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, Nov 29, 2012
Best shows to see: Cold Specks, the Coup, the Fugs, and Suzuki Junzo
Some of your best options for live music this Thursday through Sunday include Cold Specks, the Coup, the Fugs, and Suzuki Junzo
by Kevin Warwick
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12 O'Clock Track: The XX, "Chained"
London R&B trio the XX release a video to match the romanticized melancholy of "Chained"
by Leor Galil
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, Sep 12, 2012
Our ten best bets for fall music
Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall, A$AP Rocky with Schoolboy Q and Danny Brown, the Umbrella Music Festival, and more
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, Aug 19, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup
This week's Early Warnings include Grinderman, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, the Morning Benders, Shearwater, the XX, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, X Japan, the Frames, and others.
by Kevin Warwick
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, Apr 15, 2010
The XX Cover-Band Game Has Already Been Won
Someone has already turned your hilarious hypothetical joke band into a real thing.
by Miles Raymer
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, Apr 6, 2010
Thoughts on a Few Acts Playing This Year's Lollapalooza
The Lollapalooza lineup: reactions and predictions
by Miles Raymer
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, Jan 7, 2010
Never Mind the Critics
Here’s what local musicians (and other tastemakers) were listening to in 2009.
by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, and Jessica Hopper
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Curt Cameruci
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Josh Young
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Chuck Inglish
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Josh Berman
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Howard Greynolds
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Yakuza
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Chances Dances
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Sonore
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White Mystery
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Flosstradamus
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Cool Kids
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Old Idea
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Overcoat Management
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Bad Plus
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For All I Care
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Doris Day
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Levon Helm
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Electric Dirt
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Danny Barnes
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Pizza Box
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Geraint Watkins
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In a Bad Mood
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Helen Money
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In Tune
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Mastodon
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Crack the Skye
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Keelhaul
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Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity
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Yoko Ono
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Between My Head and the Sky
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She Wolf
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Whitney Houston
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Million Dollar Bill
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Clayton Thomas
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Tony Buck
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Peter Brotzmann
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Toshinori Kondo
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Massimo Pupillo
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Paal Nilssen-Love
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Hairy Bones
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Legends of Benin
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Analog Africa
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Andy Moor and Anne-James Chaton
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Le Journaliste
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Ililta! New Ethiopian Dance Music
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Terrie Hessels
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Terp
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The Ex
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Nobunny
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Love Visions
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Mickey
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She's So Crazy
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Mic Terror and Million Dollar Mano
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Juke Them Hoes
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Miike Snow
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JJ No. 2
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, Nov 26, 2009
The List: November 26-December 2, 2009
Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: the Big Pink, the Jesus Lizard, Melt-Banana, the King Khan & BBQ Show, Municipal Waste, and more
by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Monica Kendrick, Bill Meyer, Kevin Warwick, and Ann Sterzinger
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Guillermo Gregorio & the Madi Ensemble
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Latino Music Festival
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Rempis/Rosaly
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Melt-Banana
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Melt-Banana Lite
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Bebel Gilberto
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