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L.A. alt-folk quartet Dawes turned heads with their 2009 album North Hills. One of those heads belonged to Robbie Robertson, which led to the band backing the Band's former guitarist and songwriter for a variety of promo and festival gigs. Dawes drew, in part from that experience when recording and......

On their new live album, released this week, Melvins sound like a slow-motion avalanche, with rumbling bass and grunge-metal guitar slamming headlong into a thi...

TYLER, THE CREATOR Goblin This is where the spirit of DIY is at today: ridiculously talented teenagers generating an entire universe out of language, art an...

Unlike other pop princesses who aspired to take over the world, Kylie Minogue not only escaped one-hit-wonderdom in her youth but also She-Man arms in her now. And she conquered cancer. And she released her 11th album last year (Aphrodite). And she's still got the gays. AND she looks better......

Although a honeyed voice reminiscent of Sam Cooke and lyrics that recall Gil Scott-Heron provide evidence to the contrary, Aloe Blacc is a fairly recent arrival on the scene. He might have only just crossed into his 30s, but his ascension to soul stardom was swift. His song "I Need......

MEXICANS WITH GUNS Ceremony [Innovative Leisure Records, available now] With synth-heavy, bass-vibrating walls closing in, you think you're surrounded...

Let's get the cover out of the way: the most artful use of the female nude in ages, beautiful, respectful and way more interesting than that famous non-Hend...

MAN MAN Life Fantastic If you're one of many who recommends this Philly band to friends as "an awesome live band," loose fun, chaotic and decked with ...