Email Author HOBEY ECHLIN
Live to RideCosta Mesa’s Japanese Motors head east before camping out at Detroit BarIt’s the night... More >>
If the Stone Roses couldn't be the Stone Roses on their second record, what the hell makes the Verve think they can be here? Well,... More >>
My Udai Weighs a Ton Arabian Prince's electro legacy gives gangstas something 2 dance 2—again Before they... More >>
Whether you believe (or care) that Maurice Fulton, a house producer known more for his techno-tinged outré-disco than the whoop-whoop of... More >>
Detroit's Casimer Pascal is a fop-pop genius, a case made over three leave-'em-wanting-more EPs and now indisputable with this debut... More >>
Koresh Groove Houston noise cult Indian Jewelry stumble onto dark brilliance Don't mess with Texas. Because from... More >>
LA beat troubadour Daedelus (Alfred Darlington) is God's gift to hotel-lobby DJs. ( I should know: I'm one of 'em.) Having shown his taste for... More >>
What Has 16 Legs and a Can/Fela Groove? Meet NOMO, America's premier Afrobeat octet "We have eight people out... More >>
In many ways, early-'90s alt-rock resembled '80s hair metal. Guns N' Roses dubiously paved the way for such also-rans as Pretty Boy Floyd, and... More >>
Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) is something of a Coltrane: His great-aunt was Alice, which means he has a taste for the outré and,... More >>
There's a drop-everything reverence and mystique about Radiohead that can make them seem more important than they are good. Like God, if... More >>
While Jason Pierce's past few efforts helming Spiritualized have been topsy-turvy (the hyperbolic Let It Come Down, which was, well,... More >>
More Crackhouse Than Winehouse Detroit Cobras Give Vintage R&B a Vital Soul Kiss Contrary to popular... More >>
The Weird Sound of Confusion 65daysofstatic's blend of metal and electronica could be your cure The band... More >>
If rock & roll is the devil's music, From the Valley to the Stars is what it would have sounded like if the angels never let it... More >>
Jim is a mighty subversive record, if viewed from a certain angle. It's an inspired if ultimately milquetoast pop-soul effort by the... More >>
Otis Blue isn't just a soul classic; it's a sonic documentary. Recorded in a 24-hour session in 1965 with the Stax Records house band... More >>
8-Bit of Fun Crystal Castles' nu-rave is an Atari Teenage Riot Crystal Castles avoid interviews thesedays,... More >>
Byron "Guilty" Simpson had long been J Dilla's guilty pleasure, a thuggish Detroit MC whose whiplash style bugged out the street cred of Obie... More >>
Kelley Polar is seriously out-of-sync with the current crop of fun-loving, frequency-tweaking, dance-floor troubadours such as Calvin Harris... More >>
A Star Is Not Borin' Jay Reatard's subversive, parallel-universe pop Boredom has boosted Jay Reatard's career.... More >>
Of all the left-of-left-field indie hip-hop crews, Why? are the oddest bird in anticon.'s kooky coop. On Alopecia, Why? MC Yoni Wolf... More >>
Sage Against the Machine Murs' Paid Dues fest gives indie hip-hop a major platform At first glance, Paid Dues... More >>
Well, if Damon Albarn can hook up with Danger Mouse and dry-hump Brit pop with new-jack beat-making, then why the hell can't Boom Bip (Bryan... More >>
Ambient records are many things—adult contemporary for aging ravers, electronica's power ballads, soundtracks for nonexistent... More >>
