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Justin Bieber Wins Award, Says He's Paying It Forward

Fri, April 27 2012 8:16pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Justin Bieber is no stranger to accolades.

LOST TONES: Funk Dumpling; or, “Today’s Special”

Fri, April 27 2012 7:15pm - Source: destination: OUT

PR, clarinet; Kenny Barron, piano; Henry Grimes, bass; Paul Motian, drums .

Why We Fight: Bubble Pop

Fri, April 27 2012 4:25pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

It's difficult, at this point, for an artist to find a way of releasing music that feels strange.

Selena Gomez stuns on tribute record

Fri, April 27 2012 7:48am - Source: Music-News.com

Selena Gomez did an "amazing" job when recording for a tribute album to Latin American star Selena.

Laura Prudom: 'American Idol' Recap: The Top 6 Tackle Queen

Thu, April 26 2012 4:42am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Four out of the Top 6 " American Idol " contestants weren't even born when Freddie Mercury died in 1991, so expecting them to nail Queen classics might've been something of a stretch, especially since out of the remaining hopefuls, only Elise Testone truly qualifies as a rock singer.

Amy Andre: Why Can't Jessie J Be Bi?

Wed, April 25 2012 8:32pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Singer Jessie J, 24, is in the news because of her sexuality again.

Album Review: Lushlife – Plateau Vision

Wed, April 25 2012 8:09pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

Philly rapper and producer Lushlife (Rajesh Haldar) may be the best kept secret of independent hip hop.

Tank 'This Is How I Feel' LP: Singer 'Believes In' Chris Brown, Says Busta Rhymes Is 'Expensive'

Wed, April 25 2012 4:09pm - Source: The BoomBox

While his abs of steel make him look bulletproof, Tank 's true armor is in his music.

E. Nina Rothe: Ivana Mladenovic's Turn Off the Lights at Tribeca: An Interview

Wed, April 25 2012 2:04pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them."

CAN: Interview

Wed, April 25 2012 10:27am - Source: Prefix Magazine

We spoke with Irmin Schmidt about the discovery of The Lost Tapes, the future of music production, and the formation of CAN.

Gerard Hoffnung

Wed, April 25 2012 8:41am - Source: Boot Sale Sounds

An curious Lp I found the other day which features interviews or short talks with Gerard Hoffnung the English humourist in the 50's from various radio programmes on the BBC.

Monday's mp3: Where's Babylon?

Tue, April 24 2012 9:47pm - Source: SoundRoots

Yes, it's Tuesday, but I'm still calling this Monday's mp3.

'We Broke MySpace': Geoff Barrow's Quakers Interviewed

Tue, April 24 2012 9:55am - Source: The Quietus

Although the fourth Portishead long player is still somewhere way off in the distance, Barrow's industrious streak has brought forth a trio of distinct album projects.

Death Grips: The Money Store

Tue, April 24 2012 5:30am - Source: Pitchfork Media

But their thirst for vengeance, their monomaniacal desire to visit fiery destruction on the powers-that-be, is crystal-clear on The Money Store , even if nothing else-- where the hell this album came from; who plays which instrument; what the lead singer is yelling about; and what on earth this band of insurgents is doing signing an Epic Records contract with L.A. Reid-- makes much sense at all.

Eleni Mandell to Release "I Can See the Future" on July 10

Mon, April 23 2012 6:36pm - Source: ArtistDirect

We see the future and it looks like LA songstress Eleni Mandell.

Billy Bryans, Parachute Club Founding Member, Dead at 63 From Cancer

Mon, April 23 2012 4:02pm - Source: Spinner

Billy Bryans, a Juno Award -winning musician, founder of '80s pop group Parachute Club and acclaimed producer, died this morning in Toronto from cancer.

Jack White 'Blunderbuss' (XL)

Mon, April 23 2012 9:52am - Source: GIGWISE

Following spectacular success with The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, 2012 sees the debut of Jack White as a solo artist, releasing his album 'Blunderbuss' in April 2012.

Mike Ragogna: Latin Boogaloo with DJ Turmix, Plus Chatting with Fanfarlo's Leon Beckenham, Dwight Twilley and Terence P. Minogue

Mon, April 23 2012 4:24am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Latin boogaloo, the infectious musical style blending soul, rhythm & blues and Latin grooves that was born in NYC's Spanish Harlem in the 1960s is undergoing a major resurgence in NYC and elsewhere thanks to legends such as Johnny Colon, who continues to tour, compose and educate, and younger enthusiasts such as DJ Turmix, who are spreading the word to a new fanbase.

Sunday Night Soul: Linda Jones

Mon, April 23 2012 1:48am - Source: MOG

In the annals of soul music history, there are a handful of recording artists whose relatively short-lived careers give rise to the stuff of legends.

'A little less retro, a little more modern,' expects frontman Michael Fitzpatrick

Fri, April 20 2012 9:45pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Over the past three years, L.A.-based soul-pop outfit Fitz and the Tantrums have toured relentlessly behind their breakthrough 2010 debut album, Pickin ' Up the Pieces.

Guilty pleasures: De La Soul, “A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays” (1991)

Fri, April 20 2012 5:39pm - Source: Something Else!

I've never understood why so many people — even in the present-day environment of mainstream acceptance for the modern, much more watered-down, commercially acceptable version of hip-hop — still see rap music as a threat.

Interview with dave phillips: "Any form of definition will eventually work against itself"

Fri, April 20 2012 4:24pm - Source: WFMU's Beware of the Blog

When I saw him perform twice last year, both sets were distinctly different, but both succeeded in affecting a certain aboriginal feeling in my body, by way of subsonic frequencies or animal instincts or what-have-you, and bypassed my natural inclination to be turned off by what I would normally call sanctimonious presentations in a performance context.

It's The Vinyl Countdown: Artists & Their Most Treasured Records

Fri, April 20 2012 12:46pm - Source: The Quietus

Record Store Day is again about to descend, bringing with it a whole cavalcade of limited edition vinyl releases and an aim to promote international rack-rifling.

Lost In Translation: DiS does Tokyo

Fri, April 20 2012 9:42am - Source: Drowned In Sound

Japan may have a population not far off 130 million people, yet its musical exports can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Dick Clark: 20 Years of Clearasil Rock

Wed, April 18 2012 10:06pm - Source: Rolling Stone

This story is from the August 16th, 1973 issue of Rolling Stone.

Book Notes - Joe Schuster "The Might Have Been"

Wed, April 18 2012 5:28pm - 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.

Miley Cyrus, Ashley Judd Puffy-Face Article: Singer Thanks Actress for Op-ed Piece

Wed, April 18 2012 2:14pm - Source: AOL Music

Isn't it refreshing to hear about women uplifting other women , rather than engaging in competition and rivalries in a bid to tear each other down?

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 41

Wed, April 18 2012 12:09pm - Source: Pop Dose

Jack Feerick - With 1972, we're now entering into an era of musical history where I remember hearing these songs, when I was a child, but most of them I've never really listened to.

The Mars Volta – Noctourniquet

Wed, April 18 2012 7:04am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

The Mars Volta have never done things by half.

Interview: Tanlines

Wed, April 18 2012 4:11am - Source: Pretty Much Amazing

Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm sat relaxed in leather couch in the back of DC9 as they waited for showtime to roll around after their soundcheck.

spending warm summer days indoors (internet culture generation gap)

Tue, April 17 2012 5:16pm - Source: Asleep on the Compost Heap

I am clearly on the other side of a generation gap and the internet has a lot to do with it.

Bob Marley: 'What we need is some positive vibration' – a classic interview from the vaults

Tue, April 17 2012 2:56pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Columbo's is a mostly black-patronised disco in London's Carnaby Street.

Karen Dalton-Beninato: The Cosimo Effect: A Conversation with Cosimo Matassa

Tue, April 17 2012 6:04am - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

Cosimo, Cos to his friends, tells the story of his musical role best in his own words, so here's a conversation filmed by our friend Gary Hartley of Grewvia.

LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS TUPAC SHAKUR HOLOGRAM FOR A MINUTE

Mon, April 16 2012 8:40pm - Source: Metal Sucks

Tupac Shakur has been dead for more than fifteen years.

The Brothers Gonna Work It Out: Orbital Interviewed

Mon, April 16 2012 1:05pm - Source: The Quietus

"I can't shake the feeling we're inside a giant Faberge egg."

Karen Dalton-Beninato: The Cosimo Effect: A Conversation with Cosimo Matassa

Mon, April 16 2012 2:52am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Cosimo, Cos to his friends, tells the story of his musical role best in his own words, so here's a conversation filmed by our friend Gary Hartley of Grewvia.

Queen's Diamond Jubilee: Sex Pistols to release anti-monarchy anthem for Queen's Diamond Jubilee

Sun, April 15 2012 7:50am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Despite being banned for sale from HMV and Woolworths, and being denied Radio 1 air time, the record sold more than 150,000 copies and reached number two in the charts, behind Rod Stewart's I Don't Want to Talk About It/The First Cut is the Deepest.

Tape Is the Place (MP3)

Sat, April 14 2012 2:26pm - Source: Disquiet

Radere is Carl Ritger who lives in Boulder, Colorado, and is part of the group of people who manage Communikey , the great arts festival that celebrates its fifth anniversary this coming week.

Mort Weiss: Let’s compare your average jazz cat to those with classical gas

Sat, April 14 2012 12:33pm - Source: Something Else!

Who's the better musician — a jazz or classical player?

Pepe Deluxe Interview & New Single

Fri, April 13 2012 2:39pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

'Go Supersonic' is a real belter of a track, and makes its home in an equally out-there and wonderfully conceptual record, heavily inspired by Atlantean culture, Venus, sci-fi futurism and reincarnation written of in the mystical 19th Century novel 'A Dweller On Two Planets'.

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