This coming weekend in New York, the parking lot of Citi Field (baseball stadium where the New York Mets play) will be transformed into the Electric Daisy Carnival festival ground, featuring five stages, and a whole lotta DJs. We choose five big acts we recommend you check out.
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Today, each of the 50 states has its own town called "Paradise."
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As of late, there have been a handful of soul singers coming out of the United Kingdom.
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Twenty-nine years ago today (April 1), Marvin Gaye was shot by his father after an argument at his parents' home in Los Angeles.
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Back in 2009 Nosaj Thing released debut LP Drift to much acclaim, and in doing so got aligned with Flying Lotus et al to the 'glitch-hop' scene based in LA.
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I love a great live vocalist as much as the next guy, but today, "Robots Do It Better" will be giving credit to the machines.
Read MoreTom Davis ("Saturday Night Live" writer), Willard Metscher (my 6th-grade teacher), Mike Wallace ("60 Minutes").
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We stop today to remember those who left the world of music in 2012, from Dave Brubeck and Dick Clark to Levon Helm and Ronnie Montrose.
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We stop today to remember those who left the world of music in 2012, from Dave Brubeck and Dick Clark to Levon Helm and Ronnie Montrose.
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A wee warning today: this is a little tune that, once you've heard it, you won't be able to get out of your head for days, possibly weeks; but then everyone needs some alternative earworms at this time of year to cleanse their brains of Chris Rea and the Pogues and Slade.
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At the end of September some 2000 people (myself included) gathered at Liverpool Psych Fest, to indulge in what was in reality a relatively niche line-up of psych rock.
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When the Doobie Brothers had released One Step Closer in 1980, I eagerly snapped up the album looking forward to another Minute By Minute , but the album was largely a disappointment to me.
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Let the Music Play is subtitled "The Story of the Doobie Brothers," and in keeping traces their oft-told journey from boogie-rock band to sleek soul-popsters and back.
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What we initially thought was a cool vintage surprise unearthed from somebody's crate-digging session turns out to be the 2012 -dated "We're Far Enough From Heaven Now We Can Freak Out", a recently released single from Deep Cotton , an ATL-based duo (Chuck Lightning and Nate "Rocket" Wonder) from Monae's Wondaland Arts Society collective.
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The Temper Trap and Oh Mercy were just two of the winners at the 7th annual EG Awards held in Melbourne last night (November 20).
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Divisive hardcore Toronto rocker Danko Jones has a peculiar and diverse list of accolades.
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In May 1981, a Sony employee played Billy Joel's "Honesty", the first track from his multi-platinum 1978 album 52nd Street , for a room of label executives.
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Here's yet another fresh batch of bass music, peppered with spooky Halloween goodies to get your party started.
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Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, better known as The Bloody Beetroots , has offered fans a unique opportunity with his new single, "Chronicles of a Fallen Love." The song, which features vocals by Grammy-nominee Greta Svabo Bech of deadmau5 ' "Raise Your Weapon" fame, was existed initially as sheet music only, which fans were encouraged to download and play themselves , before the official version was released on Oct. 23.
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Several impressive new reissue compilations have made 2012 a memorable year for collectors and fans of vintage New Orleans R&B.
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"The Green Mile" actor Michael Clarke Duncan died at the age of 54 on Sept. 3, 2012 in a Los Angeles hospital after nearly two months of treatment following a July 13, 2012 heart attack.
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When you reach a certain level of influence people expect you to give out presents on your birthday rather than receive them.
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Like most teenagers who are really into music, I tried my hand at making some of my own with friends.
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If you were a musician, there surely can't be anything more soul-stewing than to walk away from a band – be it by choice or by security escort – who subsequently go on to become hugely popular and successful in your absence.
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The novelist Richard Kadrey made the following post on Facebook earlier this week.
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F.A.M. Productions Inc and Singleton Entertainment Corp announced today that the much anticipated Mix Tape release by Frank Anthony , "Sixty8 Comeback", will be available for download on Monday, September 10, 2012 on www.frankanthonymusic.com.
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Original Music Workshop (OMW) which is a 13,000-square-foot former sawmill on N. 6th and Wythe that is getting a $15 million renovation, and doesn't sound like it's going to be just another place to see a rock band: As an artistic incubator, OMW offers space and support to both composers and musicians for rehearsal, recording, editing, performance, and dissemination.
Read More"My vinyl collection is a mixed bag, the origins of which can be traced to three distinct sources, each one representing a different era of my life."
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Cissy Houston's tribute to her late daughter was the emotional highlight of Sunday's BET Awards , a show that was defined by extended bleeps and the vulgarities that censors failed to catch onstage throughout the night.
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The BET Awards didn't begin with a bang but an extended bleep, as the censor police worked overtime during a performance by Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music group, Nicki Minaj and Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee's parody of Jay-Z and West's hit song "...
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FINALLY, The Bloody Beetroots have returned to their electronic roots with pumping new track suitably titled "Rocksteady".
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If there was any doubt that disco was quickly gaining traction in America in 1974, witness two of the three chart-topping songs highlighted this week.
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"These are songs that have made me think about pop music in dramatically different ways. A list of my favorite songs is nearly impossible for me, but I'll never get tired of listening to these ones on repeat."
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Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, returns this summer with a pumping new track suitably titled "Rocksteady".
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For the musical Indiana Joneses amongst us, 2012 has already yielded a number of artifacts for the ages — and we're but half way done.
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Having grown up in Ohio, a state that's been home to renowned soul groups like Heatwave, Zapp, and The Isley Brothers, it's no surprise that Macy Gray 's body of work continues in the area's rich musical tradition.
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I used to know someone who was a serious connoisseur of twentieth century classical music.
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Undercover Presents is a quarterly project that selects influential albums from the rock and roll lexicon for a diverse assortment of Bay Area musicians to put their spin on it, in both a recorded studio album and a live performance.
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