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In 2006 Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, recording under the name Lupe Fiasco, released one of the year's freshest and most promising hip-hop records, Food and Liquor.
Canadian indie-rock quartet The Weakerthans are not, like many bands today, an every other year (or every year in some cases) record factory. They take their time crafting their songs, letting life inspire them before putting pen to paper or fingers to strings.
Huge, slick, ostentatious hard rock has been a bafflingly popular genre for nigh on thirty years. I've spent most of my music-listening life wondering how people could continually get into music that was, to me anyway, one-note, unoriginal and largely uninspiring.
When one of indie rock's favorite names comes out with a new album bolstered by the addition of ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and including several guest vocals by Shins frontman James Mercer it's expected that there will be a lot of overblown hype prior to the record's r …
Web site of the week: www.newsvine.comNice recommendation from the U. of Tennessee student paper.
The Killers' major label debut, 2004's Hot Fuss was easily one of my favorite records to come out that year.
Anah Mediera is roughly 12 years old when her youngest sister, Leah, is diagnosed with tuberculosis. Her abusive, controlling father will not risk infecting his sons, and so he sends Leah to a local orphanage known to take in sick children.
Tilly and the Wall proved with their first full length, 2003's Wild Like Children, that they could capture the frenetic energy of youth and project it back to listeners through light guitar rhythms, simple keyboard melodies, dizzying vocal harmonies and almost feverish tap danci …
The first time I heard the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs single "Gold Lion" I didn't even know it was them. I thought it was a new track from Tegan and Sara, or really any female fronted rock group other than the visceral and dischordant trio from New York.
Journalism 2.1? A New Site Tweaks The Grassroots FormulaStephen Bryant writes the most succinct review of Newsvine I've read to date. His evaluation of both traditional news media sites and those dubbed "journalism 2.0", including his thoughts on where Newsvine fits in, is clear and thorough.
5 Newsvine Observations - A Review ยป Conversion RaterPat's posted some good observations on Newsvine. I pretty much agree with what he says - Newsvine seems very strong but needs better 'here's what you do first' messaging.
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