Music Review
Islands — VapoursIslandsVapoursAnti Recordsislandsareforever.com“Islands in the stream … No one in-between ... How can we be wrong ... And we rely on each other, ah-ah ... From one lover to another,...
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Kid Koala — The SlewKid KoalaThe SlewPuget Sound Recordskidkoala.comread more
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Jazz great John Coltrane’s cultural explorations fused Asian American activism, spirituality and musicAPRIL 1971. It’s a cold night at the outdoor Greek Theatre and the seats are made of stone. But at...
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Ladies Delight: Rocky Rivera and the Female Hip-Hop Movement
21music.rhapsogrill.jpg The Rhapsodistas in 2006: (from left) Liezel "Zelstarrr" Rivera, Irene "Shortyrocwell" Duller, Krishtine de Leon (formerly known as "EyeASage") and Natasha "Sola" Pineda (not...
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True Rock of Ages
22web.music_.accrassicauda.derek_lieu.jpg Acrassicauda: (clockwise, from top left) Tony Yaqoo, Marwan Hussein, Faisal Mustafa and Firas Allateef. (Photo by Derek Lieu) Two Middle Eastern bands flee...
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Passport to the Unexplored
22web.music_.emi_.aaron_k_yoshino.jpg Emi Meyer (Photo by Aaron K. Yoshino) Emi Meyer forges new paths in jazz pop.Emi Meyer’s sound is unique in the Japanese music circuit, a bilingual cross between...
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CD Reviews
22web.cd_.best_.jpg Best Coast's "Crazy For You" Best Coast, Versus, Lyrics Born and Eternal SummersBest CoastCrazy for YouMexican Summermyspace.com/bestcoastThe teaming of Bethany Cosentino and Bobb...
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Do You Miss Me?
23web.music_.grid_.jpg Album covers from 1990s Filipino American R&B music Revisiting Filipino American R&B music of the 1990s.Writer Dino-Ray RamosTHERE WAS ONCE A TIME when the soul and...
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CD Review: Smith Westerns, "Dye It Blonde"
23web.cd_.msc_smithwes.jpg Dye It BlondeFat Possumfatpossum.com/artists/smithwesternsSince the rise and fall of The Strokes, we have found ourselves amongst a new generation of gawky, throwback private...
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CD Review: Caroline, "Verdugo Hills"
23web.cd_.msc_verdugo.jpgCarolineVerdugo HillsTemporary Residencecarolinelufkin.comIf you're an escapist, you probably favor songs that create their own space, molding sounds into sensations beyond the...
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CD Review: Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, "Further She Wrote"
23web.cd_.msc_kellyzenyie.jpgKelly Zen-Yie TsaiFurther She WroteSelf-released on Moving Earth Productions LLCyellowgurl.comread more
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CD Review: Jane Lui, "Goodnight Company"
23web.cd_.msc_janelui.jpgJane LuiGoodnight CompanySelf-releasedjanelui.comread more
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Clap Your Hands to the Geek
24.music_.adamwarrock-1.photographer_joey_miller.jpg Adam WarRock. Photographer: Joey Miller. Pop cultural emcee Adam WarRock talks rap.Adam Warrock — the Korean American attorney turned pop...
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Willful Creature
25_music_yukiasobi_bensklar.jpg Photographer Benjamin Sklar Asobi Seksu’s Yuki Chikudate on growing up and getting better.Writer Priscilla TotiyapungprasertOn stage, Yuki Chikudate’s energy threatens...
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Beats Per Minute
27.featurette.bpm-1.byjaehwang.jpg Yoshio Kobayashi, one of the original founders of the space. Photograph by Jae Hwang. A look at the Japanese underground music scene in BrooklynIt’s 10 p.m. on the...
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