The Mother Hips: Pacific Dust (Reviews)
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Pink Martini: Splendor in the Grass (Capsule Reviews)
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Pink Martini turns life into a party where one drinks the Pepto-Bismol with a cocktail to avoid a hangover later.To call Pink Martini eclectic is like calling calculus complicated. Duh, that’s kind of the point. What else would one expect from a 14-piece ensemble who features a harp and a cello as well as congas and bongos or from an album that includes guest stars as varied as Luis from televi.
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Staying on the Edge: An Interview with Damon Elliott (Features)
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Slipped Disc: A.C. Newman - Get Guilty (Mixed Media)
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Albums that missed our Top 60 Albums list, but at least one of our writers loves.Artist: A.C. Newman Album: Get Guilty Label: Matador Image: http://www.popmatters.com/images/blog_art/a/ac-newman-get-guilty-200.png Display Width: 200 A.C. Newman's last solo album was aptly titled The Slow Wonder because it took a few listens to sink in. No such problem exists on Get Guilty, Newman's insanely cat...
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Fuse TV Presents Top 40 of 09: The Year in Music (video) (Mixed Media)
PopMatters SponsorFuse is counting down the top hits of the year. Fans voted at Fuse.tv for their favorite songs and the ultimate viewers choice will debut at number one in the Top 40 of 09: The Year in Music. Tune in Saturday, December 12th at 4pm ET. An encore will air Sunday at 12pm ET.
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Ghostland Observatory: 5.Dec.09 - New York (Notes from the Road)
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Ghostland Observatory: 5 December 2009 - Terminal 5, New York CityI'll say this much for Ghostland Observatory--they have a great lighting rig. Wafer-thin sheets and spires in all manner of colors peppered the room the moment the lights went down; it was hard not to get excited with the visuals alone, but just in case, the band members also wore sparkly garb to heighten the effect. Frontman Aar...
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Ghostland Observatory: 5 December 2009 - Terminal 5, New York City (Notes from the Road)
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I'll say this much for Ghostland Observatory--they have a great lighting rig. Wafer-thin sheets and spires in all manner of colors peppered the room the moment the lights went down; it was hard not to get excited with the visuals alone, but just in case, the band members also wore sparkly garb to heighten the effect. Frontman Aaron Behrens' voice is rubbery and unpredictable enough to be engaging
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Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library (new album / MP3) (Mixed Media)
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Holly Miranda The Magician's Private Library (XL) Releasing: 23 February This debut album from Holly Miranda was produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek. "Forest Green Oh Forest Green" is worth a listen. Its tinkling melody is almost too precious, but the ramshackle instrumentation adequately musses up any lingering sense of cutesiness. Good show. SONG LIST 01 Forest Green Oh Forest Green 02 J...
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Jewish folk music links two artists of different generations (PopWire)
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Detroit Free Press (MCT) -- Detroit Symphony Orchestra DETROIT — Behind the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's world premiere this week of a Concerto for Klezmer Clarinet is a story of two Jews of Polish stock united by fate, heritage and a love for Klezmer music — the celebratory folk music of Eastern European Jews. They were born 30 years and thousands of miles apart: Wlad Marhulets, a precocious
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The Best Singles of 2009: Volcano Choir - "Island, IS" (Mixed Media)
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We've unveiled our 50 best singles of the year, but that's not really a lot of songs. So, here are others bubbling just under that 50 mark.Bringing together the soulful folk of Justin Vernon's Bon Iver project and the systematic, Steve Reich-like patters of fellow Wisconsin natives Colonies Collection of Bees, Volcano Choir's "Island, IS" represents an inevitable (but perfect) distillation of e...
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The Best Singles of 2009: Fool’s Gold – "Surprise Hotel" (Mixed Media)
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We've unveiled our 50 best singles of the year, but that's not really a lot of songs. So, here are others bubbling just under that 50 mark.With the sizzling and joyous track “Surprise Hotel", the debut album of Los Angeles afro-pop collective Fool’s Gold erupts with an exotic mix of African rhythms, percolating rock melodies, and purring synths. You can’t just listen. You must dance. The fan
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