A mix-CD-cum-guide to the second annual Decibel Festival.
VARIOUS ARTISTS Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story (Hip-O) Motown’s primary architects besides Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson…
Jay-Z’s tour doc is overshadowed by his manager.
Bettie Serveert, “Hands Off” (Palomine). iTunes Sick Bees, “God Will Stop Yer Party” (Up). iTunes Barbara Manning and the Go-Luckys!,…
Hello! Kento Oiwa and Michiko Swiggs originally hail from Japan. “We both ended up in Olympia to go to Evergreen,…
Europe’s superclub all-stars mix it up on the Global Underground series.
A conversation with Bob Mould.
Two St. Louis music hounds take reissues into the DIY realm.
About what you’d expect at Playboy’s 50th anniversary bash.
Thoughts on music from thinker’s thinker and a fan’s fan.
Armando, “Trance Dance” (Trax; originally released 1993). iTunes Hieroglyphic Being, “Je Suis Musique” (Spectral Sounds). iTunes L’Usine, “Breed” (Designed Disorder)….
Bob Dylan revisits the world that made him—in the world he remade.
The Sea Navy is a guy with an electric guitar, a drum machine, lyrics like, “I’m never gonna be a…
DJ Nasir finds and spreads the beat-driven cure.
The conflicting impulses of Rhino’s new Whatever: The ’90s Pop & Culture Box.
Current Canuck concert cinema.
Successfully transferring the rave experience to the movies, but not vice-versa.
COLDCUT “Atomic Moog (Cornelius Mix)” (Ninja Tune) In October 2000, Ninja Tune issued Xen Cuts, a three–CD box set that…
David McCallum, “House of Mirrors” (Capitol; originally released 1966).iTunes Coachwhips, “Did You Cum?” (Narnack). iTunes Mabel Scott, “Catch ‘Em Young,…
A massive Richard Pryor reissue brings the pain.
Seattle Weekly: You’re originally from Seattle, right? Michelle Bishop: I grew up in Bothell, just north of Seattle, and went…
Jeff Chang chronicles the hip-hop generation, while Peter Shapiro dissects its records.
Love and politics, in the past and present.
