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James Blake made a name for himself as a pioneer of electronic music. Glitched explosive beats, sweeping synth and Joni Mitchell-esque crooning are just a few of the technical weapons in Blake‰'s ever-expanding musical arsenal. His new album Overgrown doesn‰'t break...

“Is that a cat on your shirt?‰” I can‰'t tell you how many times I get that question whenever I wear my navy baseball shirt from this British screamo label. The answer is no, it‰'s not a cat. It‰'s a Shiba making a record with a buzz saw. Duh. Behold the first of many...

Somehow, spring was sidestepped in favor of a potentially sweltering summer. But a scorching summer means lazing around under the shade of a wide tree, ice tea in hand, with a cheerful yet calming soundtrack in the background. It means pretty sundresses and bright...

Justin Timberlake‰'s The 20/20 Experience features many long songs. So what? Reviews of Timberlake‰'s third solo album, his first in seven years, have focused on Timberlake‰'s stubborn disregard for songs that neatly fit into single-length slots on the radio or boast...

19 years ago we lost a father, hero and certified punk rocker. Kurt Cobain transformed the very face of rock and roll and although the man may be dead, the spirit continues to thrive. Nirvana‰'s grunge and “don‰'t give a fuck‰” attitude helped change music as an art...

For the sake of journalistic integrity, I need to make a quick overture to this week‰'s column: I am not what most would describe as “cool.‰” If any of you are casting bets on the odds of me becoming a forecaster of the up-and-coming, I‰'d say you could put your...

First of all, I would like to thank Club Fonograma for allowing me to find unexpected yet amazing musical discoveries on their website. This Ibero-American music blog used to make the best mixtapes ever, and in one of them I came across a Nerves cover of “Hanging on...

On the cusp of releasing their 13th studio album (with scores of other releases under their belt), there‰'s no question that the Flaming Lips are music royalty. They have achieved this by decades of being prolific, eccentric, exciting, challenging, controversial and,...

With spring just barely fighting its way past the lingering winter, students are breaking out their sunglasses and shorts, sunning themselves out on the quad and the steps of MGC. Mixed with that impatient longing for summer and the almost-there end of the semester,...

The Decemberists, The Mars Volta and Mastodon constitute just the new bands falling in love with the concept album; the old progressive rock movement of the ’70s that produced more concept albums than standard ones. Yet musicians don‰'t seem to have such a time with...