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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

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

Sweden's dubbed-out, epic space-disco outfit, Studio, is well known for having its own record label, Information. Until now, though, the small indie h...

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

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

A lot will be made of London-based Sunny Day Sets Fire's multicultural make up. There's good reason for this, as singer/guitarist Mauro is from Italy,...

07/10/08 - 0 comments

Tommy Eisner, clad in a paisley V-neck top, black trousers, and penny loafers, leans back against a railing close to a DSW outside the Knitting Factor...

07/09/08 - 0 comments

Los Angeles' epic all-ages club, the Smell, recently hosted a summertime matinee performance by noise-pop experimentalists, No Age, authentic and char...

07/08/08 - 0 comments