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Mylene: Queen of Pop This week in the fishwrap, Charles Taylor makes the case for French pop, through the lens of the latest Mrs. Johnny Depp album . Below, longtime Phoenix critic Michael Freedberg, whom we consider our resident expert on the topic,...
Last week we scooped the news about Radiohead’s August 13 concert date at Tweeter Center (tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m.) and set the music blogs abuzz. Today word from ye olde Inbox, via our friends at LiveNation, is that opening duties...
What goes around (goes around, goes around) comes all the way back around We have no idea who pitched who on having the Stooges covering Madonna's "Burning Up" at the RNRHOF induction last night, but we want to have this person inducted...
Today, YouTube has baptized itself as Sigur Róstube: all Sigur Rós, all day. The whole darn homepage is all Sigur Rós videos. So, you can take a break from watching Cat of 1000 Faces , Chris Crocker looking more and more bonkers , and that whole viral...
Thanks to Tia, our new obsession has a name, and it is LEMUR . Now you and your DJ friends can rock the same ridonculously fantastic super-futuro interface that Daft Punk rocks up in the pyramid , and that Thom Yorke is talking about buying . List price...
Best of Both Worlds: Behind the scenes with Miley Cyrus's musical director We caught up with our old friend Stacy Jones ( Letters to Cleo , Veruca Salt , American Hi-Fi ) at the tail end of his current freelance gig, which just happens to be the biggest...
It's official: Only Living Witness will play a reunion show at the Middle East downstairs on June 14. Support bands are still being finalized. Tickets are not yet onsale, we'll update as soon as more info becomes available. For a comprehensive...
P&N: Putting the amp back in ampersand DOWNLOAD: Pretty and Nice, "Grab Your Nets" (mp3) Pretty and Nice ? No and no, actually -- ugly and raucous is more like it -- but they've got "Your New Favourite Band" written all over...
The Fed this , the Fed that . Metal Americans know the real reason the Dow Jones took a jump yesterday: it was the dude ringing the fucking bell, yo . See? We love Dee Snider. Here he is describing his qualifications for appearing on the new CMT reality...
The first time you hear the OUTBURST 's "New York Surprise," you'll wonder if this is it, the one: the absolute worst song you've ever heard. By the 20th time, you'll be singing the out-of-tune chorus -- "You fucking did...
Kid Sister, "Pro Nails (Live in Boston, 12/20/07) Belated big-ups to the Karmaloop dudes for doing a holiday party the way holiday parties need to get done: grab the biggest club-rap phenomenon of the year, bring her to town for her Boston debut...
Reeeeee-wind: this is where we scour our back catalogue and rate our favorite-of-favorites from the tracks we debuted this year. We've mixed in mp3-of-the-weeks with a bunch of the live sessions we recorded, and thrown a few videos into the mix ....
Yes, boys and girls, it’s time once again for Santastic! , the third-annual installment of holiday mix-and-mash-ups performed and compiled by the redoubtable djBC . (Fresh from snagging the BMA for “ Outstanding DJ .”) As always , this year’s edition...
VIDEO: Christopher Guest and a bunch of bassists, "Big Bottom" As you may have heard , Christopher Guest received an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee last Friday. The musical event that followed the ceremony was, like everything we've...
Eli Reed: Soul Brother Number One DOWNLOAD: Eli "Paperboy" Reed, "The Satisfier" [mp3] Even after tough woodshedding at Delta Blues Ground Zero -- Clarksdale, Mississippi, playing juke joints and the like -- and then further work in...