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Marcy Playground

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Marcy Playground

Before Marcy Playground released “Sex and Candy” 1997, I didn’t know you could say “sex” on the radio,…

The Female of the Species

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The Female of the Species

Ten years ago, a teenage student held groundbreaking feminist author Germaine Greer (The Female Eunuch) hostage in her…

BikeSnobNYC

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BikeSnobNYC

Once upon a time in America, a Ford and Chevy would pull up at a stop sign together,…

Health

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Health

Jake Duzsik of the L.A. noise quartet Health recently described their music as “the soundtrack to some rusted…

Anthony Bourdain

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Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain is a bombastic, self-aggrandizing name dropper. But you knew that already. Famous for his lusty, irreverent,…

Justin Gibbens

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Justin Gibbens

Like John James Audubon meeting Aleister Crowley, the crptozoological animals of Justin Gibbens seem both natural and terribly…

Lan 1283

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Steve Martin

When it comes to banjo, legendary comic Steve Martin is all business—and I don’t mean funny business. Though…

Bert Jansch

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Bert Jansch

Forty years in the game haven’t slowed Scottish folk legend Bert Jansch, and he’s currently touring in style,…

Math and Physics Club

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Math and Physics Club

Seattleites are lucky that the unabashedly pleasant trio of Charles Bert (vocals), James Werle (guitar) and Ethan Jones…

Delta Spirit

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Delta Spirit

No one pairs vintage soul and Americana with the fiery heart of punk rock better than Delta Spirit.…

Eilen Jewell

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Eilen Jewell

Though Eilen Jewell got her start as a purveyor of straightforward Americana, her mournful third album, Sea of…

Smoosh

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Smoosh

Smoosh – the indie-pop sister act formed a decade(!) ago by singer/keyboardist Asy and singer/drummer Chloe, then pre-teens…

Stars

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Stars

While it might be a tad blasphemous to proffer that an offshoot of Broken Social Scene contains a…

Imogen Heap

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Imogen Heap

In a world full of bands genetically engineered in laboratories for maximum ringtone downloads and YouTube views, it’s…

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Tell me what you gonna do, when there ain’t nowhere to hide from a reunited Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Kinetically-paced…

John Vanderslice & Karl Blau

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John Vanderslice & Karl Blau

At first blush, putting John Vanderslice and Karl Blau on the same bill feels strange. Vanderslice writes lovely,…

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

There are a few things certain about Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ weekend residency at The Gorge: They…

Christopher Hitchens, author of "God is Not Great," poses in this Jan. 9, 2007 handout photo. Photographer: Christian Witkin. Source: Twelve/Grand Central Publishing via Bloomberg News.

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Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens is a bombastic, self-aggrandizing name dropper. But you knew that already. He’s also perhaps the most…

Robert Davis & Michael Langlois

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Robert Davis & Michael Langlois

These days, with fears of Islamic terrorism so high, a wall covered with Arabic script would seem to…

Laughter Against the Machine

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Laughter Against the Machine

Nato Green is a hard-working man in show business. Based in San Francisco, his Iron Comic series blends…