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Wilson performed last June at Feinstein’s Cabaret in New York. She put together the show, Up Close, by herself, singing songs that covered a range of artists including Eric Clapton, Sting, Sergio Mendez, Joni Mitchell, Sarah Vaughn, Billy Joel and Norah...
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Over the Brooklyn band’s 12-year existence, they have yet to match the success of their first single, but this doesn’t seem to faze them. “It’s better to have one hit, than no hits at all,” says drummer Ira Elliot. Although “Popular” has gar...
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Tek himself is a self-described lab rat, relishing in long hours at the studio, ever-developing his "Hi-Tek" sound. "i don't think kids look up to rappers like we did when we were younger...People need to bring the artistry back to hip-hop.” With the sa...
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Kat Von D gained notoriety as the odd one out on the TV show Miami Ink. After a very public split with the Miami guys, she returned to her beloved Los Angeles to open a Hollywood shop called High Voltage Tattoo. Soon after, Von D introduced the world to M...
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Nowadays, although writing takes longer and touring gets physically harder with age, the 47-year old shows no signs of slowing down with the release of District Line on February 5. A brilliant compilation of Mould’s immediately-recognizable explosive ch...
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Frank Lucas is not a hero or a role model. His role in the drug trade of the 1960s and 70s indirectly and directly lead to the destruction of countless lives and the ruination of numerous families. He is also a man whose daring business sense has resulte...
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As a young ballet dancer in his native Berlin, Weiland was abruptly thrown out of his first dance school for being too old. Doubtful that he was destined to dance—Wieland originally wanted to be a painter—he stayed in the field long enough to work wit...
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As a stand up comic, Jim Norton is notorious for being one of the most brutal around. That’s exactly what attracted radio hosts Opie and Anthony to his work. After a number of guest appearances, Norton landed a gig with O&A and shortly thereafter a seat...
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After a three-hour conversation in a café on the lower east side, there is no other way of describing Susana Ventura aka Penny Arcade but as a bomb, a threat, a prophet, a nymph, a mother, and a muse all in one. She’s like the downtown fairy god-mother...
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The Black & White Album is a diverse disc of hip-hop, rock and R&B sprinkled with sexual innuendo and Coppola’s distinct, zany sense of humor. The title of the album is both figurative and literal. On one hand, it’s a reminder not to look at things as...
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Indie rap has arrived at a place where a melanin-deficient mc no longer feels the need to hide his affliction, nor is it any longer even really a novelty worth mentioning. Mr. Lethal's musical neighborhood simply offers a poetic walk through things a subu...
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As an experimental, underground movement, the CAVE New York Butoh Festival celebrates the origins and international evolution of butoh—a contemporary dance form that emerged in Japan during the late 1950s and is now enjoyed worldwide. An avant-garde fus...
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Describing Celebration would make them seem pretty ordinary—a rock/post-punk band that makes music you can dance to—but, in reality, they are anything but. Katrina Ford, of the Baltimore-based band, believes that “the ideas about genre are outdated,...
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Once upon a time, in a music market not yet familiar with MySpace or American Idol, a musician had to create their own fan base through extensive tours and performances. A pop star's celebrity was not voted into televised existence and only then supported...
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"Reverend" Jim Heath, frontman of legendary cult group Reverend Horton Heat, resides in a strange and feral world. Usually, he's found at the front of a stage with his six strings of custom-made mayhem strapped around his neck, singing about cars, drink...
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They're louder than loud, pounding out song after song, and amplifying their sound with immense distortion, ferocious percussion, and raw screams. Goes Cube began as a two-piece in 2003, with vocalist/screamer/guitarist David Obuchowski and bassist Matth...
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With a voice you cannot forget and the gorgeous composition of his songs, twenty-two year old Canadian musician, Mark Wilson, is one to look out for. In the process of recording his first full-length album entitled Tents Of Dawson, Wilson and his accompa...
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In March of 2007, Calvin Weston (of John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, and James "Blood" Ulmer) assembled a new trio to perform at the sorely-missed Tonic in New York City. The group, featuring Weston on drums, Living Colour's Vernon Reid on guitar, and Jamaala...