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The Download Extra: New Cassettes Won’t Listen Guns 'N Roses - Ludacris Mashup

Tue Oct 14, 4:11 PM

By ANDY VIHSTADT After issuing his first physical release earlier this year, NYC multi-instrumentalist and producer Jason Drake, a.k.a. Cassettes Won’t Listen, returned to the digital format for his latest project. Yesterday, he unveiled... More >>

Mad Marlon's YouTube Invasion

Tue Oct 14, 12:54 PM

Local rapper and self-proclaimed Wyandotte Ambassador Mad Marlon has uploaded a fuck-ton of supershort videos of himself on YouTube. The reason why is anyone's guess, but there's enough to kill a good chunk of your working day, and that's what... More >>

1980 World Series Diss Track: Phillies vs. Royals

Tue Oct 14, 11:50 AM

In the 1980 World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals in six games (4-2). It was no doubt because of this song, which, according to blogs such as this one, stormed Philly radio that year. Having... More >>

The Download: New Sea and Cake MP3

Tue Oct 14, 11:20 AM

By ANDY VIHSTADT Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt are set to release their eighth collaborative full-length as the Sea and Cake next Tuesday. According to the Car Alarm one-sheet: "It is bracing, like the surge of wasabi on sweet sushi,... More >>

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Features

  • After losing a manager and label prospect, the Abracadabras held their glitter and released a free album.
    By Richard Gintowt
    Thursday, October 09
    The Abracadabras have had some severely swollen nuts lately. Problem is, they keep getting punched in the groin. Every time the pain subsides... More >>
  • Wayward Son
    By Jason Harper
    Thursday, October 09
    In the Old Testament book of Job, after a description of the flawless title character, who is about to get screwed out of his own skin, Satan... More >>
  • A Place to Bury Strangers
    By Sammy Loren
    Thursday, October 09
    If A Place to Bury Strangers were one of the presidential candidates, the hypnotic trio would be John McCain. Politics notwithstanding, this... More >>
  • Randy Newman
    By Scott Wilson
    Thursday, October 09
    Randy Newman has reached an age (he'll be 65 next month) and stature (Oscar, Grammys, Emmys, boxed set) at which some have begun to suggest that... More >>
  • John McEuen
    By Richard Gintowt
    Thursday, October 09
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is state-fair royalty thanks to its 1972 album, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, which paired the longhaired California... More >>
  • The Download
    By Andy Vihstadt
    Thursday, October 09
    Mountain Dew has been working hard to diversify in 2008, and with questionable results. Along with testing out a few short-lived flavors and... More >>

  • Starfucker
    By Chris Parker
    Thursday, October 09
    Think of Starfucker as a peculiarly Portland, Oregon, answer to neo-wave dance acts like Klaxons, the Teenagers and Hot Chip. The group's fey,... More >>
  • The Cardinals
    By Jason Harper
    Thursday, October 09
    Squirrelly as ever, Ryan Adams isn't in favor of bills that list his name "and the Cardinals." So we'll oblige. In fact, if he changed his name... More >>
  • Trystyl
    Nocab Nivek Vol. 1
    (SHC)
    By Jason Harper
    Thursday, October 09
    Beginning with the sound of a needle dropping on a scratchy LP, Trystyl's latest is an insider's record, made for and by crate diggers and... More >>
  • Split Lip Rayfield
    I'll Be Around
    (self-released)
    By Richard Gintowt
    Thursday, October 09
    In the four years since the last Split Lip Rayfield record, the band had to overcome the loss of founding member Kirk Rundstrom to cancer. In... More >>
  • Jason Ringenberg
    By Chris Parker
    Thursday, October 02
    Having brought together the Scorchers in 1981, Jason Ringenberg is the original country punk. Mixing raging guitar numbers with more dulcet... More >>
  • Nikka Costa
    By Chris Packham
    Thursday, October 02
    Nimble-tongued Nikka Costa's new Stax release, Pebble to a Pearl, isn't due until October 14, though tracks are posted at Nikkacosta.com.... More >>
  • Locally Yours: Our critics discuss some recent releases
    Thursday, October 02
    All of the CDs you're reading about here are pretty good. Some of the albums came out earlier this year; others are fresh off the presses. Enjoy... More >>
  • Peter Hammill
    By Sammy Loren
    Thursday, October 02
    Sandwiched in the vocal axiom between Lou Reed and Ronnie James Dio is British underground minstrel Peter Hammill. With a discography as thick as... More >>
  • Tina Turner
    By Richard Gintowt
    Thursday, October 02
    Is it possible to be a sex symbol at age 68? Tina Turner might not have thought so eight years ago, when she officially "retired" from... More >>
  • Gordon Lightfoot
    By Richard Gintowt
    Thursday, October 02
    Gordon Lightfoot has led an unlikely life. First there was the matter of having his songs covered by Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley, an honor... More >>
  • Amy Millan discusses life as a solo artist, as a Broken Social Scenester and as a spouse of Stars
    By Rich Sharp
    Thursday, September 25
    "14 Forever," by Stars, from Sad Robots (self-released): "When you're on the road all the time, you can really find that you end up repeating... More >>
  • Robot Rock: Think you’ve seen it all? Wait till you’ve seen KC band the Klangs
    By Crystal K. Wiebe
    Thursday, September 25
    "The Battle of Josephine," by the Klangs, from Khorky Custer Khrusty Presents the Klangs (self-released): The sound of guitars, bass, drums and... More >>
  • The Download
    People Under the Stairs
    By Andy Vihstadt
    Thursday, September 25
    When you name your hip-hop outfit after an early-'90s horror flick and release an LP called O.S.T. (Original Soundtrack), there's bound to be... More >>
  • Beck
    By Jason Harper
    Thursday, September 25
    Beck ain't lookin' too sunny these days. Appearing in videos and press shots clad all in black and frowning from under a vast pilgrim hat, the... More >>

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National

Music from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

Carnival Weekend Roundup

A guide to all the biggest Caribbean fetes
By Jonathan Cunningham
“Roll It Gal” by Alison Hinds: For lovers of Caribbean music, Carnival Weekend... More >>

Dallas

The Magnetic Fields Turn Down the Volume

Stephin Merritt uses Distortion to protect the Magnetic Fields from mothers everywhere
By Elliott Johnston
Concocting outré underground pop for more than a decade doesn't necessarily shield you... More >>

Denver

Meet two central figures in Denver's burgeoning underground scene

By Tom Murphy
Travis Egedy, who performs under the name Pictureplane, is becoming one of the more well-known... More >>

Houston

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Rocking the school day away with Pin Oak Middle School's Stage Band class
By Shea Serrano
The Gloryhounds are onstage right now at a Surfside bar and, truth be told, they're not great.... More >>

Miami

French Electro-Pop Act Yelle Hits the Polish American Club

How international!
By Chris Toenes
In the video for "Ce Jeu," a recent song by the French trio Yelle, singer Julie Budet shifts... More >>

Phoenix

Opeth Continues Its Quest to Fuse Metal and Mellowness

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
By the ripe old age of 7, Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt already considered himself a... More >>

San Francisco

Brightblack Morning Light's slow-rock movement

By Ron Nachmann
As the financial apocalypse looms and pundits panic about abstracted value, it makes sense to... More >>

St. Louis

On tour for Narrow Stairs, Chris Walla and Death Cab for Cutie bring musical gems and political smarts to the Fabulous Fox

By Annie Zaleski
In May, Death Cab for Cutie released its sixth album, Narrow Stairs, which debuted at No. 1 on... More >>
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