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...Elton John's Tiny Dancer and expect an ear-pleasing result. But then again, most people don't have an ear like Pittsburgh native Gregg Gillis, better known as the one-man band, Girl Talk. The musical misfit and laptop magician broke into the mainstream with his 2006 hit album Night Ripper, whose 16 tracks sampled more than 150 artists, from Abba to 2 Live Crew to Aerosmith. His latest album, Feed the Animals, is already available online; the CD is out November 3rd. TIME spoke with Gillis about the art (and science) of sampling and what it's like...
...musical landscape. The man is an institution, and, if he lives another 67 years, it goes without saying that critics will keep on leaning over one another to hear what new and indivisible truths he’s plucked from the ether and placed in his music. His last album, the vibrant and meditative “Modern Times,” cemented yet another victorious trilogy that began with 1997’s “Time Out of Mind” and 2001’s “‘Love and Theft...
...fiercely progressive, one wonders whether the music is revolutionary enough to be an adequate vehicle for the message. Rise Against is a four-piece punk rock band from Chicago consisting of singer Tim McIlrath, guitarist Zach Blair, bassist Joe Principe, and drummer Brandon Barnes. Over the course of five albums, they have successfully moved from indie to major label while gaining fame and acclaim along the way. On “Appeal to Reason,” Rise Against is in a constant state of urgency. The single “Re-Education (Through Labor)” makes...
...humility; sugary hip-pop (“Whatever You Like”) and bluesy, organ-infused slow raps (“No Matter What”); inspirational messages and misogynistic quips; they all coexist on the same record. But despite the motley and sometimes jostling composition of the album, it all comes together. Its multiple facets seem to reflect various aspects of the Atlanta rapper’s own personality. He sounds oppressed and worn down at times, but at others he comes off as resolute and even celebratory. Whether he’s crowing about his vast wealth...
Rollingstone.com and rhapsody.com both have free streams of Dalton’s second and most accessible album, as well as her 1969 debut album “It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best.” While once the prized secret possession of Formers—that is, former writers at now-defunct music magazines, former proprietors of coffee shops that keeled over and died as soon as disco came about—the aforementioned coterie of contemporary musicians are more than indicative of not only Dalton?...