After the sudden death of his brother and the dissolution of their group KMD, Daniel “Zev Love X” Dumile disappeared from the hip hop scene entirely, sleeping on the streets...
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It would be easy for me to simply describe Burial’s music as “spooky techno.” Probably electronic music scholars have a sub-genre classification Burial’s music falls under that basically means about...
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Malcontent, misanthropic, and occasionally macabre, singer-songwriter Warren Zevon wrapped his twisted sense of humor in back-to-basics, crafted rock and roll. He had a reputation as a wild man, a user...
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Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) should need no introduction. He’s one of the greats in the history of popular music, a masterful songwriter—indeed, the only rock musician ever to earn...
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It is often said that fans of Tom Waits tend to fall into two camps: those who love his early barroom Beat troubadour songs and those who prefer the throaty,...
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The year 2000 had a lot of great albums. Plenty of my remaining Top 20 here would make a top 12 in a typical year. Great stuff. Check in out....
Read MoreRanking music often involves tough decisions. Luckily, my decisions about music don’t really matter all that much—whether an Outkast album makes my Top 6 or Top 12 or only Top...
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A truly international act, formed in New York City by twin Italian brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace and Japanese art student Kazu Makino, Blonde Redhead got their start as an...
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Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016), more commonly known as Prince—and for a time as an undecipherable symbol, and then The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, and finally back to plain-old Prince...
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Steven Ellison, aka Flying Lotus (and grandnephew of Alice Coltrane) creates a blend of instrumental rap, avant-garde electronic music, and free jazz that is by turns hypnotic, propulsive, humorous, and…
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