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  • Interview: Clay Aiken

    Interview

    Clay Aiken

    Wed, 14 May 2008 17:28:00

    Clay Aiken is a guy who proves that winning isn't everything. After getting his start as the runner-up to Ruben Studdard in season two of American ...more

  • Interview: Duran Duran

    Interview

    Duran Duran

    Wed, 14 May 2008 12:26:19

    Duran Duran are the original prototype for the recent electro-dance-DJ craze and of its participants. Being pioneers of the electro movement hasn't ...more

  • Break It Down: Alex Koch of The Walkup

    Break It Down

    Alex Koch of The Walkup

    Wed, 14 May 2008 11:04:53

    Coming together over drinks at a Lower East Side bar, indie outfit The Walkup quickly found they shared similar tastes in music despite coming of age ...more

  • Interview: Strange Wilderness

    Interview

    Strange Wilderness

    Wed, 14 May 2008 10:29:34

    Allen Covert is one funny dude. The first thing that he says, when clicked over to speakerphone, speaks volumes about his sense of humor. "Am I on the ...more

  • Interview: Kelley Polar

    Interview

    Kelley Polar

    Tue, 13 May 2008 13:03:57

    Kelley Polar's sophomore release, I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling, keeps one eye on the dance floor and the other on the Heavens above. ...more

  • Interview: Gnarls Barkley

    Interview

    Gnarls Barkley

    Tue, 13 May 2008 10:46:57

    Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo could've easily been a painter. The soulful crooner paints portraits of pain on Gnarls' latest concoction of smoky, space ...more

  • Interview: Reprise

    Interview

    Reprise

    Mon, 12 May 2008 13:02:11

    Director Joachim Trier speaks with a mix of humble assuredness and palpable passion about Reprise, his award-winning film, which has garnered praise ...more

  • Guest Collector: Cloud Cult

    Guest Collector

    Cloud Cult

    Mon, 12 May 2008 12:49:28

    With Earth-friendly, green living all the rage, the eco conscious indie rock outfit Cloud Cult should find an even more receptive audience for their ...more

  • Interview: Filter

    Interview

    Filter

    Mon, 12 May 2008 07:29:18

    Richard Patrick has got a lot on his mind—a new Filter record, a headlining tour and well, jury duty. "The sucky thing is I just got jury duty, and ...more

  • Interview: Theory of a Deadman

    Interview

    Theory of a Deadman

    Thu, 08 May 2008 15:29:23

    Theory of a Deadman's Tyler Connolly loves Los Angeles. In fact, he's got nothing but positive things to say about the City of Angels. Perhaps, it's ...more

  • Little Bit

    Lykke Li

    Little Bit

    Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:35

    Swedish vocalist Lykke Li, or Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson, gives us a sneak preview of what's to come with this tasty four-song EP. Little Bit was ...more

  • Maths and English (Bonus Tracks)

    Dizzee Rascal

    Maths and English (Bonus Tracks)

    Thu, 15 May 2008 16:51:58

    After a three-year delay, the kinetic East London grime MC Dizzee Rascal defies expectations with Maths + English, delivering a pop-influenced, ...more

  • The Age of the Understatement

    The Last Shadow Puppets

    The Age of the Understatement

    Thu, 15 May 2008 07:10:18

    Kudos to Arctic Monkey's Alex Turner for truly comprehending the concept behind a side project. As one half of the Last Shadow Puppets, along with the ...more

  • Jim

    Jamie Lidell

    Jim

    Thu, 15 May 2008 07:05:55

    Accomplished artists have worked under alter egos before.  (Garth Brooks’ "Chris Gaines", anyone?)  But while English soul ...more

  • Rockferry

    Duffy

    Rockferry

    Wed, 14 May 2008 07:10:12

    Lately, the U.K. has been producing pint-sized singing powerhouses like nobody's business: Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Adele, and now ...more

  • Arm's Way

    Islands

    Arm's Way

    Wed, 14 May 2008 07:04:58

    Arm's Way finds Islands setting sail distinctly away from the indie-yelping that characterized their debut, Return to the Sea. The Montreal band ...more

  • Keep Color

    The Republic Tigers

    Keep Color

    Wed, 14 May 2008 07:04:09

    Let's go ahead and say you like Coldplay. You find their inoffensive take on Bends-era Brit pop rather charming, and why shouldn't you? It fixes you ...more

  • Anthems for the Damned

    Filter

    Anthems for the Damned

    Tue, 13 May 2008 09:56:19

    It’s been six years since Richard Patrick last put out an album as Filter. With the space of time–and another band (Army Of Anyone) in the interim–it ...more

  • This Kind of Love

    Carly Simon

    This Kind of Love

    Tue, 13 May 2008 09:48:49

    Throughout her career, longtime songstress (and sometime children's book author) Carly Simon certainly crafted "mom friendly" and woman-oriented soft ...more

  • Robyn (Bonus Tracks)

    Robyn

    Robyn (Bonus Tracks)

    Mon, 12 May 2008 07:34:55

    Savvy pop fans have been pumping Robyn's self-titled album for years, even though it's just now [in late April 2008] finally seeing a proper ...more



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