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"I think we all strive for some sort of identity or knowing of self," says 30 Seconds to Mars drummer Shannon Leto from his car in Los Angeles. "The way to go about it can be...
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We Americans complain of Big Brother's unblinking eye in the post-Patriot Act, corporate e-mail era — as well we should. But, as The Lives of Others makes plain, things...
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Born in 1936 in Jamaica, raised in Texas, and based in Phoenix, Big Pete Pearson is proof that the blues (as a flourishing, vibrant form) is not dying of old age and House of...
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Brothers Peter and David Brewis may have an unerring knack for melodic hooks, but full songs prove a trickier proposition for them. Two-thirds of Field Music, the Brewises...
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Dense with vivid, lively chirp patterns, Gui Boratto's debut full-length offers authentic dance-floor splendor. The Brazilian producer's use of summery melodies on the diverse...
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Keller Williams, the one-man jam band, is known for his ability to get the sound of a full orchestra out of his acoustic guitar using a variety of pedals and loops. On Dream,...
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Seattle singer-songwriter Jesse Sykes has long been uncomfortable with critical responses to her music as dark, lonely, and deeply depressed; instead (as she's taken to...
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Saliva's rote fusion of rap metal, grunge, and alt rock should've died before the turn of the century, but it never has. Amazingly enough, the more generic and obsolete the...
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For two decades, Walter Salas-Humera and his Silos have been one of the leading lights of Americana music. Sadly underappreciated, the New York-based Silos have released more...
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Okay, so that comeback album never quite came back, stalling out on the quality trail somewhere between It's Hard and Roger Daltrey's latest solo album. And the band's down to...
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Think about how many reality-TV-show marriages have ended in divorce — and then think about how many groups created in the artificial light of television (The Monkees,...
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Until some impresario rounds up a troupe of working prostitutes to personally give each audience member a hand job, you're not going to get a better wet-dream marketing...
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Having a musical legend you call dad can be a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, you don't have to go on American Idol to get the industry's attention. On the other hand,...
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Mommy and Daddy? We've been really good lately, so can we go on a field trip with our bestest buddies to the Kindergarten Rave on Saturday, February 24? Don't worry, there'll...
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Thursday 22 Axis/Radius: Ladies' Night (hip-hop, rock, dance)
Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (various)
Blue Note: DJ Soloman, & Fredj (acid jazz, house)
Bobby C's:...
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1. The Shins, Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop)
2. Bloc Party, Weekend in the City (Vice Records)
3. John Mayer, The Village Sessions (Sony BMG)
4. Fall Out Boy, Infinity...
