Countless new hip-hop acts are loved for sounding like they came out 15 years ago -- turning modern rap into an ironic party favor. Because ingenuity is rare, those looking for quality in boom-bap dig back. That's what the Hoarsemen…
Continue Reading →It's true -- music videos have been getting ridiculous lately. Some time around when Michael Jackson's Black or White budget rivaled that of major motion pictures, and the good old live concert video went out of style, people forgot that…
Continue Reading →Aaron and Bryce Dessner, one of the brother pairs that make up the instrumental side of The National, produced Dark Was the Night, a compilation benefiting HIV and AIDS awareness through the Red Hot Organization. The record showcases the songwriting…
Continue Reading →I sat down next to Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke for more than 10 hours yesterday on a flight from London to L.A. (well, actually, he sat down, I was sitting first). We didn't speak about his solo career, we didn't…
Continue Reading →Nowadays, it seems like the flavor of the month, is a combination of all of them. Eleni Mandell, a Los Angeles based musician, and a fixture of the Silver Lake music scene, is back with a new album after her…
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