The Strokes Strike Again
Stream this quintessential New York band’s new album, Comedown Machine, out this week
A new albums by Aughts band The Strokes proves that 80’s synth-music still has currency
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Music Midtown Adds Garbage, Neon Trees and Adam Ant to Two-Day Lineup
Piedmont Park Pulls in Major Music Mojo Sept. 21-22
This Just In: Garbage, Neon Trees and Adam And added to a lineup of stellar acts, including The Foo Fighters, Florence and The Machine and Pearl Jam for this Piedmont…
Read More >>Play Date: Angela Morris
What’s on this music photographer / model’s heavy rotation…
What sonic soundbites is Morris snacking on? Southern rock, Janelle Monae, and examples of “electronica-meets-80’s-post-punk.”
Read More >>Sound Noir: In Defense of Lana Del Rey
True, she’s part artifice, not the strongest singer, trades on retro, torch singer cliches. But we dig her. Deal with it.
“Video Games” may be the latest, viral YouTube video sensation with over 28-million hits that launched a thousand polarizing views about this sultry songstress. And her…
Read More >>Marilyn Carino Brings Her Little Genius To The Big A
Smoldering electronic tunes are the trademark of this independent artist
Trip-hop torch singer Marilyn Carino recently performed at the underground Grant Park venue, Grocery, in support of her new release, Little Genius. LuxeCrush sat down with…
Read More >>Have You Met Lera Lynn?
Well if not, you should. Lynn’s self-produced, debut solo album of the same name turns the question into an imperative.
With new single “Bobby Baby,” a whiskey-soaked torch song to her troubled father as Lera Lynn’s calling card, this 27-year-old singer should soon be blazing up the…
Read More >>Georgia On My iPod
R.E.M and Danger Mouse’s latest releases push music’s boundaries
R.E.M. reinvents the music video with Collapse Into Now, while Danger Mouse goes Italian with his tribute album to spaghetti Westerns—and a little help from Jack White and…
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