At Both Conventions, a Band Salutes Anarchy Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:42:58 -0000 Rage Against the Machine, a rap-metal band formed in 1991 and known for its big noise and ferocious politics, formed an ad-hoc convention in opposition to both major parties.
Music: Like Opera Inspiring It, ‘Rent’ Is Set to Endure Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:42:44 -0000 With the closing of the Broadway production, the phenomenon that is “Rent” will start to fade, but the work of its composer, Jonathan Larson, will endure.
Music Review | Tricky: Darkness, Onstage and in Song Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:52:15 -0000 Tricky, the English trip-hop pioneer, plunged listeners into his bleary, ominous songs at the Fillmore New York on Thursday night.
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Two Soul Men, Reunited For The First Time Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:00:00 -0400 Steve Cropper shaped the Memphis soul sound as a guitarist and songwriter for Stax Records. Felix Cavaliere fronted the hit-making group The Rascals. They ran in the same music circles for decades, but only now have they made their first album together. The Ting Tings: Sassy Electro-Pop Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:15:00 -0400 The Ting Tings' debut album, We Started Nothing, has propelled the British duo to worldwide fame on the strength of some of the catchiest pop songs in recent memory. The British duo layers together synths, powerful drum beats and catchy melodies in a session from WXPN. The Gits' Mia Zapata Resurrected In Film Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:54:00 -0400 Kerri O'Kane's new film The Gits succeeds as a documentary—she makes the viewer fall in love with her subject—and then some. Working with sparse footage from the 1980s and '90s, O'Kane still manages to make us fall head over heels for the rag-tag bunch of punk rock misfits better known as the Gits.
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Muse Not Ready To Record New LP Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:39:54 -0000 Muse don't look likely to release any new material soon, according to bassist Chris Wolstenholme. Alice In Chains To Enter Studio In October Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:35:14 -0000 Alice In Chains will enter the studio in October to begin recording its first all-new studio effort since 1995's self-titled third album. Warrior Soul's 'Chinese Democracy' Due In October Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:28:40 -0000 Warrior Soul, the band fronted by legendary singer Kory Clarke, announced that it has selected "Chinese Democracy" as the title of its new album.
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