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The New Music Revue 1/20/09: Mix & Match
Welcome to the first new release Tuesday of 2009. While most of the country will be fixated on something FAR more important, there’s no reason you can’t duck out of the inaugural festivities to pop into your local pre-recorded music emporium to check out the new releases. Here’s what’s happenin’:
It’s a good week to be indie and somewhat androgynous, as today brings us new releases from Antony & the Johnsons and Andrew Bird. Jam band […]
Get On Your Boots: It’s Time for the New U2 Single!
3 1/2 years after we last heard from U2, they’re back. Get On Your Boots is the first single from their new album No Line on the Horizon, and you can listen to it here. My initial thoughts? Sounds like the boys are rocking harder than they have in years. Boots sounds a bit like Vertigo, the first single from their last album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, but with a little bit more […]
Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. King
So, I could have very easily stuck Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday here or gone with John Lennon’s Imagine, but I wanted to do something a little different.
Back in 1986, at the height of We Are the World-style group singalongs, a slew of R&B and hip-hop artists got together to form the King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew. Among the contributing artists: Kurtis Blow, Whodini, The Fat Boys, DMC & Jam Master Jay, New Edition, Menudo […]