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It’s hard to imagine who this album is geared to. “Following the widespread critical and commercial success of 2003’s Dub Side of the Moon and 2006’s Radiodread, Easy Star Records announces the Easy Star All-Stars’ complete reggae re-imagining of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” . Boasting a laundry list of today’s […]
If you’re the type that is all about post 90s syrupy smooth slow jams, Dwele’s new album, Sketches of a Man, is definitely for you.
“Seeing Sounds” is the third album from Pharrell Williams and his rhythmically inclined band mates, otherwise known as N*E*R*D.
The first single “Everyone Nose” is the type of song that will start playing in your headphones and make those around you wonder if your second cup of coffee just kicked in. Whether or […]
Tony Soprano once said ” Remember when- is the lowest form of conversation.” Well… we think it’s the lowest form of song writting also.
Baby Loves Hip-Hop
Does playing music for babies make a difference? Opinion is divided, but
many experts seem to think that it stimulates the brain and helps
educational and emotional development - boosting IQ, improving health,
strengthening family ties and even producing the occasional child
prodigy. It’s known as the […]
Duffy’s sound is very nostalgic and retro. I’m not going to lie…she does
sound a bit like Amy Winehouse, but that isn’t such a bad thing. I mean
musicians bite off each others styles all the time, right?
Drunks hitting pans with their dicks. PAUL FORD at The Morning News takes
one for the team. While I don’t know exactly how his habit of 6 word
‘twittering” (now a verb apparently) aides humanity, Mr. Ford has taken the
HUGE trouble of listening to 48 continuous hours of music from 763 of the
acts appearing this […]
New York City is filled with aspiring musicians with delusions of grandeur, all of whom have their backup gigs…for Ashley Dupré (a.k.a. the woman of Former Governor Spitzer’s dreams) it was the Emperor’s Club. Putting aside for a moment all the political and ethical hooplah surrounding her sudden fame, one begins to wonder if […]
Strut Records has put together an education on a cd. Compass Point Studios was set up in the Bahamas by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.During the 80’s lead by Sly and Robbie Compass point turned out some of the most experimental dub style bangers by artist such as Tom Tom Club, Grace Jones and Talking […]
With Rock On Mr. Kennedy gives the reader an insiders peek to his rapid ascension to middle management during the downward spiral of the corporate music industry. This book humorously walks the halls with rock and roll icon’s and mangers mistaken for band members. Kennedy at the table of large board meetings, wonder if he […]
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