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Various Artists: Johnny Cash Remixed (Review)

5776 days ago

Almost all of these artists spent as much energy as possible preserving the spirit of the songs that these updated versions are based on. more info

Johnny Cash

Ida Maria (Review)

5776 days ago

"I just wonder New York… have you got room for me?!" yelled Ida Maria into the microphone. more info

Ida Maria

MP3 Quartet: The Rakes and more (Media Center)

5777 days ago

The Rakes The Light From Your Mac [MP3] from Klang [24 March] Marissa Nadler River of Dirt [MP3] from Little Hells [3... more info

The Rakes

The Black Lips - "Short Fuse" (MP3) (Media Center)

5777 days ago

The new Black Lips record, 200 Million Thousand, releases February 24th on Vice Records. Here is the new single, "Short Fuse", and the upcoming tour dates. The Black Lips Short Fuse... more info

Black Lips Fuse

Lykke Li - "Tonight" (video) (Media Center)

5777 days ago

Adrien Begrand tapped young Swedish singer Lykke Li as the very vest of the by:Larm 2008 festival in Norway, tapping her as by:Larm's "It Girl" and "a star in the making". In further praise, Begrand... more info

Lykke Li

The Cool Kids - "Pennies" (video) (Media Center)

5777 days ago

Writing about Cool Kids' 2008 release, The Bake Sale EP, Jordan Sargent said the Chicago duo "love the '80s, so they dress the part, beepers and gold ropes included, and offer an impressive... more info

The Cool Kids

Asobi Seksu - "Me & Mary" (video) (Media Center)

5777 days ago

Asobi Seksu's latest album, Hush, is releasing February 17 on Polyvinyl Records. Here's the first single, "Me &... more info

Asobi Seksu

Unique Americana: Tom Waits and The Band (Sound Affects)

5777 days ago

Brutal. Even for a die hard Midwesterner like myself, January weather in Chicago has been brutal this year. So brutal that I find myself wrestling with the winds and bitters of Chicago sidewalks to... more info

Tom Waits