A Diggin' the Crates/TBTMTU Mixtravaganza: Flea Market Funk

As one Jacob Martinez has thoroughly established over the last few months, high-quality music blogs are great resources for any tune junkie.

entertainment, music, jazz, soul, listen-in, reggae, funk, tbtmtu, music-blog, diggin-the-crates

Press Play: A Review Of Portishead's Third

Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:02 PM EDT

I have a nasty habit of getting into good bands after they break up. Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins… the list goes on. I first heard Portishead's Dummy in the late '90s, several years after its release, at the dawn of a decade of radio silence from these Balboan trip-hoppers.

entertainment, music, review, listen-in, last-fm, third, dummy, portishead, listen-in-reviews, press-play

The Artists in Profile: The Beatles

Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:07 AM EDT

The mid-80s London club soul scene nurtured many up-and-coming acts. None of the names to emerge from this scene, however, have become more prolific, or more ubiquitous than superstars "The Beatles".

entertainment, music, humor, the-beatles

Diggin' the Crates: The Record Store Mystique

Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:07 PM EDT

For roughly two decades a little store front called Chris' Warped Records was one of the main hubs of Cleveland, Ohio's underground music scene.

entertainment, music, community, listen-in, record-stores, independent-record-stores

TBTMTU: Aurgasm

Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:51 AM EDT

By kymlee

"Expect music curiously different, yet simply enjoyable."

entertainment, music, listen-in, tbtmtu, kymlee-music, music-blogs, aurgasm

Listening In Live to Via Audio and The Secret Life of Sofia: 4/21/08

Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:40 PM EDT

With 2001's Is This It, The Strokes ushered in a mainstream music fad of stripped down, lo-fi production and straightforward presentation that spread to seemingly countless bands in the ensuing months.

entertainment, music, review, listen-in, music-review, live-music, park-slope, via-audio, union-hall, the-secret-life-of-sofia

Rewind to 1987: A Review of Game Theory's Lolita Nation

Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:41 PM EDT

By Steve Mock

When R.E.M. stopped by The Colbert Report a few weeks ago, the host admonished the band for being a little too political in the past. He went on to say, "People want to hear songs about girls!" To which Michael Stipe deadpanned, "I'm not big with the girl songs."

entertainment, music, listen-in, game-theory, rewind, lolita-nation

Record Store Day, Long Beach Style

Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:17 AM EDT

By Kimya

You already know by now that today is National Record Store Day. Evan announced it earlier and don't forget about Eric and his uncontrollable urges. We spent the afternoon at Fingerprints - Long Beach's premier (only?) independent record store.

entertainment, music, listen-in, fingerprints, independent-music, record-store-day, rob-halford, kimya-music, limbeck

Uncontrollable Urges on National Record Store Day

Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:54 PM EDT

As Listen In has reported earlier this afternoon, today is national Record Store Day. As one might imagine, New York City has no shortage of record stores (though they have certainly dwindled in recent years) so around noon I set out in search of some vinyl.

entertainment, music, records, listen-in, vinyl, record-store-day

A Diggin' the Crates Weekend Special: Today is Record Store Day!

Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:58 PM EDT

Today is a very special day for record collectors. Saturday, April 19th: Record Store Day. Today, independent record stores across North America are celebrating the wonders of the digging lifestyle with sales and special in-store performances.

entertainment, music, records, listen-in, vinyl, independent-music, diggin-the-crates, record-store-day

TBTMTU: I Am Fuel, You Are Friends

Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:12 AM EDT

By Jacob Nicolas

Welcome to another installment of They Bring The Music To Us where I review feature talk about bring to your attention all the music blogs that bring the music to your attention.

entertainment, music, blog, mp3, listen-in, listenin, mp3-blog, tbtmtu, they-bring-the-music-to-us, i-am-fuel-you-are-friends

An Interview With Jamshied Sharifi About His Album, One

Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:08 AM EDT

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

World music, in my experience, is very hit and miss. I've come across some music, mostly through the label of Peter Gabriel, that I really like. But I've also heard some that just rubbed me the wrong way no matter how many chances I give it.

entertainment, sbutki-interview, sbutki-review, listen-in

What's The Big Deal With Stone Temple Pilots?

Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:50 AM EDT

I'm probably going to get slammed for this one. Here's the thing: I don't get Stone Temple Pilots. I never did. Here's a band that rode the coattails of grunge into 17.5 million album sales (and counting).

entertainment, music, opinion, rock, heroin, listen-in, rock-and-roll, core, grunge, stp

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Artist Profile: The Evening Episode

Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:09 AM EDT

By wonnacottyledon

I know that electronic indie-pop bands are a dime (or less) a dozen, but Sacramento's spacey The Evening Episode are worth each penny.To be fair, before I start, this is really a profile of two bands, or rather, the morphing of The Evening Episode from their first album, The Phys …

entertainment, music, rock, pop, indie, electronic, theremin, the-evening-episode

TBTMTU: Hip Hop Ruckus

Wed Apr 9, 2008 7:37 AM EDT

By Jacob Nicolas

Welcome to another installment of They Bring The Music To Us where I review feature talk about bring to your attention all the music blogs that bring the music to your attention. This week's blog, recommended by Kymlee, Hip Hop Ruckus

entertainment, music, blog, mp3, listen-in, listenin, mp3-blog, tbtmtu, they-bring-the-music-to-us, hhr

Women In Music: Where is Fiona Apple

Tue Apr 8, 2008 3:45 PM EDT

By kymlee

At the tender age of 17 Fiona Apple made her debut in 1994 with Tidal and her breakout hit, "Criminal". With poetic lyrics sung in a deep alto and driven by Apple's passionate piano playing, most will agree that Fiona Apple is an artist.

entertainment, music, hot-chicks, listen-in, kymlee-music, fiona-apple, wim

Rewind to 1994: A Review of Jawbreaker's 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

Mon Apr 7, 2008 11:51 PM EDT

In the mid-90s the musical landscape was recovering from earth-shattering events that rattled the foundations of the soundscape.

entertainment, music, listen-in, rewind, jawbreaker, 24-hour-revenge-therapy

An Interview With Songwriter Justin Roberts About His New Album, Pop Fly

Mon Apr 7, 2008 12:40 PM EDT

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

Imagine a songwriter who takes the best parts of Fountains of Wayne – great catchy hummable power pop songs – but instead of writing about adult relationship woes his focus is on the joys and concerns of children.

entertainment, sbutki-interview, listen-in

Re:Mix - Hip(ster)-Hop Mashups From The Hood Internet

Sun Apr 6, 2008 5:51 PM EDT

If there's one thing that defines hipsterism, it's irony - and the mashup is fertile ground for irony. Since this is a hip(ster)-hop mix, I tried to distill the oddest, funniest, and most unexpected tracks from the irony-fest that is The Hood Internet.

entertainment, music, css, listen-in, remix, snoop-dogg, dr-dre, kid-rock, t-pain, r-kelly

Mix: To Everything There is a Season - Spring 2008

Thu Apr 3, 2008 7:22 PM EDT

It's that time of year again. The weather is (getting) warm, the sun is (occasionally) out, and spring is (kind of) in the air. Though here in New York it's taking a bit to shake off the last bits of an admittedly mild winter, signs are pointing to brighter season ahead.

entertainment, music, stars, spring, listen-in, playlist, arcade-fire, feist, new-order, andrew-bird

Diggin' the Crates: Vine(yl)meet Philly

Wed Apr 2, 2008 11:49 AM EDT

This was a very special week for Diggin' the Crates. Over the weekend, the Philadelphia suburbs played host to a summit of the record-heads as Eric, Adam, and I took the region's used record stores by storm. This is the play-by-play.

entertainment, music, philadelphia, records, listen-in, vinyl, vinemeet, diggin-the-crates

TBTMTU: 7-inch Punk

Wed Apr 2, 2008 7:49 AM EDT

By Jacob Nicolas

entertainment, music, blog, mp3, punk, listen-in, listenin, mp3-blog, tbtmtu, they-bring-the-music-to-us

Listening In Live to Presto Descanto (with audio!)

Tue Apr 1, 2008 10:29 AM EDT

By Ryan Stolte-Sawa

When the time came for him to go on, most of the crowd had dissolved. It was well after midnight in Bucktown and the bar was dead, so Presto Descanto performed his new album in its entirety from start to finish for twenty people while the rest of the world really missed out.

entertainment, music, review, live, album, electronic, portfolio, new-album, live-music, promise

What's New in Music 4/1/2008

Tue Apr 1, 2008 8:09 AM EDT

Another week, another Tuesday, another flurry of new music. As new albums drop, this column will do its best to track the notable releases so you don't have to.