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Mike Wattnew
 
    
    The Musical Sailor on Bass.
  
    Random Lengths News  |  
    James Preston Allen  |  
    09-08-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  Hawthorne Heights: A 10-Year Retrospectivenew
 
    
    Hawthorne Heights, emo.
  
    Worcester Magazine  |  
    Cade Overton  |  
    09-04-2014  | 
    Reviews
  
  More Mind, Less Grind: Women of Detroit hip-hopnew
 
    
    There's a definite shift taking place in Detroit. Women with intelligence in music is nothing new, but the fact that they're banding together, tired of all the institutional bullshit and mainstream-encouraged hyper-sexualization — that is a wonderful thing, and it's happening in Detroit now.
  
    Metro Times  |  
    Brett Callwood  |  
    08-08-2014  | 
    Music
  
  Where were you on Pharoah Sanders Day?new
 
    
    The early years of a Little Rock legend.
  
    Arkansas Times  |  
    Will Stephenson  |  
    08-07-2014  | 
    Music
  
  What do you do when one of your favorite bands becomes an utter embarrassment?new
 
    
    When I was a teenager, I filled notebooks with annotations for the lyrics to Operation: Mindcrime, the third album by Queensrÿche. I lined up four hours before doors opened (and three hours before anyone else showed up) to see them play at a theatre in Kentucky...
    
  
    Tags: Queensryche
  Hope is the Resolvenew
 
    
    Indie rock quartet Signals tells a story about the challenges of faith on their new EP, Hindsight
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Joshua Levine  |  
    08-01-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Signals
  Jack White: A History and a Futurenew
Throughout his illustrious career, Jack White has embodied the modern Renaissance man.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    Tommy Burton  |  
    07-25-2014  | 
    Music
  
  Old Soul Never Dies: A Quirky, Historical Cleveland Record Label Gets New Lifenew
 
    
    History is written by the victors. That's why you've heard of Motown or Stax Records and not Cleveland's own soul upstart, Way Out Records. Housed in a storefront on East 55th St. between Euclid and Chester, the label grew out of an odd-couple partnership between a hustler and a cop.
  
    Cleveland Scene  |  
    Chris Parker  |  
    07-23-2014  | 
    Music
  
  Monumentour: My Rock, My Salvationnew
 
    
    How this summer's Monumentour testifies to the resilient role of rock 'n' roll.
    
  
    Tags: Fallout Boy, Monumentour
  Tori Amos begins to hear the lightnew
 
    
    On the cover of her new 14th set, Unrepentant Geraldines, adventurous singer-songwriter-keyboardist Tori Amos is standing before a wall-size mural, a paintbrush clutched in her right hand, as if she's just put the finishing strokes on her latest primary-colored masterpiece. But don't read it too literally, she cautions...
  
    Colorado Springs Independent  |  
    Tom Lanham  |  
    07-16-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  Let the Chips Fallnew
 
    
    Cowboy Jack Clement's final recording recasts the work of a great Nashville songwriter.
  
    Nashville Scene  |  
    Edd Hurt  |  
    07-10-2014  | 
    Music
  
  In the Skin: Houston Musicians Share the Stories of their Tattoosnew
There’s no rule that says if you make music you have to have a tattoo, but the reality is that a lot of people who play music have ink on their bodies. We sat down with four local musicians and a couple of tattoo artists to talk about their relationship with their ink. They come from different backgrounds and play different types of music, but they’ll share a common bond, one that will stick with them a lifetime.
  
    Houston Press  |  
    Angelica Leicht  |  
    07-09-2014  | 
    Music
  
  Power of Threenew
 
    
    A history of music, activism and friendship with Joan Baez and the Indigo Girls.
  
    Eugene Weekly  |  
    Alexandra Notman  |  
    06-25-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Indigo Girls, Joan Baez
  The strangely similar career paths of Vampire Weekend and Blur's Damon Albarnnew
 
    
    During a concert last fall at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Vampire Weekend diverged from their own material exactly once, covering Blur's Dadaist jock jam "Song 2." The choice was a surprisingly big, crunchy move for a band whose sound typically veers toward the airy and nuanced...
    
  
    Tags: Vampire Weekend, Damon Albarn
  Pitbull Doesn’t Know What Love Meansnew
Contemporary artists such as Pitbull often forgo realistic depictions of life to maintain a persona.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    Micah Smith  |  
    05-22-2014  | 
    Music