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June 2008 - Articles

Concert Review: Tom Waits, Columbus Ohio, 6/28/2008

This past weekend I had the rare opportunity to witness a performance by the one and only Tom Waits.

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Ice T vs Soulja Boy: This Has Nothing to do With Old School vs New School, It's Good vs Bad Hip Hop

So some of you may have already heard about the latest beef in hip hop. Ice T recently took a shot at Soulja Boy while making a mixed tape, accusing the the youngster of single-handedly killing hip hop. Be that as it may, Soulja Boy responded with his own video.

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What's The Big Deal With Wilco?

"Jeff Tweedy is a twat," one former major-label president told me at the height of the singer's travails with Reprise.

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They Bring the Music To Us: Oh Word

This week TBTMTU we take a look at Oh Word a hip hop blog for purists. Claiming that the bloggosphere is saturated with music bloggers all writing about breaking music news, so they chose to focus on hip hop roots.

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Press Play: A Review of Coldplay's Viva la Vida

To know Coldplay is love them, and to hate them, and to love them and to - once again - hate them. Only, that is, to turn right back around and love them one last time before you invert your decision for what is positively not the last time.

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Listening In Live: The Return of Return To Forever

Formative jazz-rock fusion group Return To Forever took the stage Saturday night at Freedom Hill Amphitheater in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

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Press Play: The Last Shadow Puppets' The Age of the Understatement

Borne of a friendship minted during the Arctic Monkeys' 2005 UK tour, The Last Shadow Puppets is a side project of Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys front man, and Miles Kane, front man for The Rascals.

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Listening In Live: Nico Vega Set the Viper Room Afire

Nico Vega put on a fired up show in the hot and steamy Viper Room in Hollywood, California last night. There's not much else to it than that. As curtain opened, Aja took the stage, barefoot and clad in leggings and a leotard, the audience screamed in excitement.

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TBTMTU: All Things Go

This weeks They Bring The Music To Us featured blog is the fantastic All Things Go, which brings things down to earth for a bit here as the last few blogs I've featured have been of a higher profile.

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Press Play: A Review of Tilly and the Wall's O

Throughout its existence, Omaha five-piece Tilly and the Wall has been a band that has shown an uncanny ability to harness a pure, almost manic energy, infuse it with heartfelt exuberance, and transmit a final product as infectious and unadulterated as anything ever set to stereo.

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What's New in Music: 6/12/08

Two days late but just as informative, WNIM for the week of June 10th is here to acquaint you with the going-ons in musicsphere. In this issue as in most, we'll cover new album releases, chart listings and news stories. So let's get started. Album Releases

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TBTMTU: Brooklyn Vegan

A short one today, this weeks They Bring The Music To Us featured blog is Brooklyn Vegan, another one of the music blogs showcased on Sirius Radio's Blog Radio show (think the Fellowship of the Ring. . . but with blogs).

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Summer Music in NYC: McCarren Park Pool Parties

Summer in New York City brings with it many things. Every vaguely green space fills with eager sunbathers, every bar and restaurant patio fills with sun-starved drinkers, and every neighborhood rings with the ubiquitous tune of the Mister Softee ice cream truck.

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The Artist in Profile: Kissey Asplund (Audio Included)

With the first wave of MySpace bands over and done with the novelty seems to have worn off. However, MySpace continues to be a place where otherwise overlooked artists can cultivate their talents and share them with the world independently.

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TBTMTU: Gorilla vs. Bear

It's an age old question, one whose true answer may never be agreed upon, it also happens to be a really great music blog: Gorilla vs. Bear and today's They Bring The Music To Us feature.

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