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Architecture In Helsinki: Places Like This
Too much is just right on the third album from this Aussie (not Finnish) sextet. . . read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThe Police: Friendly Ghosts in the Machine
As rock reunions go, few have been more anticipated or gradually realized than this year’s Police tour. For twenty-odd years, a fair number of interviews with Sting and pretty much any interview with Stewart Copeland or Andy Summers eventually descended upon the question. The Police have three living (and frankly age-defying) members, plus a catalog of amazing songs that have seeped their way into the post-New Wave consciousness without spawning horrific legions of carbon-copy imitators. Having initially quit not far from the zenith of their career, there has always been a sense that a Police reunion would have some meat... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesI survived the weirdest music on MySpace
With seven years of music journalism under my belt, I'm no grizzled veteran, but neither am I so green that I can't recognize a suicide mission when I see one. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesLori McKenna: Kitchen Confidential
It’s 11 p.m. in Stoughton, Mass., the town of 27,000 where Lori McKenna has lived since birth. The kitchen light is on, but the rest of the house is completely still. . . read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesAxe of Heroism
My childhood dream of becoming Kirk Hammett has come to fruition, sort of. read more
Found in: Games, Features4-to-Watch: St. Vincent
Hometown: Dallas, Texas Sole member: Annie Clark Fun fact: Clark began composing songs on music-software package Cakewalk when she was 14. Why she’s worth watching: Clark sent a few demos to friends once she’d completed her album. The response surprised her, especially when she started getting MySpace messages from Capitol Records. For fans of: Joanna Newsom, My Brightest Diamond, Rufus Wainwright St. Vincent, aka Texas native Annie Clark, loves a crowd. The singer and guitarist spent time in The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens’ backing band before going solo. She’s also one of nine siblings, so it’s no wonder she... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesOut With A Bang in Tijuana
Mexico, I believe, is a bad place to be when you’re half dead, and our family friend Bill wasn’t even half dead. . . read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesComplicated Games
I’ve been struggling for the best way to explain what it’s like to “live” in a massively-multiplayer online game (MMOG). . . read more
Found in: Games, FeaturesChris Epting
Led Zeppelin Crashed Here: The Rock and Roll Landmarks of North America
It’s a great book idea, the kind that flares to life after eight PBRs... read more
Tegan & Sara: The Con and Other Designs for Life
On a balmy Wednesday in May, the Montreal airport’s international lounge is swollen with waiting passengers and the subsonic moans of departing planes. Tegan and Sara, the embryonically sympathetic rock duo (they’re twins), are traveling to Los Angeles... read more
Found in: Music, Features
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