Lana Del Rey debuts at No. 2; Earl Sweatshirt returns? Washington Post (blog) In other LDR news from the past week, she won't be touring until the fall and Liz Phair is rooting for her. - Earl Sweatshirt is back! Well, that is if you believe the Internet and believe Odd Future — not always the greatest combination when seeking ... Lana Del Rey: Born To Sell?The Silver Tongue
Vote: Who belongs in Chicago's all-star band? Chicago Sun-Times Liz Phair: A fearless and frank songwriter, she commands a bare voice that made her 1993 debut, “Exile in Guyville,” one of the alt-rock era's best. Dinah Washington: One of the most popular pop and jazz vocalists of the 1950s, she developed her talent ...
Tramp: Sharon Van Etten – review The Guardian The saturated swoop of Tramp's rocking first single, "Serpents", simultaneously recalls Liz Phair, Throwing Muses and Neko Case, while "We Are Fine" supplies a spell to calm panic attacks. On her third outing, Van Etten has been Americana's best-kept ...
GOSSIP ROUNDUP: Maya's Finger, Madonna's Coming, Nas Is “Nasty,” And New ... PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) Liz Phair wrote about Lana Del Rey for the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog. As it turns out, she doesn't care about how lifeless she was on Saturday Night Live. She just cares that she was there at all. She even goes so far as to say: “You see, ...
Predictably Unpredictable: What's Next for Guided by Voices? NadaMucho.com (subscription) Artists like Sebadoh, Liz Phair and Guided by Voices (GbV) seized control of their own destinies, bypassing monster-sized record labels and high-end recording studios. Instead, each of these artists, and more like them, recorded lo-fidelity ...
Best in Blogs: Who Murdered Sister Valsa? The Complete Story Wall Street Journal (blog) [Speakeasy] Liz Phair on Why Lana Del Rey Scares Rock's Boys Club: The critically-acclaimed indie rock weighs in on the meaning of all things Lana Del Rey. [Speakeasy] Activision Toys Around with a 'Skylanders' Sequel: Activision Blizzard, ...
11 NYC Art Picks, From Ayad Alkadhi's Political Critiques to Fashion Week ... ARTINFO (They've toured with Liz Phair!) Modern Painters senior editor Scott Indrisek highly suggests braving the G train for this fuzzed out, energetic blast from the mid-90s past. —SD [See Listing] Part of the art band The Poetics alongside John Miller and ...
Alt-Country Musician Ana Egge Rocks the Lafayette Brewing Co. Purdue Exponent Ana Egge, an alt-country folk-rock musician from Brooklyn, took the stage with a broad grin, looking like a folk-y Liz Phair. While typically a solo artist, Egge was backed by a full band for her tour, which provided a hearty foundation that ...
