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Anthem pop/hip-hop darling, Santogold, has enjoyed a rapid rise to fame and success. Once a mere wannabe lyricist (she wrote for Ashlee Simpson!), San...

07/18/08 - 0 comments

The Mae Shi are usually not the first band that comes to mind, when one thinks of downtown Los Angeles' Smell scene. It's a shame too, considering tha...

07/18/08 - 0 comments

The South Street Seaport, located on Manhattan’s lower tip, is generally a lame tourist haven, a place avoided by day-to-day New Yorkers. On certain...

07/17/08 - 0 comments

Insound and Jason Munn of The Small Stakes design studio have teamed up for an ambitious and impressive collaboration: the Insound 20. The biggest ind...

07/16/08 - 0 comments

We already gave you the low-down on Stone Throw's PB Wolf's 888 mini-tour that commences on August 1, but new information has arisen, and we're oblige...

07/16/08 - 1 comment

Modular Records does many things right. They sign spectacular groups (Cut Copy, Van She, the Presets), throw killer parties all over the globe, and pr...

07/15/08 - 0 comments

LCD Soundsystem's "Losing My Edge" is all about flaunting hipster cred in the most ironic and sarcastic manner: "I was there in 1968," says Murphy. "I...

07/15/08 - 0 comments

Yup, Sub Pop Records is twenty years old! That's not quite as old as Esquire's much-flaunted seven five, but it's something. In a relatively short spa...

07/14/08 - 0 comments

The rags-to-riches story of Erol Alkan is well documented and mythologized, but the superstar DJ/producer/musician rarely sits down for intimate and i...

07/14/08 - 0 comments

You may have heard about them: The New York Times recently called them "one of the best thing that has happened to rock 'n roll in the last ten years....

07/11/08 - 0 comments