We expected a lot from the collaboration between Ke$ha and The Flaming Lips — something rocky, guitar-heavy and feisty, Ke$ha bringing the personality and The Flaming Lips bringing an unmatched quirkiness. What we got, however, was the first decidedly brilliant collaboration Ke$ha has ever done. Even 3Oh!3 must realize this…
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Washed Out (due Thursday, April 26, at the Bluebird Theater) started out as a bedroom project of Ernest Greene when he was living in Perry, Georgia. As with many artists in the last decade or so, Perry connected with other independent musicians through the Internet, where he posted music to…
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This time last year, the most contagious pop trend was working with Pitbull, and what a bandwagon trend that was. As much as we’re glad the Pitbull days are over, we’re not too hot for this new thing, either. And this new thing, somewhat strangely, is serving as a judge…
The folks over at Yahoo! Studios have delivered an epically messy music video for “We Are Young.” The parody isn’t quite as funny if you can’t relate to the plight of these almost-middle-aged men and women, but as far as “We Are Young” YouTube covers go, this one is easily…
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Before he and Rihanna found love in a hopeless place, few people in the States knew who Calvin Harris was — even though the Scottish producer had released two albums of game-changing electro-pop across the pond. The Timbaland of electro, Harris has a distinctively auteuristic quality to his production. Every…
Lacuna Coil (due tonight at The Summit Music Hall) started in Milan, Italy in 1994, but it wasn’t until the band recruited Cristina Scabbia to do vocals on an early demo that things started to take off for the band. Shortly after recording with Scabbia, Lacuna Coil signed with Century…
Low Gravity (hosting its dual CD release party tomorrow night at 3 Kings Tavern with Jaded Poet) got together in the summer of 2009 when Jess Ellis — who used to play in the noteworthy, and unconventionally literary, sludge metal band the Nod, as well as Half of Zero –…
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In the ultimate twist of “Give Me Some Luvin'” irony, Nicki Minaj has dethroned Madonna from the top of the Billboard 200 chart this week, as Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded easily takes the top spot with 253,000 copies sold, while Madge’s MDNA dropped to number eight, selling only 48,000 in…
Since forming in 2008, Sleigh Bells (due tomorrow night at the Ogden Theatre) have issued three records, a debut EP on M.I.A.’s N.E.E.T. Recordings in 2009, followed by two full-length albums, 2010’s Treats and its latest offering, Reign of Terror. The band’s combination of heavy, expansive guitar rock and hyperkinetic,…
Eight years have passed since the three members of Eve 6 — Max Collins, Jon Siebels and Tony Fagenson — released a new album together. During the break, they never stopped working on music; they just stopped working on music together as Eve 6. Nearing twenty years of working in…
We must learn to take Nicki Minaj with a grain of salt. Haters have argued that she can’t rap; her “Barbz” have argued that she redefined the genre. For barely a week now, Minaj managed to prove the latter: When Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded dropped last week, Minaj no longer…
Macklemore, one of the headliners at this year’s Westword Music Showcase, is playing two sold-out shows at the Fox Theatre this week, on Wednesday, April 11, and Thursday, April 12. The rapper and Seattle native, also known as Ben Haggerty, has truckloads of momentum right now. From being featured in…
It’s not easy to start a business that succeeds against the odds. With Sub.mission, Nicole Cacciavillano has managed to do that thanks to the help of a dedicated crew of interns, volunteers, resident DJs and eager supporters. At the five year celebration at City Hall this past Saturday, we sat…
Maulskull (born Jonathan Messinger) is in the midst of one of the more impressive undertakings we’ve seen in local hip-hop. His Death by Thr33s series is a massive collaborative effort between himself and more than twenty other artists. Every week for the last eighteen weeks has included the release of…
Madonna nabs the top spot on the Billboard 200 with her new album, MDNA. The set, her twelfth studio album, is also her eighth number-one; Madonna is now second only to Barbra Streisand with the number of top albums, and even then Babz only leads by one. MDNA shifted 359,000…
