Making a living in Americana has to be difficult in the post-Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom universe. The fearless freaks of the San Francisco folk scene, and to a lesser extent the ascent of poet of the back porch, Sam Beam, have delineated a clear marker between what could reductively be titled “retro folk” and […]
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On their major label debut, Scottish indie rockers Frightened Rabbit emulate indie heroes Death Cab For Cutie with tasteful refinements on heartache.
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K Ishibashi, better known by his stage name Kishi Bashi, straddles this line between …
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There’s a moment, well actually there are a lot of moments in auteur Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained in which …
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The only person to ever take mash-up that seriously was Gregg Gillis. Given that Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, was the best at it, it made sense for him to refer to what he did as “performance art” in an interview I conducted with him a few years ago. Appreciating Night Ripper, Feed The […]
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Sphynx, one of Austin, Texas’ newest generation of funk-poppers, qualifies among those precious few able to …
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“We’re basically going to freshman orientation every night …”
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One of Compton’s brightest reaches a new creative heights, crafting an album so charged with woozy west-coast beats and poetic ideas it’s almost unfair.
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Anger-rap is taking over the airwaves, but P.O.S. is here to prove that he’s not just Minneapolis’ finest, he’s one of the best.
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New Jersey punk pioneers establish a base in Brooklyn, revamping their sound in the process.
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Breaking free from the bonds of Death Cab For Cutie, the winsome Seattle songwriter collects his odds and sods for a largely trifling solo debut.
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Kanye West brought his disciples to spread the good word of his late summer religious experience. Ready to hear the sermon?
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