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The Polyphonic Spree
OK, so you’ve got a meeting set up—a very important meeting. You’ve been granted an audience with one of rockdom’s most legendary figures, the (still remarkably) Thin White Duke himself, David Bowie... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesOld 97's
I remember the high school chess club. Nearsighted guys with thick glasses and bad dandruff sat around the cafeteria tables after seventh period... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesTift Merritt
An hour or so into her July 2002 show at Atlanta’s Smith’s Olde Bar, Tift Merritt puts down her battered Guild acoustic, picks up a tambourine and saunters to the mic... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesKasey Chambers
A little over two years ago, Kasey Chambers sat in the wings of her San Francisco venue, looking slightly pale and very much six months pregnant... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesCurt Cloninger's Music Lessons
All I really needed to know, I learned in music. When I was seven and had the chicken pox, my tutor was the Starland Vocal Band, endlessly looping. At 18, my tutor was Alice Cooper... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesRilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley’s Execution of All Things (2002) was an album to make you pinch yourself... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesOzomatli
L.A. band Ozomatli — known for its fusion of funk, salsa, ska, rock, Afro-Cuban jazz and hip-hop — is breaking new ground again... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesGary Jules
“I don’t even know if I would have been able to survive it 10 years ago,” muses Gary Jules over the unprecedented success of his cover of Tears for Fears’ 1982 hit, “Mad World”... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesJ.J. Cale
It amazes me that I still have the J.J. Cale conversation—the one that occurs after the neophyte says they’ve never heard of him and as soon as you mention “After Midnight”... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe Divine Comedy
Lorenz Hart could do it. Stephin Merritt can, too. But rare is the lyricist so skillful he or she can stitch a word last seen on a high school vocabulary quiz into a couplet... read more
Found in: Music, Features
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Kim Taylor - Days Like this
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Gregory Alan Isakov - The Moon Song
B.O.B. - Put Me On
Punch Brothers - Punch Brothers at CMJ
David Bazan - Hard To Be
Anya Marina - Whatever You Like
