Music
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Hot Chip channels '80s vibe on latestSep 14, 2012 6:00 am - Hot Chip, “In Our Heads” (Domino) Hot Chip rules the dance floor. With five albums now spanning eight years, each record has produced at least one track that could ...
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Mattea sings about her native AppalachiaSep 14, 2012 6:00 am - Kathy Mattea, “Calling Me Home” (Sugar Hill) The album opens with a forlorn fiddle, feverish and fidgety until it finally settles on a D. With that, the tone is set...
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Mixed bag for post-duo Kix BrooksSep 13, 2012 3:00 pm - Kix Brooks, “New to This Town” (Arista Nashville) “New to This Town” is Kix Brooks' first album since the end of Brooks & Dunn — and the second solo effort of his c...
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Gillian Welch, Civil Wars capture Americana AwardsSep 13, 2012 6:38 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gillian Welch and her partner Dave Rawlings, The Civil Wars and Alabama Shakes took home trophies, but Music City was the big winner at Wednesday nigh...
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Little Big Town turns it up on 'Tornado'Sep 13, 2012 6:00 am - Little Big Town, “Tornado” (Capitol Nashville) By the first chorus of opening song “Pavement Ends,” Little Big Town makes it obvious they are taking a more modern, ...
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Knopfler creates subtly beautiful tunesSep 13, 2012 6:00 am - Mark Knopfler, Privateering (Mercury/Universal) Mark Knopfler, the British guitarist best known as the frontman to Dire Straits, returns with his seventh solo reco...
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Alkaline Trio 'psyched' to rock Riot FestSep 13, 2012 6:00 am - Matt Skiba, founding member of Alkaline Trio, says he wakes up and falls sleep each day thinking about playing Riot Fest Sunday in the slot between two of his idols - Ig...
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‘Jekyll & Hyde,’ ‘Anything Goes’ set for springSep 12, 2012 11:19 am - Two high-profile revivals have been added to Broadway in Chicago’s finalized 2013 spring season. “American Idol” contestant Constantine Maroulis (“Rock of Ages”) a...
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ZZ Top gets back to basics on ‘La Futura’Sep 12, 2012 11:00 am - ZZ Top, “La Futura” (Universal Republic) With its distortion-heavy slabs of gritty blues-rock and title en espanol, ZZ Top’s first full-length album in nearly a decade c...
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The xx whispers on new album 'Coexist'Sep 12, 2012 6:00 am - The xx, “Coexist” (Young Turks) It's been three years since The xx's last album. The wait was worth it. “Coexist” is note perfect. The South London trio has moved a...