On Lykke Li‘s much-buzzed-over debut Youth Novels, the Swedish songbird was pitched as yet another new addition to the ever-growing pack of late ’00′s quirky…
Next month will finally see the release of Q: Soul Bossa Nostra, multi-award-winning music legend Quincy Jones‘ long-awaited set compiling fifteen contemporary re-imaginings of his…
We know, we know: You need another retro-obsessed indie outfit like you need a hole in the head. But whatevs, Cali-based six-piece Fitz & The…
It’s been so long since the “Mark Ronson sound” hasn’t predominantly been horn-emblazoned, retro-soul workouts that the announcement of the superstar DJ-producer‘s third album, Record…
What if, after the breakout success of The Slim Shady LP, Eminem completely switched gears on the follow-up and released a soul record that was…
Alt-country-tinged indie-pop singer-songwriter Lissie has received plenty of acclaim within the past year, winning over critics with last year’s Why You Runnin’ EP, then sending…
Eight months after all that “Swiftgate” drama took both the Interwebz and watercooler/ Twitter gab hostage, Kanye West re-emerges on the freshly leaked Good Ass…
Previously noted around these parts for their excellent grown (indie) dude re-imagining of New Edition’s “Cool It Now”, Brooklyn’s Robbers On High Street show that…
If the first thing we had heard from Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek’s sophomore Reflection Eternal set Revolutions Per Minute was the slightly more radio-oriented Estelle…
Currently being given an early preview streaming over at NPR, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings‘ fourth album I Learned The Hard Way (due, officially, April…
