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Sly & the Family Stone

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2007

    Crate Expectations

    The Crate Kings site is a national treasure. Scratch that: it's an intergalactic treasure. Somebody (or a team of individuals perhaps) with a lot of time on his hands and the kind of obsessiveness I admire almost more than anything else in the world encoded to MP3 snippets of 300 breakbeats that for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    Sly Stone Cancels Chicago Gig

    Sly: Stumbling on the comeback trail. How's that comeback going, Sylvester? Apparently, not so hot, according to a blog post by Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times. “The leader of Sly and the Family Stone has canceled the performance schedule for Saturday [May 3] at the Vic Theatre -- 'due ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2008

    Last Night: Abstract Workshop’s 10th Anniversary Party @ Detroit Bar, May 31, 2008

    Darondo, Nino Moschella and the Park, Rhettmatic, Jud Nester, Cocoe, Scotty Coats, Schmuck and others @ Detroit Bar on 5/31 Better than: Sex and the City… or in the country. Almost. Download: tracks from Darondo’s Let My People Go Just about everybody brought his A game to Abstract Workshopâ ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 1999

    CD Reviews

    Darondo, Nino Moschella and the Park, Rhettmatic, Jud Nester, Cocoe, Scotty Coats, Schmuck and others @ Detroit Bar on 5/31 Better than: Sex and the City… or in the country. Almost. Download: tracks from Darondo’s Let My People Go Just about everybody brought his A game to Abstract Workshopâ ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 26, 2008

    [Trendzilla] Summer-Music-Festival Hippiewear

    Darondo, Nino Moschella and the Park, Rhettmatic, Jud Nester, Cocoe, Scotty Coats, Schmuck and others @ Detroit Bar on 5/31 Better than: Sex and the City… or in the country. Almost. Download: tracks from Darondo’s Let My People Go Just about everybody brought his A game to Abstract Workshopâ ... More >>

  • Music

    June 12, 2008

    [Summer Guide] 18 Essential Songs of Summer

    Darondo, Nino Moschella and the Park, Rhettmatic, Jud Nester, Cocoe, Scotty Coats, Schmuck and others @ Detroit Bar on 5/31 Better than: Sex and the City… or in the country. Almost. Download: tracks from Darondo’s Let My People Go Just about everybody brought his A game to Abstract Workshopâ ... More >>

  • Music

    April 24, 2008

    [Sprawl of Sound] A Night at the Red Bull Music Academy in Newport Beach's Tentation Ultra Lounge

    Darondo, Nino Moschella and the Park, Rhettmatic, Jud Nester, Cocoe, Scotty Coats, Schmuck and others @ Detroit Bar on 5/31 Better than: Sex and the City… or in the country. Almost. Download: tracks from Darondo’s Let My People Go Just about everybody brought his A game to Abstract Workshopâ ... More >>

  • Music

    April 24, 2008

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Can Funk/Soul Legend Sly Stone Still Take You Higher?

    Darondo, Nino Moschella and the Park, Rhettmatic, Jud Nester, Cocoe, Scotty Coats, Schmuck and others @ Detroit Bar on 5/31 Better than: Sex and the City… or in the country. Almost. Download: tracks from Darondo’s Let My People Go Just about everybody brought his A game to Abstract Workshopâ ... More >>

  • Film

    February 14, 2008

    Absolutely, Positively See Definitely, Maybe

    Darondo, Nino Moschella and the Park, Rhettmatic, Jud Nester, Cocoe, Scotty Coats, Schmuck and others @ Detroit Bar on 5/31 Better than: Sex and the City… or in the country. Almost. Download: tracks from Darondo’s Let My People Go Just about everybody brought his A game to Abstract Workshopâ ... More >>

  • Features

    February 7, 2008

    In Sound We Thrust

    17 Songs to Make Bedsprings Sing

  • Music

    November 8, 2007

    Locals Only

    Magic Lantern

  • Music

    September 20, 2007

    Sprawl of Sound

    Miles Above: The Complete On the Corner Sessions Documents One of the Greatest, Most Controversial Albums Ever

  • Music

    June 14, 2007

    Fierce Ruling Diva

    Once too hot to handle, Betty Davis freaky funk is ripe for rediscovery

  • Music

    May 10, 2007

    CD Review

    Various Artists, Super Cool California Soul 2: Raw and Rare Soul from the West Coast 1966-1982 (Ubiquity)

  • Music

    January 11, 2007

    Underdogs

    The Family Stone with Sly Stone

  • Music

    January 11, 2007

    A Webb Pierce Selection

    Jan. 11-Jan. 18

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    The Principals of It

    The Roots at the tipping point

  • Music

    May 20, 2004

    Profane and Ass-Shaking

    The Doheny fest does it again

  • Music

    January 23, 2003

    Rule Your Radio

    The Doheny fest does it again

  • Music

    May 10, 2001

    The King of Rock

    There is none higher

  • Music

    January 18, 2001

    Give Peas a Chance

    If Black Eyed Peas are hip-hop radicals, theyre also business pragmatists

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz, Pavement, Muse, Thom Yorke, Faith No More to Headline Coachella

    Let the rumors end--finally. The Coachella roster has been confirmed. Jay-Z ranks as the biggie for the fest that takes place April 16-18 in the desert/aka Empire Polo Field, Indio, but the rad reunions go to Pavement and Faith No More. As for blasts from the past, we're stoked to see Sly and the Fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Oh, Say Can You Hear: 10 Songs That Should Be Our New National Anthem

    20th Century Fox​"The Star-Spangled Banner" has an image problem. That is, no one likes it.Oh sure, everyone respects and reveres what it stands for, what it evokes in us as nation and as a people. But no one really admires it on its merits as song, and singers and sports fans have long detested t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Aloe Blacc at Detroit Bar Saturday Night

    Mary BellFor more photos of Aloe Blacc, check out our slideshow!​Aloe Blacc with Tutu Sweeney & The Brothers BandMay 21, 2011Detroit Bar, Costa MesaAloe Blacc kicked off his North American tour with Tutu Sweeney & The Brothers Band with a sold out homecoming show at the Detroit Bar. Everyo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    The Dirtbombs at Alex's Bar Last Night

    Lainna FaderThe Dirtbombs​The DirtbombsJune 26, 2011Alex's Bar, Long BeachMick Collins jumpstarted the budding garage rock scene in Detroit as one third of the raw and primitive Gories in the early '90s. Once people realized out how great that scene was he switched gears with the Dirtbombs. And ... More >>

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