Factory Records played an integral role in the proliferation of the Madchester Music scene of the mid/late eighties and early nineties, releasing albums from seminal acts such as The Happy Mondays and James. However important their musical output was, one…
Continue Reading →After the breakup of his band L'Altra, Joseph Costa continues his musical journey with his first solo album, Lighter Subjects. The result is a richly layered composition of electronic and acoustic arrangements with a vocal element that is spoken-word like…
Continue Reading →David Avram Brown, aka Benny Strange, is willing to do whatever he needs to in the name of his art. Having survived a cross-country hitchhiking adventure at the tender age of eighteen and spending his early twenties bouncing up and…
Continue Reading →There are things in Brazil -- like favelas, the horrible degree of traffic in Sao Paulo, and some of the bum sizes I've seen -- that I don't think will ever cease to amaze me even if I live here…
Continue Reading →You won't find many musicals on our site, but with Spring Awakening's national tour coming soon to a city near you a few of us in the New York office saw fit to join the Broadway cast (from the comfort…
Continue Reading →What does the Great White North know about hip-hop culture? More than you probably know about curling. Their national sport. The one with the big rock and the ice...never mind. Pound is an intelligent hip-hop magazine straight outta Toronto, that…
Continue Reading →While older Rock & Roll souls R.E.M. and Portishead prepare to drop new tunes on a clamoring public, we've kind of got a hankering for some seriously classic tunes from a newer talent. No we're not talking about Beirut covering…
Continue Reading →I guess I haven't been keeping tabs on the garage rock, post-punk scene but the first I heard of the French Kicks was hearing the song embedded in my friend's MySpace page. I know, stop harassing me. I took a…
Continue Reading →When it comes to graphic design and video visuals, being the same as the rest is not so interesting, but having them done by Same Same is an exercise in creating a visual feast. The Danish VJ and graphic designer…
Continue Reading →Due to tape decks being nearly obsolete, the mixtape is fast becoming an extinct art form. However, the downside to the mixtape artistry was that if you wanted to share it with more than one person you had to make…
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