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In Rotation: Jail Flanagan of Forced Into Femininity on pissed-off diva Xina Xurner

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Music This week's featured gig poster

Posted by Luca Cimarusti on Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:43 PM

ARTIST: Dan Grzeca
SHOW: Tortoise and Dent-de-Lion at Empty Bottle on 1/24

MORE ONLINE: dangrzeca.com

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Crickets / Music 12 O'Clock Track: Beauty Pill, "Afrikaner Barista"

Posted by Leor Galil on Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Chad Clark

For most folks, Dischord will always be synonymous with the style of punk known as the "D.C. sound." In the 80s that meant hardcore, in the 90s it meant postpunk, and in the aughts things started getting weird—a lot of material Dischord put out challenged every notion of a local sound. Take Beauty Pill, an excellent experimental postrock act fronted by Chad Clark (formerly of Smart Went Crazy) that fuses punk, jazz, hip-hop, funk, and anything else that pops into an irresistible whole.

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Soul Week / Music / Post No Bills Soul music: not just dusties

Posted by Peter Margasak on Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Ronald Isley

The death of Don Cornelius last week has prompted a great deal of nostalgia for Soul Train and the wonderful performances that were a regular part of the show. But when it was actually on the air, the program had little time for nostalgia—it very much existed in the present. So rather than troll through great old clips, let’s celebrate the spirit of the show by looking at new soul music. We can ease into things by talking about some still-active artists who were scoring hits a decade and a half before Soul Train even went on the air: the seemingly eternal Isley Brothers, who appeared on the show many times.

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