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"I may be an ice queen, but I like it fucking hot," Siouxsie Sioux says from the stage at London's Royal Festival Hall, site of the Dreamshow concert DVD (Rhino). The disc was...
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In the same week that sees Adam Sandler playing a grieving 9/11 widower in Reign Over Me, another lone figure reeling from post-traumatic stress fills the central role in the...
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If you want to get rich during a gold rush, you don't go digging for gold. The guaranteed money is in picks, axes, wheelbarrows, and the land deeds that surround the boom....
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British post-punks/pre-New Wavers Echo & The Bunnymen released Songs to Learn and Sing in 1985, and 10 of the tracks that made the first comp are included here, most notably...
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Sharon Stone makes another movie, bands of the 1978-1982 epoch reunite, technology advances, trans-fats are banned yet The Fall persevere, with Mark E. Smith the sole...
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This ain't a scene, it's a bottomless, underground-market glut: '00s noise upstarts spinning off fly-by-night collabos à la '80s Marvel Comics limited series. Members of...
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Ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr knows a little something about dealing with strong-willed vocalists (ahem, Morrissey), so it's no surprise that his contributions to the...
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During its heyday in the '70s, reggae powerhouse Trojan Records never released an album in the U.S., but Trojan imports were must-haves for every serious reggae collection....
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Musicians working solo in the singer/songwriter category don't have it easy the label alone scares off a lot of listeners, thanks to a stigma of ceaseless sameness and...
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The kings and queen of raw, naked pain and quavering, sheltered emotionalism will bring their irresistibly precious brand of experimental indie pop to the Valley next Sunday....
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Listening to Angélique Kidjo's forthcoming album, Dijn Dijn (Razor & Tie), is like attending a crash course in World Music 101. Her 11th full-length, scheduled for a...
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When indie-rock radio embraces a song before a band has even released a proper full-length which is what happened to Lovedrug and the ethereal "Down Towards the...
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When they aren't busy letting loose in Black Rock City, local Burning Man freaks DJ Kodama and Chromatest J. Pantsmaker (a.k.a. the Salacious BeatSlingers) have been giving...
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Thursday 22 Axis/Radius: Ladies' Night (hip-hop, rock, dance)
AZ 88: Mr. P-Body (synth pop, electro)
Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (various)
Blue Note: DJ Soloman, &...