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Weezer, Cut Copy, Yeasayer Lead Free Press Summer Fest

This June, Houston, Texas will play host to the Free Press Summer Fest, a two day celebration of “incredible music and happy, fun times.” Weezer, MF Doom, Ween, Cut Copy and Yeasayer lead an impressive list of acts set to perform the festival on June 4 and 5....  read more

10 "Masked" Musicians and Why They Hide

Some musicians conceal their true identity by physically masking themselves whether it be with make-up or even an actual mask. Here's a list of some of the biggest, the story of how they came to be and the reasons behind their facade.  read more

Me, Myself and I: Ten Notable, Musical Alter Egos

What is "real," ultimately, when it comes to entertainment?  read more

DOOM Admits to Impostor Shows

As you may remember, there was controversy some months ago about whether the recently-name-changed DOOM was actually performing at his shows. In a development that should surprise precisely no one, what we all suspected has finally been confirmed: DOOM wasn't there. ...  read more

DOOM: Born Like This

Now that metal-faced rapper DOOM has dropped the MF from his name...  read more

Raposauria, He: First-Listen Thoughts on DOOM's Born Like This

A couple weeks back, word came down that that tricky masked villain would be dropping a new album. MF Doom, now unfortunately rechristened DOOM ("All big letters, but it isn't no acronym," as he says on "Ballskin."), will release Born Like This on March 23 via Lex Records. For a guy with so much allegedly on his plate (a new Madvillain record? a collaboration album with Ghostface? other various stuff?), it's nice to see him get around to releasing something.We'll have a proper review of the full album, but in the meantime, take a stroll with me through the Born...  read more

MF Doom drops MF, adds caps lock, gets Born Like This

It seems MF Doom has decided to follow mainstream hip-hop sensibilities for once and explore the different permutations of his name. We might have seen this coming; the dude did, after all, recently release his own special edition Nike dunks. Regardless, the artist formerly known as MF Doom has dropped the MF from his name, and now wishes to be known only as DOOM (all CAPS, as per his request.)...  read more

Tracks released from J Dilla, MF Doom, Ghostface collab.

When J Dilla (born James Dewitt Yancey) died from a rare blood disease in February of 2006, he had unleashed instrumental hip-hop opus Donuts just three days earlier, on his thirty-second birthday. ...  read more

New Madvillian box set comes fully loaded

How do you make one of the most brilliantly intricate, transcendent and weird hip-hop albums of all time even more complicated? Simple...  read more

MF Doom imposters perform shows?

There are rumors and there are rumors. Sometimes they involve Australians. Other times, they just don't make much sense or carry even a semblance of credibility. Sometimes though, they involve sneaky rappers with a weird sense of humor. And sometimes, they're just too intriguing to ignore. This is one of those times. According to a reader letter at ByronCrawford.com, MF Doom hasn't been performing some of his recent shows. In his place, lip-syncing imposters have taken the stage. The reader's description of last week's San Francisco show follows: "Out comes 'Doom' looking about 100 pounds lighter than he has ever...  read more