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Today’s young rock stars can only hope their careers last as long and turn out as idyllic as Neil Finn’s has. For more than 30 years, Finn has been turning out charming, often brilliant thinking-pe... Lees meer

Years ago someone told me Tracey Thorn reminded them of Chet Baker. That may sound strange, but when you think about it, the comparison makes sense. Thorn and Baker both derive their power from sub... Lees meer

By now, there’s a ho-hum attitude surrounding a new Teenage Fanclub record. This despite the fact they’ve only released a couple studio albums over the last decade. Part of that is the band’s fault... Lees meer

Thomas Fehlmann has been involved in the thinking person’s electronic music for nearly three decades, and has the resume to prove it. In the 1980s, he served with the German New Wave group Palais S... Lees meer

Martin Gore of Depeche Mode once famously said that if you call yourself a pop band, you can get away with murder, or something of the sort. He was referring to his cross-dressing and pseudo-masoch... Lees meer

Infinite Arms, Band of Horses’ third album, is both surprising and disappointing. It’s surprisingly dull, and that’s disappointing.The band’s first two albums were hardly groundbreaking, but they w... Lees meer

Over the course of his nearly 40-year career, Byron Lee presented many sounds to many people. From early on, he and his Dragonaires were tasked with popularizing Caribbean music on an international... Lees meer

The main goal of Back to Light is evident right from its very title. After a 13-year hiatus, Bomb the Bass’s 2008 album, Future Chaos, generated quite a bit of excitement. It was a major disappoint... Lees meer

Pandemonium plays like a victory lap for Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. And why not, after the 2009 they had? They kicked the year off by receiving the BRIT Award, the UK’s still-respec... Lees meer

Well, it’s official. Liking Hall & Oates has reached the tipping point. If it didn’t already with Ben Gibbard’s “Top Ten Hall & Oates Songs” on Pitchfork, their becoming YouTube and SNL fodder, the... Lees meer