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Twin Sister / Eleanor Friedberger / Ava Luna Media Club, Vancouver BC February 8 Exclaim! Openers Ava Luna reaped the benefits of the early-bird audience, as the six-piece hit the stage in front of a packed house for a spazzy and disorienting set of avant R&B that recalled an unfocused Dirty Projectors. Next up, Friedberger offered a far ...
Various Artists: Noise & Chill Out: Ethiopian Groove Worlwide – review The Guardian With his Ethiopiques series, producer Francis Falceto transformed western ideas about African music by rereleasing classic recordings from the late 60s and early 70s, when Addis was transformed by musicians mixing local styles with US R&B, ...
Talib Kweli's Idle Warship Comes to Pagoda Silicon Valley's Metro Doing the unexpected is nothing new for Talib Kweli and Res, the duo behind alternative R&B/hip hop group Idle Warship, which comes to Pagoda Lounge in San Jose on Saturday. Kweli has made a name for himself as a conscious-underground rapper with a ...
The Internet: Purple Naked Ladies – review The Guardian Hip-hop and R&B are hardly overstaffed with out lesbian artists. Furthermore, she's the engineer, DJ and solitary female member of rap collective Odd Future, remarkable largely because of the stuff that tends to spill from the mouths of the other ...
Of Montreal: Paralytic Stalks The UCSD Guardian Online On Paralytic Stalks, art-pop eccentrics of Montreal move from the Prince-like, guitar-heavy R&B sound of their most recent work, False Priest, into their darkest psychedelic circus yet. The powerful production of the album hits you from the start — it ... of Montreal Gets Personal and Experimental on Latest ReleaseHarvard Crimson
Weekend's best bets: Bernadette Peters, 'Art of Love' concert, Black history ... Indianapolis Star A triple bill of R&B acts will play a pre-Valentine's Day concert billed as "The Art of Love." Atlanta-based group Jagged Edge, known for romantic tunes such as "Let's Get Married" and "Good Luck Charm," is the show's headliner. Avant (pictured here) ...
Chimes Of Freedom: The dos and don'ts of covering Bob Dylan A.V. Club New York Motown acts cast Dylan's songs as pop R&B, establishing their flexibility and timelessness, while West Coast rock acts like The Byrds were so successful at making Dylan's songs sound fresh and contemporary that they may have hastened his decision to ...
