DJ Nasir finds and spreads the beat-driven cure.
A mix-CD-cum-guide to the second annual Decibel Festival.
Bob Dylan revisits the world that made him—in the world he remade.
Armando, “Trance Dance” (Trax; originally released 1993). iTunes Hieroglyphic Being, “Je Suis Musique” (Spectral Sounds). iTunes L’Usine, “Breed” (Designed Disorder)….
Thoughts on music from thinker’s thinker and a fan’s fan.
The Sea Navy is a guy with an electric guitar, a drum machine, lyrics like, “I’m never gonna be a…
Two St. Louis music hounds take reissues into the DIY realm.
A conversation with Bob Mould.
Europe’s superclub all-stars mix it up on the Global Underground series.
Hello! Kento Oiwa and Michiko Swiggs originally hail from Japan. “We both ended up in Olympia to go to Evergreen,…
Bettie Serveert, “Hands Off” (Palomine). iTunes Sick Bees, “God Will Stop Yer Party” (Up). iTunes Barbara Manning and the Go-Luckys!,…
Jay-Z’s tour doc is overshadowed by his manager.
What’s new in history.
A night on the town with dance-scene veteran Groovin’ Kim.
Often, power-pop fans are hilarious. Only a confirmed Pollyanna or an extremely sloppy thinker would have imagined Teenage Fanclub taking…
VARIOUS ARTISTS Offshore Presents Troubled Water Mixed by Clever (Offshore/ Single Cell) The last genre where any nondiehard looks for…
Battling spring breakers and getting housed in Miami.
Idem, $19.95 THE ’40S SAXOPHONIST, bandleader, and songwriter Louis Jordan spent 106 weeks at the top of Billboard‘s R&B chart—more…
Rediscover the sounds of Africa.
Last Thursday, Oct. 6, I arrived at the office to a computer whose hard drive had spontaneously combusted overnight, taking…
