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The Cult Choice of Weapon (Cooking Vinyl) 3 Stars Although (amazingly) this is the Cult's first album to feature the same recording lineup as its predecessor, Weapon eschews the abrasive hard rock approach of 2007's Born Into This and instead splits the difference between Sonic Temple-sized anthems and the space-blues of Masters of Reality (whose Chris Goss co-produced this outing). Ian Astbury ...

The classics, deep cuts, and songs that couldn't exist without the singing drummer.

No one above the age of 21 was involved in making this article. September 17, 2011 : The first show Matt Tavares, Chester Hansen & Alex Sowinski played as BADBADNOTGOOD was in the back room of Toronto's Red Light resto-lounge.

Melissa Tabeek, Special to the Reporter Shea Rose performs on the Red Bull Soundstage at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas last week.: Photo courtesy Rox www.roxnrollin.com Boston’s neighborhoods have launched their share of music superstars into orbit in past decades. Donna Summer, the original disco diva, hailed from Dot. Gang Starr’s legendary MC Guru (aka the late Keith Elam) honed his ...

Director Ralph McDaniels takes us behind the scenes and back to 1994, right before Illmatic was released.

I'm not sure what G. Love is more excited about: returning to perform on the West Coast with his band...

Usually, when one thinks of African-American scholars, the thought gravitates toward stately, seasoned gentlemen like Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates or Stanley Crouch - you know, old guys.

Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News , Exclusive , In House Gino DePinto, AOL "We're the rap game interns," Philadelphia native Xaphoon Jones admits to The BoomBox. The producer, one half of the rap outfit Chiddy Bang , has no qualms about labeling himself and his partner, rapper Chiddy, as such. After all, the 21-year-olds first emerged on the scene in 2009, and have experienced three years in ...

The Roots talk the conceptual birth of upcoming album, "Undun."

The Holiday Art Fair and a performance by Mannheim Steamroller offer more opportunities for seasonal shopping and celebrations this pre-holiday weekend. The calendar also includes: a Recall Walker pep rally; the Madison Women's Expo; a production of Bat Boy: The Musical ; shows by Atlas Improv; stories and readings by Jeff DeMark and Margot Peters; performances by the Wisconsin Chamber Choir ...

Portishead's Geoff Barrow is in Bristol's State f Art Studio and standing in the exact same spot where he recorded the lugubrious scratch solo to the trio's 1997 hit "Only You." He starts an anecdote about playing the song on Saturday Night Live but interrupts himself when he hears music t...