By
Christiana Bartolini
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Jun 19, 2012
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David Levesque is the man behind the intriguing music project that is Levek. David, a school bus driver in Florida, started Levek as a pastime when he wasn't charting school kids around. Let's be thankful that he's continued down this musical path. A...
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By
sweeney kovar
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Nov 18, 2011
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Danny Brown is my pick for breakout rapper of 2011, and I am completely biased. I first met Danny in 2008 when he still wore jeans a few sizes too big and still had braids. But he was always the weirdo rap nerd that he is being celebrated as now, it ...
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By
Lauren Sloss
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Jul 21, 2011
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St. Vincent: a bad ass but melodic chanteuse. Tom Waits: a bad ass who's managed to so redefine melody (at least singing-wise) that the form is often unrecognizable when he's through with it. And yet, St. Vincent's live cover of Tom Waits's track "Bi...
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By
Mike Madden
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Jul 14, 2011
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I'm convinced Jack White can do anything. Over the past 10-odd years he has crafted umpteen immortal guitar riffs with the White Stripes and the Raconteurs, produced one of the best country albums of the millennium so far (Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Ros...
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By
sweeney kovar
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Sep 6, 2010
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Too often, the uninitiated assume that underground hip-hop is by definition the antithesis of commercial hip-hop. While it's sometimes true that underground hip-hop frequently explores sounds and themes that would not find a home in a more commercial...
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