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YouTube it: Coachella begins Friday

April 11, 2013

It still seems strange to say, but the first of two weekends of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival begins Friday in Indio, Calif. What for years was a one-weekend event will again be duplicated for two consecutive weekends, … Continue reading →

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Favorite songs of 2012 (Part 2)

December 27, 2012

Last week I threw together a list of 10 of my favorite songs from the great music year that was 2012. Since there was so much good music released, I found it hard to settle on just those 10. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Favorite songs of 2012 (Part 1)

December 20, 2012

I’m kind of a relic in that I’m much more of an album person than a song person. If I hear a song I like, I always do my best to check out the entire album from which it comes … Continue reading →

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Rolling Stone, Spin release year-end albums lists

December 7, 2012

A year ago, pretty much only the avid followers of the hip-hop collective Odd Future knew who Frank Ocean was. Suddenly, one critically-adored “Channel Orange” later, the R&B crooner is gathering Grammy Award nominations left and right and topping (or … Continue reading →

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Best of 2012 music lists start to arrive

December 5, 2012

With the arrival of December comes the onslaught of end-of-year lists. Whether it’s albums, songs, movies, TV shows, stories, athletes, moments or sports plays, people love to rank things. I can’t claim to be above it — I’ll be dishing … Continue reading →

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Bon Iver drops iTunes Session album, Bjork cover

June 19, 2012

Sometime between playing main stage sets at some of the country’s biggest music festivals and curiously designing a shoe that features fish bone graphics, Bon Iver took the time to record an iTunes Sessions that is available today. The seven-song set includes six “Bon … Continue reading →

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