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Neuman's Own: Q&A with Marissa Nadler
posted: October 28, 2011
The adjectives ethereal, otherworldly and mythological tend to follow Marissa Nadler around like a pack of wandering troubadours. Nadler’s cultural understanding made it all the more poignant when she found herself subjected to the socio-economic…
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Sound And Vision: Beyoncé's "Plagiarism" Controversies — Has She Been Caught Stealing, Or Is She Paying Homage (Again)?
posted: October 28, 2011
Beyoncé is having a rough 2011. I don’t know how she felt about turning thirty on September 4, but if she’s as career-obsessed as I suspect she is, it was probably the least of her…
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James Blake: Analogue Values In A Digital World
posted: October 25, 2011
Electronic music producer/ singer-songwriter James Blake is the type to speak softly and carry a big stick. Usually. Concerts by the young Blake are hushed, pastoral affairs; the audience in rapt attention to the 22-year-old wunderkind…
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Sound And Vision: Guns N' Roses? Joan Jett? Why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Is on the Verge of Becoming a Joke?
posted: October 21, 2011
Last month when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its fifteen nominees for induction in 2012, the organization really outdid itself”and not in a good way! Donovan? Not again! Erik B. & Rakim?…
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Artists-In-Occupation: Musicians And #OccupyWallStreet
posted: October 17, 2011
The tradition of protest music has a long, rich tradition in America. From nascent beginnings in the early twentieth century and the labor movement to the great civil rights protest songs of the ’60s to…
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Vocal Points: Battle of the Sexes
posted: October 16, 2011
We all have preferences when it comes to music, and genre is just one of many factors that determine what’s on our individual lists of music favorites. When it comes to the voices of our…
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