Music
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CD review: Death Cab For Cutie, "Narrow Stairs"
May 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Death Cab For Cutie, "Narrow Stairs" (Atlantic) Making the jump from an indie label to a major one can spell disaster, and many a fan heralded the demise of Death C...
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CD review: Toy Gun Cowboy, "Big Blue"May 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Toy Gun Cowboy, "Big Blue" (Gutter Groovy Records), 2 1/2 stars Toy Gun Cowboy, aka Matthew Erikson, has been busy making a name for himself with a pair of acclaime...
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Flowers for Dorian on the riseMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - For proof that independent bands can crack mainstream barriers sans record labels, look no further than Lake Zurich, home of power-pop up-and-comers Flowers for Dorian. ...
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Matthew Santos: Mainstream indie?May 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Matthew Santos is a struggling, up-and-coming, 25-year-old indie-folk artist. He also happens to be on tour with Lupe Fiasco. If you've heard Chicago-based Fiasco's skyr...
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Music downloader may get do-over
May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation's first music download trial may get another chance with a jury. The issue is whether record compa...
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The new British invasion
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Singer Duffy sits next to a clear blue swimming pool on a hotel rooftop patio, the sun setting behind her blond bouffant. She takes a sip of he...
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Obama leads in delegates ... and songwriters?
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Barack Obama is closing in on the Democratic nomination for president, but he clinched the race for the best campaign soundtrack long ago -- no superdelegate...
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Meet Neil Young, arachnid
May 11, 2008 11:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- You can call Neil Young the new spiderman. A biologist has named a newly discovered trapdoor spider after rock star Neil Young: Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi...
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Retro-soul ingenue Duffy shows promise on her debut album
May 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Duffy's debut album could slip in between Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield on a collector's shelf, but the 23-year-old pop-soul ingenue says she developed her sound ...
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Music Review: Death Cab For Cutie take dramatic leap
May 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Making the jump from an indie label to a major one can spell disaster, and many a fan heralded the demise of Death Cab For Cutie after their unfairly criticized Atlantic...