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"I should be bitter at this point, but I’m not," says Juliana Hatfield about her latest album. "The music is a pure expression of my undying faith in something."
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"The sound of this open, airy room had an influence on what we wanted to do," says Tokyo Police Club guitarist Josh Hook, talking about recording TPC.
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A classic hip-hop due that stormed out the gates in the 1980s with its debut album, Paid in Full, Eric B. & Rakim inked a deal with MCA and continued to release albums throughout the ’90s. The two would go their separate wa...
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"I encourage my audience to come out and yell if they have a certain song they want to hear," says singer-guitarist Dale Watson. "At the end of the day, it’s just a honky-tonk party."
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"We wanted an album that represents our sound," Aterciopelados vocalist/guitarist Andrea Echeverri says about CLAROSCURA.
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Ten years ago Halestorm signed a major label deal. It’s been full-steam ahead for the hard rock group (singer-guitarist Lzzy Hale, drummer and percussionist Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger and bassist Josh Smith) ever sinc...
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The Uruguayan rock band No Te Va Gustar formed when members were still teenagers. While many bands that start out in those circumstances don’t make it past an album or two, these guys have persevered for more than 20 years now.
Concert Recaps
Hip-hop dominated the third day of Lollapalooza. In a mid-afternoon set, Lil Pump delivered a set so raucous that he had to stop several times to tell fans to take a step away from the stage so anyone standing near the front wo...
Concert Recaps
The major attraction of Day Two of this year’s incarnation of Lollapalooza at Chicago’s Grant Park was clearly Bruno Mars. Much like Prince and/or Michael Jackson, Mars mixes rock, funk, soul and R&B. He’s a decent dancer, ...