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Skrillexnew

Run into a dance crowd, yell "Skrillex" and shield yourself from projectile vomiting, shrieking teens and arms-flailing party bro howls. Follow it with the question, "What is dubstep?" and throw on a flak jacket for the barrage of opinions...

Gambit | Staff | 10-22-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Silversun Pickupsnew

A heavy downpour nearly canceled the Silversun Pickups' 2009 Voodoo performance. "We were in the bus, and we weren't sure if we were going to play because it was raining so hard," vocalist-guitarist Brian Aubert says...

Gambit | Staff | 10-22-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Teeny Lieberson breaks out on her ownnew

Indie pop in 2012 is crowded with bands who sound like they want the closing track on an '80s Rom-Com.

San Antonio Current | Matt Stieb | 10-17-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tenacious, talented Vikki Carr nails her new album and pimps her mannew

"It's [Mitt] Romney for me," Vikki Carr (still looking and sounding great at 72) told the Current towards the end of our conversation about Viva la Vida, her first album since The Vikki Carr Christmas Album in 2001.

San Antonio Current | Enrique Lopetegui | 10-17-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Reign of Painnew

Sleigh Bells explore the art of catharsis.

Colorado Springs Independent | Tom Lanham | 10-17-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Magically Ambitiousnew

Ireland's the Script takes a shot at Celtic hip-hop.

Colorado Springs Independent | Tom Lanham | 10-17-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Celtic hip-hop, The Script

Strange Amusementsnew

Caravan of Thieves give gypsy jazz a theatrical makeover.

Colorado Springs Independent | Alan Sculley | 10-17-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Caravan of Thieves, gypsy jazz

Remembering Matthew Africanew

The legendary East Bay DJ was known for his encyclopedia knowledge of breakbeats.

East Bay Express | Eric K. Arnold | 10-16-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: hip-hop, KMEL, The Layover

20 Greatest Non-Hits by the Rolling Stonesnew

Everyone knows that the Rolling Stones are a bunch of greedy amoral bastards. (Pick your anecdote from rock lore to illustrate this fact.) The geezers keep flogging their fame into the 21st century, long past sell-by date of their flesh and musical inspiration. Do they need to tour and release more memoirs to make more millions? It hardly seems like it, yet they've been doing it for 50 years now, and they probably don't know what else to do with themselves.

New Haven Advocate | John Adamian | 10-11-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Classic Rock, The Rolling Stones