Maybe he should retire more often.
Lest anyone think his star power faded during his two-year recording hiatus, Jay-Z celebrated his rap comeback by topping one of the...
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"I love you." "I love
you, too." "We all love you."
Those three successive proclamations came from the crowd
three songs into Sufjan Stevens' 100-minute set Monday night...
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The Shortlist Music Prize, which was put on hiatus last year after its co-founders disputed over its future, is being resurrected.
Greg Spotts, who co-founded the...
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One doesn't normally expect
to find indie singer-songwriters in the rarefied confines of
Lincoln Center, but the "American Songbook" series made a wise
choice in its...
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Singer/songwriter Fiona Apple and
Montreal rock band Arcade Fire are among the finalists for the
inaugural New Pantheon Awards, which continue the mission of
the defunct...
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One writer's top 10 rock albums of 2005:
1. "Apologies to the Queen Mary," Wolf Parade: For the second straight year, the debut of an indie Montreal-based band tops this...
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NEW YORK — One is a spaghetti western, the other a Southern folkie.
But despite their differences — or perhaps because of them — Calexico (a Tucson, Ariz....
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In 1965, John Fahey
released "The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death," an album of
guitar solos. "Blind Joe Death" was a sardonic pseudonym that
Fahey sometimes utilized;...
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A few indie rock bands that will "change your life":
• Arcade Fire: Husband and wife team Win Butler and Regine Chassagne lead a troupe of exuberant, talented...
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Rocker Sufjan Stevens frequently
channels faith through his music, but falls short of the
standards of the Christian Music Trade Association -- a key
U.S. gatekeeper in...
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R. Kelly is out of the closet and onto the charts.
Despite a litany of legal troubles, most involving his purported
penchant for videotaping sexual encounters, the R&B...
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The holiday mood at independent
music retailers is one of cautious optimism, despite Nielsen
SoundScan numbers showing that overall sales at U.S. indie
merchants were down...
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