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The Knocks - “Dancing With The DJ”

Last night, I went to see my favourite British pop starlet Ellie Goulding. The Knocks opened the show,...

Billie Holiday / Day In, Day Out *, 1957

Harry Edison, trumpet; Ben Webster, tenor saxophone; Jimmy Rowles, piano; ...

This menacing track from burgeoning producer DJ Burn One’s Joints mixtape is highlighted in the latest edition of Tom Breihan’s rap column,

Elbow – “With Love”

The beginning of this song builds up to this one point with tons of leading-tones and no payoff until finally the “chorus”...

LCD Soundsystem – “Pow Pow”

From this position
I can say “serious” or “cop-out” or “hard to define.”
From this position, from this position…

The Courteeners - That Kiss

I’m writing about this band because I’m going to make a prediction, that The Courteeners are on the brink of...

The Aston Shuffle - “Your Love”

Mid-afternoon booty-shakin’ jam. This is what the new Justice wishes it could be as good as.

Active Child’s falsetto hook highlights “Playing House”, a twinkling R&B winner featuring fellow high-pitched crooner How to Dress Well.