On Malibu, Anderson .Paak carries the torch.
Santi Elijah Holley
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Revisiting Please Kill Me, Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Essential History of Punk
If you’ve read it, you probably remember exactly where you were when you first encountered Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. I first came across the book as a 16-year-old kid in a small town in southwestern Colorado. I’d recently discovered punk, and went about putting safety […]
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Please Kill Me Turns 20
Revisiting Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Essential History of Punk
Revisiting Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s essential history of punk.
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Benjamin Clementine Has Gone From Paris Streets to International Stardom
BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE Ex-busker. MICKY CLEMENT AMONG THE MANY immediately striking things about Benjamin Clementine is his voice, the powerful tenor that he commands like a classical singer. So it comes as a surprise to discover how soft-spoken he is in conversation—so much so that his voice barely completed the nearly 5,000-mile journey from London, which […]
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The Odyssey of Benjamin Clementine
From Paris Streets to International Stardom
He’s risen from Paris streets to international stardom.
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Bridgetown Day 3: New Negroes, Co-Hosted by Baron Vaughn and Nathan Brannon
Carrying a bowl of baby carrots with him, LA’s Quincy Jones dropped Mitch Hedberg-like one-liners, while pausing between jokes to take a crunchy bite from a carrot. “I’m a little bit nervous. Not for the whole ‘stand-up’ thing. It’s just, I’m from the South, and so I’m conditioned to be nervous in a room full […]
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Into the Wilderness with Outdoor Afro
Inviting African Americans Back to Nature
Inviting African Americans back to nature.
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Leon Bridges at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Sat May 28
Christopher Keith Garcia Christopher Keith Garcia WHY LEON BRIDGES shot from obscurity in Fort Worth, Texas to worldwide fame in such a short time—aside from his smooth-as-butter voice—was in large part because he had a level of sincerity and humility not often seen in modern R&B. He was a soft-spoken mama’s boy who just-so-happened to […]
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Olivia Laing Keeps Lonesome Company in The Lonely City
Loneliness does not simply mean being alone; it’s being alone in the presence of so many others. Picador As anyone who has ever been lonely knows, loneliness is more often felt in company—particularly in dense, highly social places—than in solitude. Loneliness does not simply mean being alone; it’s being alone in the presence of so […]
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Entering The Lonely City
Olivia Laing Keeps Lonesome Company
Olivia Laing keeps lonesome company.
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Blue Diamond: A Sparkling Gem
Man, Those Cats Sure Like to Boogie
Man, those cats sure like to boogie.
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Josh Ritter’s Messianic Oracular Honky-Tonk
Laura Wilson Josh Ritter and the Royal City band perform with Elephant Revival tomorrow night (Friday, January 22) and Saturday, January 23 at Revolution Hall (1300 SE Stark). Details here. Josh Ritter has been a solo artist for more than 15 years, but not until his seventh studio album, 2013’s The Beast in Its Tracks, […]