Last year's Oscar winning documentary Searching for Sugarman shined a spotlight on an artist who, despite obvious talent and critical acclaim, somehow slipped through the cracks and never enjoyed the mainstream success he was destined for until later in life when a journalist tracked him down and revealed his bootlegged music was as beloved as Bob Dylan and The Beatles in South Africa.
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The National, whose music many have labeled as gloomy, dark, and writhing with insecurities, stays the course with their latest, Trouble Will Find Me .
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At this point, six albums in, the National are practically a genre unto themselves.
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As you are probably aware, this Saturday (4/20) is Record Store Day. We've already told you some of our picks from the myriad #RSD13 exclusives , but many of NYC's record stores are having special events that day.
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The Flaming Lips' infamous 1997 release that required four CD players playing it simultaneously to listen to it properly get it's first vinyl issue across four slabs of wax.
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Singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten has hardly been slowing down since the release of her breakthrough album Tramp.
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I liked Jason better the first time I heard him; when it was called...
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So far in our On The Rise series this year, we've looked at talent on the ascension in front of the camera, with a cluster of actors and actresses who look set for great things.
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A new tribute record to the late folk singer John Denver is said to be released next week, featuring the likes of Sharon Van Etten and Kathleen Edwards , among others.
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It didn't take long for the third Saturday in April to become the highlight of every music lover's spring, and this year's Record Store Day lineup is sure to be another memorable year for vinyl's national holiday.
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March 16th was unofficial Nick Cave day in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Listening to Pickwick reminds me of why I hate the music industry.
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It's hard to talk about North Carolina's musical legacy – or even indie rock in general – without mentioning Chris Stamey.
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On 2 April, ATO will release a tribute album to late folk singer and activist John Denver , featuring the likes of My Morning Jacket , Kathleen Edwards and Dave Matthews.
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On April 2, ATO will release The Music Is You , a tribute to the late folk singer/songwriter/activist John Denver.
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Tribute albums — any compilation for that matter, but especially tribute albums — are by their very nature mixed bags.
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It takes some serious gumption (and a beautiful fragility) to start a record with just your voice for over a minute.
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Bottle Rock Music & Arts Festival has revealed the full lineup for its inaugural edition, set for May 10th-12th in Napa Valley, California.
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Nashville singer/songwriter Torres (real name Mackenzie Scott) hails from a long-running breeding ground of folk and country music, and she takes after her hometown's lineage, but also weaves in grunge and punk inspired grit like EMA or Sharon Van Etten.
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"We love coming to London," states Local Natives ' Taylor Rice as he leans back into a comfy sofa in an office of their label's London HQ.
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This year, building a music discovery platform called TastemakerX, I was looking harder than usual at new music.
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Q. Of all your albums, why are you revisiting "Paris 1919"?
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Earlimart came out with their first record in four years and System Preferences turned out to be an album filled with all the passion, beauty and lush melodies that keep them among my favorite bands.
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Read More"Every Single Night" sets the tone on this personal record that is a powerful listen in ways that only Fiona is capable of.
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Let's finish off this year, put a cap on it, lay to rest, what have you.
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The summer of 2012 was dominated by mega-sized showcases such as Danny Boyle's acclaimed Olympics opening ceremony, the somewhat less celebrated closing ceremony, and the Jubilee concert on the Mall. The real medal winners, though, snuck up quietly on the inside track.
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WE ASKED Portland musicians, bookers, club owners, music enthusiasts, and more about their favorite musical moments of 2012.
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The latest attempt to turn Woody Guthrie songs into modern day standards did not come from Jeff Tweedy and Billy Bragg but this time from Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and Yim Yames.
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These are 50 tracks that delighted, inspired and fascinated us in 2012 and that we think are worthy of remembering long after the year is over.
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Last weekend I travelled from London to Utrecht to watch a bunch of my favourite bands at Le Guess Who? festival.
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But it's also November and according to the folk in the air-conditioned refuge of the Austin Visitors Bureau's Airstream trailer - everything here happens in Airstream trailers - this heat is unseasonable.
Read MoreNYCTaper is recording and sharing mp3s of Yo La Tengo's 2012 Hanukkah residency in Hoboken.
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So, DiS went on an email rampage and asked for some top 5 album of the year lists and a few sentences about why the artist loves each one.
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The 31-year-old Brooklyn indie folk-rock singer-songwriter wrote her latest album, Tramp , released early this year, in response to an abusive boyfriend who told her that she would never get anywhere as a singer.
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The newly released CD of demos that became Sharon Van Etten 's third record, the markedly more aggressive, emboldened Tramp , underestimates itself in a fashion that suits its modest creator.
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As many of you will have seen by now, the current issue of Uncut features our Top 75 albums of 2012 and, as usual, there's been a fair amount of comment online about the list.
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Amy Winehouse's former home in Camden, where the singer was found dead in July last year, is to be auctioned by McHugh & Co today.
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