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Gil Scott-Heron

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Seven Snow Songs For a Seattle Snow Day

    It's a little too late for a white Christmas, but here we are in a snowy Seattle! To commemorate our multitude of snowflake visitors, here are some of my favorite snow day songs--when we think of non-Christmas snow songs, there's Frank Zappa's "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow," particularly relevant to do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Tell Me About That Album: It's a Corporate World by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

    2011 was a good year for the Detroit pop duo with the silly name. They released their major label debut It's a Corporate World in June and spent much of the remainder of the year touring behind it. The band will ring in 2012 with a string of high-profile dates on the West Caost supporting Fitz and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Drake's "Take Care" Modernizes a 50-Year-Old Song, With a Little Help From Rihanna, Jamie xx, and Gil Scott-Heron

    Nice Hits! is a Reverb column that unironically dissects, reviews, and appreciates the best songs of the current Top 40. It is unsnobbishly premised on the logic that just because a lot of the music on the radio is crap doesn't mean all the music on the radio is crap. ​ Drake Feat. Rihan ... More >>

  • Film

    October 12, 2011

    The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975: Tales From the Revolution

    Nice Hits! is a Reverb column that unironically dissects, reviews, and appreciates the best songs of the current Top 40. It is unsnobbishly premised on the logic that just because a lot of the music on the radio is crap doesn't mean all the music on the radio is crap. ​ Drake Feat. Rihan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    10 Traits of the Successful Music Critic (or: What I Can Bring to the Table Here at Reverb)

    ​I'm new here (like Gil Scott-Heron), so just let me introduce myself (like Humpty). My name is Grandy, pronounced with a "that's as far as I'm taking this riff." Chris Kornelis ordered me to write a post explaining why I'm fit for service at Reverb, so here's a brief list of my qualifications ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Amazon Editors Pick LCD Soundsystem, Avi Buffalo as Top Albums of 2010 (So Far)

    ​Amazon's music editors have compiled a list of their Top 50 Albums of 2010 (So Far), and to no one's surprise, critical darlings LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening is at the top. More interesting is their pick for number 2 -- Avi Buffalo's self-titled debut. Way to vote for the little guys! ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    It's 2010, and Sade Has the Hottest Record in West Seattle, Queen Anne, and (Almost) Everywhere Else

    ​Here's a little study in Seattle neighborhoods. Sade's Soldier of Love, her first new album in a decade is the top album on the Billboard charts (after the jump), the top album at Easy Street locations (Queen Anne/West Seattle), but at Sonic Boom's Ballard and Capitol Hill locations, it's sti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Video: Gil Scott-Heron's "Me and the Devil"

    Yesterday, the great Gil Scott-Heron released I'm New Here (XL), his first album in 15 years. Both an early pioneer of what would become hip-hop--street poetry about the streets--and a powerful voice for black radicalism, Scott-Heron's raw delivery and even rawer lyrics capture the machinations of v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Coachella Lineup Announced, Short on Seattle Bands

    Tickets for Coachella go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 22. ​The lineup for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was released this morning, and maybe I'm missing something here, but it seems to be pretty short on Seattle bands. True, there are some great and diverse acts on the three-day ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    An Interview With Chuck D

    Image via www.myspace.com/chuckdpublicenemy There are few rap songs as important to modern culture as Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," a rallying cry against political indifference. Well, it's been 20 years since PE's frontman Chuck D helped scare the hell out of white America, and a black man now ... More >>

  • Music

    January 3, 2007

    Good Vibrations

    More than the music itself, James Brown's biggest legacy might be the freedom he created.

  • Music

    March 23, 2005

    Numbers

    More than the music itself, James Brown's biggest legacy might be the freedom he created.

  • Music

    March 2, 2005

    Kiki & Herb Will Die for You

    Also: The Chemical Brothers and Playgroup.

  • Music

    October 1, 2003

    Enon, Loudon Wainwright III, and More

    Also: The Chemical Brothers and Playgroup.

  • Music

    April 30, 2003

    Aural Sex

    Lialeh soundtrack CD-release party.

  • Music

    May 22, 2002

    Trailblazers

    The Bay Area's Blackalicious light up the darkness.

  • Music

    May 15, 2002

    Days of our nights

    The Bay Area's Blackalicious light up the darkness.

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Days of our nights

    The Bay Area's Blackalicious light up the darkness.

  • Music

    July 28, 1999

    Televise this

    The inventor of a famous phrase, Gil Scott-Heron perseveres through four decades of revolutions.

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