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Music Review: Obi Best - Capades (Blogcritics.org) 05 September 2008Excellent debut digital album of lush, orchestral indie pop. Lush synth-pop has been back on the indeed scene for some time now. It’s easy to dismiss the styling of the main purveyors as simply retro. But Alex Lilly, an LA-based song stylist and keyboardist best known as a singer for indie pop band The Bird and the Bee, mashes up Burt Bacharach with Serge Gainsbourg, churning out an improbable ...
Search the Archives (The Pitt News) 05 September 2008With Earth to the Dandy Warhols , the title’s namesake band has released its first record on its self-run record label, Beat the World Records. On the record, the band welcomes fellow musicians of Spindrift and The Upsidedown to the independent label.
Amazon's new musical wiki site a few licks short of being a hit (The Oklahoman) 05 September 2008Arriving early to a user-generated Web party almost always results in a glance at the time and an awkward exit to check Facebook or bounce through the blogosphere in search of more established fun. This is what happened when I visited SoundUnwound.com, Amazon's new music wiki. SoundUnwound could eventually be a promising new address, but in its first week, this was a Spartan space in dire need ...
Critics' Picks (Salon.com) 30 August 2008What you need to see, read, do this week: Nazi TV, German robot music and an alternative to warmed-over Coldplay.
Fennesz, Matmos, Throbbing Gristle Duo Cover Classics (Pitchfork) 29 August 2008A handful of folks covering hallmarks of pop, rock, new wave, and other orthodox verse/chorus/verse genres? Snooze alert. Those same covers as offered up by a collection of dudes and ladies who routinely eschew verses, choruses, melody, and, in many cases, even vocals? Now you're getting interesting! Recovery is a super-limited edition box set compilation with a simple but intriguing ...
Shaking Up Notions of Belly Dance (Washington Post) 22 August 2008Funky, striped arm-warmers and stretchy, denim-looking bell-bottoms slit up to there generally aren't the usual costume of choice for a belly dancer.
Police top misheard lyrics chart (BBC News) 21 August 2008Rock band The Police have written some of the most misheard pop lyrics of all time, according to a poll.
Instruments of change (Cape Cod Times) 21 August 2008Shara Worden combines background in opera and classical music with a love of pop for an avant-garde sound.
Amos researches her music (Baltimore Sun) 21 August 2008'Scarlet's Walk' is about America after 9/11 A "sonic novel," the 18-track album follows Scarlet, a fictional character who represents "the voices of many people," as she travels the 50 states in search of America's soul after the 9/11 attacks.
Baring their souls (Guardian Unlimited) 20 August 2008Culture: Laura Barton celebrates the female artists who shared their dreams and demons with the world