Archive | Artist Features
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Music Interview: Shawn Rosenblatt of The Netherfriends At Pitchfork Music Festival
Some listeners might promptly discard Chicago’s Netherfriends as yet another watered-down, run-of-the-mill Animal Collective rip off. While Netherfriends operates in the same mold, front man Shawn Rosenblatt’s electronic package isn’t entirely unoriginal.
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Pitchfork profile: Sonny Smith
It’d be unfair to simply label Sonny Smith as a musician. He’s a tireless jack-of-all-trades kind of artist that explores everything from film or art to trying to write the next great American novel. But these days Sonny dedicates most of his time to music playing with his band the Sunsets.
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Lady Gaga pops by MIT
With aviator sunglasses hiding her eyes, lips painted fire-engine red, crystals dripping down her neck, and platinum blonde hair whisked to the side, the world-famous pop singer and recording artist Lady Gaga made a guest appearance to the MIT campus last Wednesday.
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Music Interview: Eyedea of Eyedea & Abilities
In 2000, a 17-year-old Twin Cities-based MC by the name of Eyedea bewildered hip-hop heads everywhere after being crowned the freestyle champion of the HBO -televised Blaze Battle hosted by rap pioneer KRS-One .
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Music Feature: Black Blondie
One year removed from their critically acclaimed debut album “Do You Remember Who You Wanted to Be,” Black Blondie aren’t the only ones still struggling to pin down their sound.
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CMT Contest leads Alabama student to Nashville
U. Alabama graduate Katy Montalto recently used her love of music and natural ability to enter Country Music Television’s 2009 Music City Madness contest, not anticipating that her video would make it to the final eight.
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Artist Interview/Album Review: A Paper Cup Band “Sitting Shotgun To A Statue”
If Rivers Cuomo , Stephen Malkmus and Beck were ever sitting together on a loveseat during a nuclear blast and became fused together like Siamese triplets, the result would probably end up sounding something like A Paper Cup Band’ s latest album.
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Music Interview: John Roderick of The Long Winters
Known for music that’s hard to label but easy to enjoy — think Rogue Wave tossed in a blender with The Hold Steady and topped with a spoonful of Okkervil River — The Long Winters is one of Seattle’s most celebrated indie rock bands.
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Music Interview: Singer/Songwriter Joe Pug
Joe Pug took a circuitous route to his adopted home of Chicago. Leaving Maryland, he studied to be a playwright at the University Of North Carolina, but left his senior year on the table, headed north, took a day job in carpentry, picked up a guitar, and started writing songs.