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Kelis

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Calvin Harris' Unconventional "Feel So Close" Is Cool and Club-Ready

    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. The hit: "Feel So Close," Calv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Nice Hits! Rihanna's Calvin Harris Collaboration, "We Found Love," Is a Light and Simple Dance Gem

    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. The hit: "We Found Love," Ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    6 Food Filled Rap Songs

    ​If you love food, and you're a rap star, then you rap about food. If you're a rap star and you go to jail, do you rap about jail food? Until we hear back on that interview request with Lil Wayne to find out, we can at least see what a rapper eats in jail, thanks to TMZ. Without Top Ramen, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Tonight: Far East Movement and Hyper Crush at Showbox SoDo, LasaRose at Lucid

    ​Far East Movement, with Hyper Crush, The Cataracs, Dev, DJ Eye. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 628-3151. 7 p.m. All ages. Best known for their electro-hop party hits "Like a G6" and "Girls on the Dancefloor," this Koreatown, Los Angeles-based quartet sounds like an alcohol-fueled equal-par ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2010

    Far East Movement

    ​Far East Movement, with Hyper Crush, The Cataracs, Dev, DJ Eye. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 628-3151. 7 p.m. All ages. Best known for their electro-hop party hits "Like a G6" and "Girls on the Dancefloor," this Koreatown, Los Angeles-based quartet sounds like an alcohol-fueled equal-par ... More >>

  • Music

    August 18, 2010

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    ​Far East Movement, with Hyper Crush, The Cataracs, Dev, DJ Eye. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 628-3151. 7 p.m. All ages. Best known for their electro-hop party hits "Like a G6" and "Girls on the Dancefloor," this Koreatown, Los Angeles-based quartet sounds like an alcohol-fueled equal-par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    3 More Records You Should've Bought This Week Instead of Eminem's Recovery

    Killing your mom and wife is cool!​Well, things got kind of heated last week when I brought up the possibility that music better than Eminem's might exist. One of you called me "a homosexual" (classic!), a lot of you called me a dude (I'm not), and our own erstwhile Uptight Seattleite even tri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    I've Been Listening to Joy Division, Lou Reed, and Kelis

    Lou ReedDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what's circulating through his iPod every Monday.​Joy Division, "Atmosphere" (Permanent): This song and this record as a whole always has held a spooky -- while beautiful -- and very honest place with me. Atmosphere ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2009

    Sasquatch Time Management

    It’s time to make some tough decisions.

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Download the Swine Flu 09 Pandemic Mix

    We all know that swine flu is way too overused of a term right now. So much so that the WHO is trying to get the world to stop using the term completely. Good luck with that. Anyway, "swine flu" is the term of the moment, so it only makes sense that some DJs and artists would start having fun with i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2007

    Lil Mama, Big Hit

    We all know that swine flu is way too overused of a term right now. So much so that the WHO is trying to get the world to stop using the term completely. Good luck with that. Anyway, "swine flu" is the term of the moment, so it only makes sense that some DJs and artists would start having fun with i ... More >>

  • Music

    July 26, 2006

    Notable Shows

    Highlights-and otherwise-from this week's music calendar.

  • Music

    October 12, 2005

    Timo Maas and Armand Van Helden

    Also: The Constantines, Githead, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and Sarah McLachlan.

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    Triple Trouble

    One year. 273 songs. 22 hours of 2004's best music.

  • News

    September 15, 2004

    Our Obsession

    One year. 273 songs. 22 hours of 2004's best music.

  • Music

    August 18, 2004

    Renegades of Funk

    Hip-hop mixtapes and mutations.

  • Music

    April 21, 2004

    Sequels and/or Remakes Find Their Groove

    Hip-hop mixtapes and mutations.

  • Music

    March 10, 2004

    Seven Nights

    Hip-hop mixtapes and mutations.

  • Music

    March 10, 2004

    In Public

    An open letter to Kelis.

  • Music

    February 4, 2004

    I Dream the Minogue Electric

    An open letter to Kelis.

  • Diversions

    December 17, 2003

    Earth's Biggest Dollar Store

    Finding cheap gifts the old-fashioned wayon the Internet.

  • Music

    August 13, 2003

    Various Artists: The Neptunes Present . . . Clones, Playing Enemy: Ephemera, and More

    Finding cheap gifts the old-fashioned wayon the Internet.

  • Music

    January 1, 2003

    Tribute/Comp of the Year

    Red Hot + Riot: Capturing the music and spirit of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.

  • Music

    June 5, 2002

    The searchers

    Hip-hop heroes N.E.R.D. go looking for the rock.

  • Music

    March 27, 2002

    Fila Brazillia

    Hip-hop heroes N.E.R.D. go looking for the rock.

  • Music

    December 20, 2000

    Top-10 Lists

    Our critics select the best albums by genre, plus singles, local music, and 10 you might have missed.

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