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From Chelmsford To São Paulo: An Interview With Gold Panda

Fri, June 14 2013 8:37am - Source: The Quietus

I first met Derwin, of Gold Panda infamy, two-and-a-half years ago in a dingy, airless dressing room in Manchester's Ruby Lounge.

Book Notes - Jaimee Garbacik "Gender and Sexuality For Beginners"

Thu, June 13 2013 3:31pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Memphis: A Pilgrimage

Wed, June 12 2013 2:16pm - Source: Pop Dose

Understand, I'm not a traveler by any means.

Frank Fitzpatrick: Why Music, Part 10: Music and Film

Tue, June 11 2013 8:05pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

"The eye takes a person into the world. The ear brings the world into a human being."

G8: Will.i.am, Ed Sheeran and Mumford & Sons record new versions of songs to highlight global poverty

Tue, June 11 2013 8:22am - Source: The Independent - Music

They are joining forces with dozens of musicians to launch agit8, which is campaigning to get world leaders to focus on poverty ahead of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.

Deafheaven - Sunbather

Tue, June 11 2013 12:24am - Source: The Four Oh Five

It's been three criticism-filled years since they first emerged - back then, certain people were shocked that they dared to call themselves a black metal band.

Taffy - Lixiviate (Album Review)

Wed, June 05 2013 11:54am - Source: Stereoboard

Taffy are back, and they're gunning hard for a spot on your summer playlist.

Filter's Richard Patrick Reveals He's Worried About Scott Weiland

Tue, June 04 2013 8:26pm - Source: Noisecreep

Filter frontman Richard Patrick has never been one to mince words, and the quippy and quotable frontman is speaking out about his concerns for Scott Weiland, the former frontman of Stone Temple Pilots.

‘The Voice’: Sasha Allen Rips Dress Off, Michelle Chamuel Covers Taylor Swift

Tue, June 04 2013 3:13pm - Source: Idolator

It's been a busy few days for The Voice crew since last Tuesday's elimination show.

DiS does Primavera Sound 2013

Sun, June 02 2013 1:34pm - Source: Drowned In Sound

Drowned in Sound recently read a piece on the feeling of exquisite sadness – not depression, regret or melancholy – associated with cricket.

Cancer Diagnosis Gives Second Life To Christian Music Veteran's Career

Sat, June 01 2013 4:11am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

(RNS) When Christian music veteran Carman found out on Valentine's Day that he had terminal cancer, he thought God just might be calling him home because he had nothing more to give.

Tricky – False Idols

Fri, May 31 2013 10:15am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Tricky has found himself in a rather tenuous position as an artist for quite a while now.

Let’s (not) spend the night together: BBC holds emergency summit with Sir Mick Jagger to end Rolling Stones Glastonbury blackout

Thu, May 30 2013 9:26pm - Source: The Independent - Music

The BBC was due to hold top-level discussions with Sir Mick Jagger on Thursday night in order to overcome an impasse which threatens to undermine the corporation's promise to deliver the most comprehensive Glastonbury coverage yet seen.

Cardiff Rock Club Bogiez Faces Potential Closure, According To Reports

Wed, May 29 2013 2:25pm - Source: Stereoboard

Cardiff's live music scene may face yet another blow this year, as Bogiez Rock Bar & Club faces potential closure to make way for student flats.

In Which Soon We Will Reach The Other Side

Sat, May 25 2013 11:47am - Source: This Recording

There is a hole in the earth shaped like a sword where a fire is eternal.

Goldblade - The Terror Of Modern Life

Fri, May 24 2013 4:49pm - Source: The Quietus

Such is the prolific nature of John Robb – that'll be journalist, writer, biographer, talking head and broadcaster amongst his many guises – that it's easy to forget that he's also a musician.

Book Notes - Christopher Hacker "The Morels"

Thu, May 23 2013 3:48pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Demi Lovato "Demi" Album Review — 5 out of 5 stars

Thu, May 23 2013 3:21pm - Source: ArtistDirect

It signifies that the former Disney star has arrived, is here to stay and has found her sonic niche.

Ed Sheeran: No One 'Gives A S***' About My Personal Life

Tue, May 21 2013 4:50pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

On the scale of "pop stars teens like that their parents have heard of," Ed Sheeran probably ranks somewhere in between Justin Bieber and Austine Mahone.

New Music Monday: Blackfield, Steve Hackett and Ray Wilson, the National, Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa

Mon, May 20 2013 3:03pm - Source: Something Else!

A trio of collaborations top the New Music Monday offerings, including eruptive vocalist Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa, Bob James and David Sanborn and a pair of Genesis alumni — who offer a new take on one of the band's classic tracks.

Exclusive stream: James McCartney, “Strong as You” from Me (2013)

Wed, May 15 2013 1:52pm - Source: Something Else!

James McCartney, a musician with a blessing/curse of a last name, tries to come to terms with the strength needed to overcome such strokes of luck/misery on "Strong as You" — sounding an elegiac note that might have recalled his famous father if not for its darker sense of worry.

Four Tet | Rounds

Mon, May 13 2013 9:38am - Source: Eaten By Monsters

An appreciation of the music made by The Books is a source of much pleasure for me, but an inclination toward their complex conjunction of found-sound and exquisitely crafted acoustics was not something that came naturally; I had to be lead there, slowly and with baby steps.

Angie Miller on Falling Short of the ‘American Idol’ Finals

Sat, May 11 2013 2:10pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Just one week shy of the Season 12 American Idol finale, singer-songwriter Angie Miller was eliminated.

“What was this doctor planning to do?” – Jacksons v AEG Update

Wed, May 08 2013 11:02am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

It was back to red flags at the ongoing Jacksons v AEG Live court case yesterday, with a medical expert called by the Jackson family listing the reasons why AEG should have been concerned about the appointment of Conrad Murray as the personal medic of Michael Jackson as work on the 'This Is It' venture got under way in 2009.

On The Office Stereo: May 2013

Sun, May 05 2013 5:18pm - Source: The Music Mix

It would be wrong to describe the Music Fix office as an 'office' in the traditional sense.

Family tragedy preceded the hard-rockers' return at Coachella

Thu, May 02 2013 1:27pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is a restless creative force, with endless musical projects as guitarist and producer, his own label and an accelerating sideline as an experimental filmmaker.

‘The Voice’: Rihanna And Chris Brown Songs Performed During The, Um, Knockout Round

Wed, May 01 2013 12:35pm - Source: Idolator

If we've learned anything thus far on this season of The Voice , it's that if you chose Usher as your coach, you've opted for a season of pain!

Pet Shop Boys Announce Electric, Debut “Axis,” And Discuss The State Of Dance Music

Tue, April 30 2013 2:41pm - Source: Stereogum

On July 15th the Pet Shop Boys — the most successful (and colorful) duo in the history of UK music — will release their 12th studio album, Electric.

Stereoboard Look At The Biggest YouTube Sensations (Psy, Justin Bieber, Boyce Avenue Feature)

Tue, April 30 2013 12:21pm - Source: Stereoboard

In the last few days, Youtube sensation Psy - the man behind famed 'Gangnam Style' - was confirmed for Capital FM's Summertime Ball. It just seems like yesterday when we first saw Psy and his friends dancing and thrusting their way through some strange choreography on course for e-world domination.

James Cotton – Cotton Mouth Man (2013)

Mon, April 29 2013 6:48pm - Source: Something Else!

James Cotton has long referred to his regular working band as "my family," so close is their sense of musical symbiosis, so long is their history.

Ladies on the Mic: Maya Jane Coles, Nina Kraviz, Ikonika, and More Decide Whether to Sing Along

Mon, April 29 2013 2:37pm - Source: XLR8R

A noticeable edge hardens in Cassy Britton 's tone when the conversation turns to the subject of women in electronic music.

Daniel Johnston – Space Ducks

Mon, April 22 2013 7:28am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

In a career that has spanned more than 30 years and seen more than 20 full-length releases as well as various dalliances with the likes of Yo La Tengo and Jad Fair , Daniel Johnston has, strangely, been more consistently well known for how beloved he is to other musicians than for his own output.

‘I think it’s really deep’: Danny Seraphine on CTA, getting over Chicago, and carrying the jazz-rock torch

Wed, April 17 2013 2:43pm - Source: Something Else!

As a co-founder of Chicago, Seraphine helped create the group's signature sound — and, in so doing, set a template for turn-of-the-1970s jazz rock.

TVD Ticket Giveaway: Living Colour at the 9:30 Club, 4/19

Tue, April 16 2013 6:48pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Living Colour not only rocked the '80s musically, they rocked it with racial diversity.

‘We would have asked you to join Fleetwood Mac’: Stevie Nicks still gushing about Phillip Phillips

Tue, April 16 2013 3:11pm - Source: Something Else!

There was once a time, in the early 1970s, when Fleetwood Mac added a pair of youthful singer-songwriters in Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham to reinvigorate its sound.

Introducing... Public Service Broadcasting

Tue, April 16 2013 2:50pm - Source: The Music Mix

Following the acclaimed release of The War Room EP in 2012, Public Service Broadcasting have lit up the scene with a genuinely new and exciting approach to instrumental rock.

Colin Stetson On His Beautiful New Solo Album And Being A Gateway Drug For Jazz

Mon, April 15 2013 8:41pm - Source: Stereogum

It's not often that you hear a solo saxophone player referred to by the New York Times as a "one-man astonishment engine," but considering Colin Stetson's prowess as a performer, and the sprawling, often inscrutable nature of the music he makes, it's totally appropriate.

Coachella 2013: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wu-Tang Clan Brave Sandstorm

Mon, April 15 2013 3:31pm - Source: Rolling Stone

The first weekend of Coachella 2013 ended with an anticlimactic super bummer when the weather deteriorated into a blinding sandstorm by the time the Red Hot Chili Peppers started their headline set to close the festival yesterday.

Kellie Pickler, Best Friend Summer Plan Cancer-Free Trip

Thu, April 11 2013 3:23pm - Source: The Boot

Kellie Pickler has raised a lot of money and awareness for the fight against breast cancer over the years.

Graded on a Curve: Ellie Greenwich, “I Want You to Be My Baby” b/w “Goodnight, Goodnight”

Thu, April 11 2013 12:33pm - Source: The Vinyl District

The late Ellie Greenwich's well-deserved fame derives primarily from her activities a songwriter, specifically as one half of the behemoth Brill Building duo Greenwich-Barry, a pair that penned some of the most brilliant and enduring tunes in the rich history of the '60s Girl-Group sound.

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