The Rite of Spring 1913: Why did it provoke a riot?
It was 100 years ago that the most famous scandal in the history of the arts took place, at a swanky new theatre in Paris.
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It was 100 years ago that the most famous scandal in the history of the arts took place, at a swanky new theatre in Paris.
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Berlin-based band, Abby are getting ready to make their name in the UK with a fantastic debut single and some headline shows next month.
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THE Streets will be alive with the sound of music when the songs of Julie Andrews come to London.
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It's not lost on us that some of the biggest and most talented artists and musicians of this or any generation have gone on the record—on records—here at TVD.
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The internet was ripe with new videos and articles aimed at the production and gear connoisseur this week—from demo videos of MacBeth's new synth to synthesizer innovator Herb Deutsch walking us through the evolution of the MiniMoog, all the way to an in-depth look at Korg's forthcoming Volca series of mini-analog units.
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It's funny that while we're getting some of our brightest days right now here in Seattle, some of this week's most exciting new releases are some of the year's darkest.
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Back in March, out of the blue, David Marchese from SPIN sent me this link to his impressive feature on Jerry 'Swamp Dogg' Williams, Jr., a truly independent and amazingingly prolific R&B artist, writer, producer, publisher, label-owner, and walking definition of "gonzo".
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So many of his songs, including duets he made with his then wife Tammy Wynette, were autobiographical that at times it seemed no aspect of his life was off limits.
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So I decide to go for an adventure: take a cab with no radio on.
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There are many people for whom Mike Skinner will always maintain a degree of relevance; those for whom Original Pirate Material and A Grand Don't Come For Free are almost ludicrously perfect snapshots of a particular moment in British culture, a flawless encapsulation of a certain type of person and the sort of life they lived a few years either side of the turn of the millennium.
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In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
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If you missed Part I of this series on the female presence in dance music, it was inspired by a post from Complex a while back highlighting "the sexiest women in EDM," which was more about pretty faces than actual talent.
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sharing--has resurfaced as a contributor to another blog!
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When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice.
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"The first album was the darkness and now this is bringing the light out of me."
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One of the most legendary singers in country music history has died.
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George Jones , known as "the greatest voice in country music," died today at a Nashville Hospital after being hospitalized last week with a fever and irregular blood pressure, his publicist said today.
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"George Barnes was one of the most underrated of the jazz guitarists that came up during the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's. He was easily recognized for the duets he made with Carl Kress, but sometimes overlooked as one of the great jazz stylists and innovators."
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Tony Royster Jr reckons everyone has something to give.
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A few weeks ago, we asked Michael Rother to take part in our Baker's Dozen feature, and nominate 13 albums he really loved.
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Today, each of the 50 states has its own town called "Paradise."
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In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
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We're staying in the Mayfair Hotel off July 26 Street, situated on an island in the Nile. It has a large colonial entrance hall and a once grand marble staircase that speaks of different distant times while inside, sub, sub-divided rooms with rickety wardrobes, monastic beds and hopeful electrical wiring speak to a more realistic pragmatic present.
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By now, I know Kid Cudi , and our relationship's almost like a rebellious child and a disconcerted parent.
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For whatever reason, the once-gargantuan sound of Britain's underbelly has been bludgeoned.
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What is it about time and the days that makes Friday come at a snails pace, then suddenly it's Sunday and we're mere hours away from another Monday morning?
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They didn't realise it at the time, they say, but it was their middle–class upbringing in suburban north London, as the comprehensive–schooled daughters of a teacher and a banker, that planted the seeds for Dead & Born & Grown, their debut album of haunting, Americanatinged folk.
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In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
Read MoreI stood on the steps of New York's Town Hall with hundreds of other enthusiasts of the newly found but not new at all symbolic giant of Rodriguez, the resurrected singer song writer made famous in the Oscar winning documentary "Searching for Sugarman."
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After many youthful daydreams about the city from whose loins an infinite number of my musical faves sprung, it happened.
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No rest for the wicked, weary or one Rob Zombie.
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Since the release of the critically acclaimed 'Young Kato' EP in the summer of 2012, Young Kato have been touring the UK tirelessly with headline shows across the country and successful support slots with a wide array of bands, including Spector, Bastille, Swim Deep, We Are Scientists and Peace.
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Babyshambles performed a new song in Paris this weekend, playing a gig with their new drummer Adam Falkner.
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Beyonce and Jay-Z have caused uproar in the US by apparently visiting Cuba on holiday.
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Rock and roll has never lacked for singular characters, and amongst that cavalcade of the insanely great and greatly insane, Lewis Allen "Lou" Reed takes second chair to nobody.
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