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Why 90% of Bands Have an Identity Crisis

Chris Zane | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Timbaland, Captain Beefheart, The Dream, Brian Eno, Music, Music Industry, Cam'ron, LCD Soundsystem, Madison Square Garden, New York, Chris Zane, Entertainment News

A funny thing happens when people gain any type of notoriety. Suddenly everything is scrutinized and over-analyzed in a way that never was at the start of an artist's career. It's an unavoidable law of life... or is it?

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Michael Jackson's "The Immortal Megamix," Plus Chatting With Chris Isaak and Phil Manzanera

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Robert Wyatt, Chrissie Hynde, Roy Orbison, Enrique Bunbury, Eurythmics, Also Lopez Gavilan, Roxy Music, Gorillaz, Buddy Holly, Carlos Santana, Carl Perkins, Chris Isaak, David GIlmour, Paul Thompson, Buena Vista Social Club, Sun Records, Phil Manzanera, The Beatles, Brad Pitt, Stevie Wonder, David Lynch, David Bowie, Jimmy Stewart, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Costello, Frank Zappa, Steve Winwood, Bryan Ferry, Red Dwarf, Johnny Cash, Lucho Brieva, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Doctor Who, Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, Cheech & Chong, Brian Eno, Héroes Del Silencio, Annie Lennox, Video, Entertainment News

"I've made a lot of records because that's what I do, and I've listened to a lot of records, and I have to tell you the truth--it wouldn't have mattered if The Beatles had recorded "A Hard Day's Night" on Silly Putty. It would have sounded good."

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Yellowcard's Audio Exclusive, Chatting With Pegi Young, Van Hunt and Tommy Keene, Plus PopMarket and Girl Talk's Halloween Playlist

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Pegi Young, John Hampton, Alan Ginsberg, Prince, Los Lobos, The Ramones, Tommy Keene, Merle Haggard, Occupy Wall Street, Neil Young, Live Nation, Girl Talk, The Heartbreakers, Danny Whitten, Lincvolt, Crazy Horse, The Beatles, The Who, Don Dixon, Robert Pollard, David Bowie, Ben Keith, The Bridge School, Van Hunt, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Elliot Mazer, T-Bone Burnett, The Beats, Muddy Waters, Jack Kerouac, Thelonious Monk, The Stooges, The Keene Brothers, Paul McCartney, Iggy Pop, Roy Thomas Baker, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Es Sullivan, Chuck Berry, Rick James, Pearl Jam, Guided by Voices, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Berlin, Gillian Welch, The Sex Pistols, Brian Eno, Sly Stone, American Idol, Mathieu Bitton, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, Popmarket, Grin, Entertainment News

With Yellowcard's release of the acoustic version of their critically-acclaimed album When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes last week, it only proved that Yellowcard is indeed back.

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Anna Calvi, Live in NYC (VIDEO)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Messiaen, Merucry Prize, No More Words, Love Won't Be Leaving, Anna Calvi, Maria Callas, Red Vox AC30, Sade, Laurence Bell, Johnny Flynn, I'll Be Your Man, Jezebel, Tango, Captain Beefheart, Blackout, PJ Harvey, Frankie Laine, Scott Walker, The Devil, New York, the Motels, Roy Orbison, Le Poisson Rouge, "Rider to the Sea, Elvis Preslsy, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Wayne Shanklin, Morning Light, Desire, Daniel Maiden-Wood, The Rolling Stones, Wolf Like Me, The Prizefighter and the Heiress, Tv on the Radio, Coral, Fender Telecaster, Pritpal Soor, First We Kiss, Sound & Vision, Bill Ryder-Jones, Chloe Walsh, Mally Harpaz, Michael Vazquez, Edith Piaf, Eight-Track Recordings, Leonard Cohen, The Luminaire, Brian Eno, Debussy, Ravel, Nina Simone, Rob Ellis, London & South East, Domino Records, Jimi Hendrix, Cheap Hotel, Suzanne & I, Moulinette, Claire Grogan, David Lynch, The Village Gate, Entertainment News

Here's Anna Calvi performing at Le Poisson Rouge, which was once the legendary jazz venue the Village Gate.

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Mona's Candid Frontman: Believe the Hype

Jon Chattman | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: UK, Who's the Boss, New Band, Mona, U2, Listen to Your Love, Shoot the Moon, Music, Rock, New Music, British, Brian Eno, Entertainment News

Mona could very well be on their way of becoming that breakthrough rock act we've been wishing, hoping, and praying for.

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PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music

Shawn Amos | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Old 97's, Red Hot + Rio 2, New Music, Buddy Holly, We the Kings, Brian Eno, Album Reviews, Music, Entertainment News

You've shaken off the sulfur from your 4th of July hangover; now witness the fireworks by a group of musicians rallying around a common cause.

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Top 10 Aural and Poetic Delights

Rick Holland | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Rick Holland, Rabindranath Tagore, Dead Prez, Brian Eno, Chris Abani, Music, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Words, Collaboration, Maya Angelou, Captain Beaky, Elvis Presley, Poetry, Jehst, Books, Old Records, Arts News

"Poetry" does not only live in established poetic institutions and counter institutions. It exists precisely and exactly wherever you sense it.

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U2 at Angel Stadium and New Sounds From Ireland's Essential Bands

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Adam Clayton, Van Morrison, The Cranberries, Burma, The Edge, The Wombats, Sweet Thing, Live Music, The Dubliners, Danny Lanois, Angel Stadium, Michael Hutchence, Dolores O'Riordan, Phil Lynott, Elton John, David Bowie, Mark Kelly, The Rolling Stones, Shane MacGowan, Daniel Lanois, Joy Division, Amnesty International, The Pogues, Flogging Molly, Aung San Suu Kyi, Leonard Cohen, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Lenny Kravitz, Brian Eno, Henry Rollins, Astral Weeks, Quincy Jones, Gabrielle Giffords, Thin Lizzy, Rock and Roll, Bono, Jimmy Page, Los Angeles News

For this tour, interrupted by a back injury and successful treatment for frontman Bono, U2 appears on stage in puffs of smoke reminiscent of our infamous SoCal smog.

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Dog Ears Music: 'Tis The Season Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mavis Staples, Elliott Smith, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, David Sanborn, Etta James, Calexico, Under Byen, Music, Kenny Dorham, John Hiatt, Billy Preston, Dolly Parton, John Mayer, The Beatles, The Heavy, The Innocence Mission, Buffalo Springfield, Ben Sollee, Sly & the Family Stone, Carly Simon, Charlie Rich, Surfer Blood, Julia Kent, Elton John, Cory Williams, Benny Goodman, Sparks, A Tribe Called Quest, The Velvet Underground, Tv on the Radio, The Ruby Suns, Horse Feathers, The Temper Trap, Led Zeppelin, Danielle Evin, Willie Dixon, Radiohead, Sister Gertrude Morgan, The National, Clara Rockmore, Telemetry Orchestra, mp3s, Rev. Edward Clayborn, Brian Eno, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Phil Ramone, Buddy Guy, Astrud Gilberto, Marvin Etzioni, Loretta Lynn, Dog Ears, James Taylor, Drive-by Truckers, Marvin Gaye, Entertainment News

It's not just the thought that counts; it's the overview of how each year we repeat the journey home. And on the return -- our jeans a little tighter, the déjà vu unpleasantries of travel; all a mere blip, as in the end we still do anything to come home to our loved ones.

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Christmas of Cool: The Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project

Gordy Grundy | Posted 05.25.2011

The Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project is the epitome of cool. Beyond the beauty, the process and its production benefits many people in very interesting ways.

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A Tiger Suit, Junip & Great Companions: Conversations with KT Tunstall, Dar Williams, and José González, plus a KT Video Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Robert Smith, Patty Larkin, Zero 7, Cliff Chenfeld, Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tobias Winterkorn, The O.C., Paul Minor, PJ Harvey, Gary Louris, One Tree Hill, Feist, Dar Williams, David Bowie, The Muppets, Jarvis Cocker, Bossa Nova, José González, Martha Wainwright, Laurie Anderson, KT Tunstall, Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins, The Jayhawks, U2, Brian Eno, Jack Johnson, Vanessa Carlton, The Kings of Convenience, Robyn Hitchcock, Elias Araya, Video, Entertainment News

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Movie Review: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin, Kirk Douglas, Frank Langella, Shia LaBeouf, Oliver Stone, Brian Eno, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Movie Review, Bush Era, Marshall Fine Movie Review, David Byrne, Michael Douglas, Brechtian, Entertainment News

Oliver Stone is never content to just make one movie; he always makes several, then squeezes them all together into one engorged package, chockablock with gaudy visuals, oversized characters and unchecked passion.

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"How Deep is the Ocean?": A Playlist for Saving Our Shores and Selves

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crash Test Dummies, Miley Cyrus, Michelle Branch, The Beach Boys, Jamey Johnson, Neil Young, Jane's Addiction, Counting Crows, Billy Bragg, David & David, Phish, Oil Spill, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Jr., Junior Wells, Deep Purple, Hank Williams, The Cult, The Rolling Stones, Bp, Modest Mouse, President Barack Obama, Kathleen Edwards, The Golden Gate Quartet, Incubus, George Strait, Led Zeppelin, Oil, The Fixx, Nancy Griffith, Tower of Power, Brian Eno, Buddy Guy, Diana Krall, Johnny Greenwood, Brad Paisley, Ivy, Entertainment News

The greatest minds of our times ought to be focused on making alternative energies a reality now. And while they do that, I'll use my lesser mind to make another silly but heartfelt playlist.

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U2 Mixes It Up for the Fans

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adam Clayton, No Line on the Horizon, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, The Edge, Bono, Rolling Stone, Rock and Roll, 1980s, Entertainment News

Still riding high on the success of their latest album, U2 has delivered a special treat to its loyal fans with the limited edition remix-CD, Artificial Horizon, available only to U2.com subscribers.

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HuffPost Reviews: U2 No Line On The Horizon / Chris Cornell Scream

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Adam Clayton, Gnarls Barkley, Ginsu Knives, Daryll Hall, The Thompson Twins, The Edge, Queen, Paul Simon, Bono, Hall & Oates, Lebanon, Nancy Sinatra, Matthew Sweet, Demacio "Demo" Castellon, John Mayer, Beatles, The Tubes, Steve Lillywhite, Bad Company, Demacio Castellon, Jim Beanz, Nelly Furtado, Mars Lazar, Chris Cornell, Don Henley, Yes, Jerome Harmon, Timbaland, Dark Side of the Moon, Elvis Costello, Terence Trent D'Arby, Rick Rubin, A Night at the Opera, Daniel Lanois, Polaroid, David Coverdale, Temple of the Dog, Hammond B-3, Alan Furguson, Maren Jensen, Rick Wakeman, White Album, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Entertainment News, Brian Eno, Soundgarden, Pink Floyd, Justin Timberlake, John Oates, Jimi Hendrix, Rupert Holmes, Marvin Gaye, Jefferson Airplane, Bruce Springsteen, Studer, Audioslave, Entertainment News

If you were expecting another All That You Can't Leave Behind or How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - Part II, forget it. U2 is back to experimenting.

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