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Balkan Beat Box: Blue Eyed Black Boy

When Globalism Attacks! As befits a band containing a former Gogol Bordello member (Ori Kaplan), Balkan Beat Box updates Mediterranean folk for the modern age. On their third album, they knock klezmer horns, dancehall reggae vocals and hip-hop drums into energetic grooves. But they often seem to focus on substance—what the music is made of—to the detriment of substance, and the record feels under-imagined....  read more

Ten Stunning Fan-Made Music Videos

Back in the hale 1990s, when MTV and VH-1 played less music videos than they once did but still more than they play today, names like Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze and Dayton/Faris were synonymous with glorious, three-to-four-minute masterpieces set to song. These days, those directors have moved on to bigger screens, but their legacy lives on—if not in pockets like Subterranean and mtvU then definitely online, where the work of professionals and amateurs alike have near-equal standing on sites like YouTube and Vimeo. So eat your heart out, McG—here are ten stunning fan-made music videos. Have a favorite not...  read more