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David Berman is a classic cult figure: revered by a circle of serious fans while remaining largely unknown in the world of popular culture. To the initiated, he is recognized as a major influence on modern independent music, an excellent poet and a remarkably inventive and idiosyncratic songwriter. Berman’s relative ...
BY James Simons
They’re signed to a respected Canadian label, their new album is a scorcher and they just opened for Paul McCartney. Things are looking up for The Stills. (1)
BY Chandler Levack
When this feisty pack of Montrealers rose from indie obscurity to become Pitchfork darlings in 2005, no one was more surprised than Wolf Parade.
BY Dave Morris
Shackled by French culture, Sebastien Tellier teamed with one half of Daft Punk to deliver a fresh synth-pop take on Sexuality
There are eight million stories in the naked city, but $100 tell theirs using old-fashioned vocabulary — the rich, twangy language of country music
Five years after the Mercury prize, Dizzee Rascal’s had his first UK No. 1 single. Has he mastered pop stardom once and for all?
On his way to the top of the garage-rock heap, King Khan has co-founded a rock ’n’ roll death cult, thrown firecrackers at other bands and wrestled in human filth. Who says royalty don’t pay their dues?
Sub Pop’s latest indie-rock discovery just happen to love nature and smooth vocal harmonies — but don’t call them hippies
20 years on, Afrofest keeps bringing together young and old, hip-hop and tradition and even warring nations
Feuermusik are a duo but feed their muses separately