Archive | Music Feature
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Music Interview: ALO’s Zach Gill
Zach Gill is keeping busy this summer touring internationally with two new albums from two bands. While Gill and his band ALO are not yet household names, Jack Johnson is one of the most recognizable singer-songwriters of the decade.
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Music Interview: Big Boi At Pitchfork Music Festival
When the Pitchfork 2010 lineup was unleashed, one name surged above the storms of hype surrounding Pavement's reunion and LCD Soundsystem's potentially career-ending victory lap. That name was Sir Lucious Left Foot, known in your living rooms as Big Boi.
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Music Interview: Sonny Smith At Pitchfork Music Festival
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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Music Interview: DâM-FunK At Pitchfork Music Festival
Funk: George Clinton defined it, Dr. Dre revived it through rap music and the Red Hot Chili Peppers brewed their own brand of it.
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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’s up-and-comers
Ten years ago, Pitchfork was nothing more than a microscopic blip in the world of music journalism. Facing Goliath-like competition from well-established rags like “Rolling Stone Magazine” and “Spin ,” Pitchfork lacked the access and exposure to have any real impact on popular culture.
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Pitchfork lesson: Indie is not dead
In addition to reaffirming the flourishing state of independent music, Pitchfork 2010 displayed a movement finally comfortable in its own skin. The decade in which being labeled a “hipster” was enough to make someone take a shower, wear contacts and profess one’s earnestness has passed.
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Pitchfork Profile: DâM-FunK
Funk: George Clinton’s defined it, Dr. Dre revived it through rap music and the Red Hot Chili Peppers brewed their own brand of it.
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Column: Giving vinyl another spin
Parents might be surprised to learn that vinyl records popular in the ’60s and ’70s are experiencing a revival, including in students’ collections.