Pages tagged “issue 26”

Tony Bennett

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Sincerity. That’s Tony Bennett’s gift.  read more

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Joanna Newsom

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Though it’s unfair to reduce an artist to a few superficial descriptors, Joanna Newsom has undeniably emerged as a candidate for such caricature...  read more

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2,305 Words On “Sweet Child O’ Mine”

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This article is about the song “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses.  read more

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Pernice Brothers-- Live A Little

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Emotionally dense and instrumentally ambitious, the Brothers' latest keeps the bar high.  read more

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William Gay — Twilight

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Prose master weaves chilling tale about an undertaker not doing his job...  read more

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John Mayer--Too Green For the Blues

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Former Dave Matthews wannabe reaches his own Laid Back  read more

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The Doors With Ben Fong-Torres...

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The Doors, from open to close...  read more

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Joseph Arthur -- Nuclear Daydream

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A contender for the year's most mystical pop record.  read more

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Chris Adrian — The Children's Hospital

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Check in here—it might save your life...  read more

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The Impenetrable Beck Hansen

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Four mysterious figures in identical black shirts stand behind a draped box as the house lights at the Shepherds Bush Empire in West London go down. When the spotlights flash on, Beck Hansen—dressed in a waistcoat, with a farmer’s hat over his lank hair—storms out from stage right as the instantly recognizable opening chords of his mid-’90s breakthrough hit “Loser” ring out. The curtain over the aforementioned box is suddenly lifted, revealing a miniature theatre. Turns out the four unknowns aren’t covert agents, backup singers or even stagehands—they’re puppeteers. On the tiny stage beneath them, six-inch-tall marionette replicas of the...  read more

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