away from the indie-yelping that characterized their debut, Return to the Sea. The Montreal band ...more

  • Keep Color

    The Republic Tigers

    Keep Color

    Wed, 14 May 2008 07:04:09

    Let's go ahead and say you like Coldplay. You find their inoffensive take on Bends-era Brit pop rather charming, and why shouldn't you? It fixes you ...more

  • Anthems for the Damned

    Filter

    Anthems for the Damned

    Tue, 13 May 2008 09:56:19

    It’s been six years since Richard Patrick last put out an album as Filter. With the space of time–and another band (Army Of Anyone) in the interim–it ...more

  • This Kind of Love

    Carly Simon

    This Kind of Love

    Tue, 13 May 2008 09:48:49

    Throughout her career, longtime songstress (and sometime children's book author) Carly Simon certainly crafted "mom friendly" and woman-oriented soft ...more

  • Robyn (Bonus Tracks)

    Robyn

    Robyn (Bonus Tracks)

    Mon, 12 May 2008 07:34:55

    Savvy pop fans have been pumping Robyn's self-titled album for years, even though it's just now [in late April 2008] finally seeing a proper ...more

  • Supreme Balloon

    Matmos

    Supreme Balloon

    Mon, 12 May 2008 06:39:22

    If R2D2, Luke Skywalker's and C3PO's trusty sidekick from Star Wars, made a techno record for toddlers, it would most definitely resemble Matmos's ...more

  • Mr. Love and Justice

    Billy Bragg

    Mr. Love and Justice

    Mon, 12 May 2008 06:37:11

    In a time when most folk music either lacks a message, relying on traditional acoustic instruments to fulfill its categorization, or is thunkingly ...more

  • Booming Back at You

    Junkie XL

    Booming Back at You

    Fri, 09 May 2008 07:48:26

    If his goal was to make an album that feels as good as it sounds, mission accomplished for Tom Holkenborg. The one-man band/production team/live force ...more

  • Division

    10 Years

    Division

    Fri, 09 May 2008 07:40:52

    While many bands that achieve success on terrestrial radio–like 10 Years—are often faceless, and indistinguishable, and can be interchanged without ...more



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