Tag Archive for: Music

Grooveshark under fire again, now with EMI


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Well, it may come at no surprise, but Grooveshark has come under fire yet again. The international music streaming website is struggling with EMI, which was until recently the only major record label to license its music to Grooveshark. Now EMI has shredded their contract, citing Grooveshark’s failure to pay the last of four major […]

Striking the chord


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Christopher Garwood (left), a freshman majoring in classical guitar performance, plays excerpts from Fantasie, Op.3 composed by Fernando Sor at a master class in Alfred Newman Recital Hall on Tuesday. The class was led by Pepe Romero (right), a professor of classical guitar, and featured music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Isaac Albeniz.

David Lynch releases surreal music video with ‘Crazy Clown Time’


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David Lynch, famous for having created the surreal TV series, Twin Peaks, and then a slew of hallucinogenic feature-lengths, mainly creates music now. But with Lynch’s music video for “Crazy Clown Time,” the title track of his new album, he has re-entered the world of filmmaking, with expectedly eerie results. The song itself is very simple: […]

Quantic and Alice Russell put heads together for funky LP


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On the off chance I’m listening to the radio, it’s likely that most of what I’m getting is nothing more than background noise. There is one station that stands out among the rest for superior musical taste. KCRW (89.9 FM) always plays good music, so much so that my standards for “good” are constantly being […]

R&B singer Goapele returns with much to offer


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Since her appearance on the music scene in 2001, soul singer-songwriter Goapele (Gwa-pa-lay) remains one of the most underrated artists in recent R&B history. Her debut album Closer, while garnering respect from critics and lovers of music outside of the mainstream, went largely unnoticed, and, with an equally overlooked second album, Change it All, it seemed […]

Soundtrack singles appeal to mainstream


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Studios could not be any happier with the box office success of The Hunger Games in its opening weekend, but the film is also greatly aiding the music industry through the release of its official soundtrack. The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond came out March 20 and features a powerhouse of artists […]

Fiona Apple making her comeback to music


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It’s nice to know that Fiona Apple is coming back. When she first hit the scene with her debut album, the multi-platinum Tidal, she was 19-years-old, a frail-looking waif of a girl with enormous, haunting eyes and a powerful, throaty voice that surprised listeners and defied the tiny body from which it came. But Apple […]
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