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2006 In Review: Victor Scott
December 29, 2006 – 9:00 am | No Comment

[by Victor Scott]
Since this is the first time I’ve actually written down a year end list for publication, allow me to subject you to the navel gazing I’ve been doing for the last 2 weeks. …

Sonic Youth “The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities” Review
December 28, 2006 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Sonic Youth “The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities” Review

Moments into “Fire Engine Dream,” an outtake from the Sonic Nurse sessions in 2003, Sonic Youth begins to deliver an almost encyclopedic, note for note, version of themselves; a noisy, brash Sonic Youth reminiscent to …

2006 in Review: The Rise and Fallout of Jay-Z
December 27, 2006 – 11:45 am | 3 Comments

It may or may not have started with Nas’ “Ether” back in 2001, but after both ended up together with Def Jam someone had to take the reigns in cracking down on Jay-Z and in …

2006 In Review: The Majestic Twelve’s Kenyata Sullivan
December 27, 2006 – 9:00 am | One Comment

[by Kenyata Sullivan]
Here are four things I’m truly enthusiastic about, and perhaps they might not all have been created this year, but they were all new to me in ‘06. So, in no particular order:
1. …

J Dilla: “Won’t Do” Video
December 26, 2006 – 1:00 pm | One Comment

A fresh video produced by Mazik Saevitz which features John Yancey, Common, Will.I.AM, Black Thought and Talib Kweli among others was recently released from J Dilla’s 2006 album The Shining. I feel poor for …

Remembering the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business
December 26, 2006 – 10:30 am | 3 Comments

I don’t believe any of us can recall the very first time we heard James Brown, but more than likely it was through some commercial project attempting to utilize “I Got You (I Feel Good)” …

Merry Christmas You Filthy Animals
December 25, 2006 – 10:00 am | One Comment

To even the non-believers, I say…good music still exists, and on this day of days it is provided in two lump sums. The first being the twenty four song Christmas themed mash-up mix “Santastic …

Norah Jones: “Not Too Late” Update
December 22, 2006 – 8:10 am | No Comment

Though it wont be released for another month, Norah Jones’ highly anticipated third studio album Not Too Late stands as something that could either identify her as a centerpiece of her generation, or demote her …

2006 In Review: The Sky Drops’ Monika Bullette
December 22, 2006 – 8:05 am | One Comment

[by Monika Bullette]
In 2006 The Sky Drops recorded and released our debut EP Clouds of People, toured the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard, played several shows in London, and started preparing new songs for our next …

Lupe Fiasco on AOL Sessions
December 22, 2006 – 8:00 am | No Comment

There’s something far deeper and challenging beneath the surface of GQ’s recent Man of the Year award which was given to hip hop breakout Lupe Fiasco. The award’s meaning doesn’t come as relevant simply …

2006 In Review: The Upsidedown’s J-Sun Atoms
December 20, 2006 – 8:30 am | 2 Comments

[by J-Sun Atoms]
It’s been an interesting year because I expected our album to come out, but that’s what happens when you expect something. Thank the universe for showing us who’s the boss and slowing …

Campamento Ñec Ñec “Alimana”
December 20, 2006 – 8:00 am | 3 Comments

How is it that the band with one with the year’s best EP in disguise as a LP can be so unknown? Not even in sense that your borderline indie, borderline corporate music mag …