May 11, 2012 12:00AM
“[My music] started out as a hobby, messing about
Tags : Features/Interviews
Apr 18, 2012 12:00AM
In retrospect, it's
almost comical to think that there was disbelief and outrage in some
circles when Esperanza Spalding, a jazz bassist/singer/composer, beat
out Justin Bieber at
Tags : R&B
Apr 18, 2012 12:00AM
Two days after enjoying a big, sloppy group hug onstage with the Foo Fighters as they accepted their Best Rock Album Grammy, Butch Vig is still savoring the moment.
Tags : Features/Interviews, Rock
Apr 18, 2012 12:00AM
Let’s say some arcane branch of alchemy made it possible to distill the surrealism of painters like Salvador Dalí, Frida Kahlo,
and Remedios Varo through the acid-rock filter of Blue Cheer, King Crimson, and Can; the resulting brew might give you a decent approximation of what the Mars Volta’s music sounds like.
Tags : Features/Interviews, Rock
Mar 14, 2012 12:00AM
As a purveyor and creator of electronic music
made from cold, hard machines—as well as a
Berliner who grew up in East Germany before
the wall came down—Paul van Dyk isn’t usually
pegged as the sensitive type.
Tags : Dance/Electronica, Features/Interviews
Mar 14, 2012 12:00AM
Nearly four years have passed between the
original U.K. release of the Ting Tings’ worldwide
breakthrough debut album We Started
Nothing and the appearance of Sounds From
Nowheresville, the duo’s wildly eclectic followup.
Tags : Features/Interviews, Rock
Mar 14, 2012 12:00AM
Ask any young student of jazz for his or her current influences and the answer
will be short and sweet: Robert Glasper.
Tags : R&B
Mar 14, 2012 12:00AM
Imagine a cast of 50 musicians spanning two countries, three recording studios and as
many engineers, a superstar producer, a Grammy-winning mix engineer, and a dazzling
acoustic guitar duo—it’s Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.’s Area 52.
Tags : Features/Interviews, Metal
Feb 22, 2012 12:00AM
Tags : Rock
Feb 22, 2012 12:00AM
Tags : Rock