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1. Justice Dazzle At New Venue Brooklyn Storehouse

   French electronica duo Justice dazzled last night (July 25) at the first of two shows at new venue Brooklyn Storehouse

2. MUSIC CRITICS SUCK!

   I recently came across Eminem’s Hall of Fame induction speech by Dr. Dre. One thing that particularly stuck with me was when Dre mentioned his community and peer group were against him working with a “White rapper.” Dre responded that Eminem would be the biggest-selling artist on his label — he did eventually become one […]

3. Crack Cloud’s ‘Red Mile’ Is a Necessary Exercise in Hopeful Nihilism

   Crack Cloud's third album, 'Red Mile,' is the collective's ultimate rock odyssey.

4. 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Jade Puget of AFI

   Name  Jade Puget Best known for  Guitar man, being the guy that’s not Davey [Havok]. Current city  Los Angeles, the Windy Apple. Really want to be in  Somewhere where the air isn’t brown. Excited about  New AFI album ’25. My current music collection has a lot of  Neo folk. And a little bit of  Deathrock. Preferred...

5. Kississippi Is Turning Love Songs Into ‘Something Else’

   Based on her go-to karaoke songs (“Why Can’t I?” by Liz Phair, Natalie Imbruglia’s version of “Torn,” and “Still Crazy After All These Years” by Paul Simon) Zoe Allaire Reynolds is primed to pen love songs. She’s been doing it for nearly a decade as Kississippi, her craft evolving from doe-eyed, raw-acoustic balladry to synth-pop […]

6. Venus de Mars: DIY Punk Hero and Social Activist

   As the frontwoman of All the Pretty Horses, Venus de Mars is a paramount figure in the DIY punk scene as one of its first openly transgender artists. Quintessential to De Mars’s narrative is her experience as a transgender woman, a personal evolution paralleling her creative journey. “I lived by circumstance a very non-binary life […]

7. Empire of the Sun’s Precious, Illogical Universe

   Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore of Empire of the Sun are on opposite ends of the globe. “Emperor” Steele, as he’s referred to in the multi-platinum Australian group’s Empyrean universe, is in his origin country of New Zealand, in the Coromandel Peninsula in a small fishing village three hours north of Auckland, while “Lord” Littlemore […]

8. Dr. Dog Reemerge With More of the Same, for Better and Worse

   In fits and starts, Dr. Dog's self-titled album rekindles what is alluring about their influence-on-the-sleeve throwback rock.

9. Sting Subs In For Neil Young At Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival

   Sting will sub in for the ailing Neil Young and Crazy Horse at Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival on Sept. 29.

10. Arrested Development’s Speech on 1992’s ‘Extremely Personal’ Single ‘Tennessee’

    Speech still chokes up when he talks about it, more than 30 years after his older brother and grandmother died within days of each other, inspiring what would become Arrested Development’s biggest hit, “Tennessee.” The pain of losing them hasn’t subsided. Twenty-two at the time, he was forced to grapple with his grief. It took […]