Email AuthorHilary Hughes
A Good Ol' American Intro for Clairy Browne and the Bangin' Rackettes
May 21, 2013 in Sound of the City
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Portugal. the Man and Danger Mouse's Not-So-"Evil" Friendship
May 20, 2013 in Sound of the City
When word started getting around about Portugal. the Man's next record, singer John Gourley put it out there that they'd be working with Brian Joseph Burton, aka Danger Mouse--of Gnarls...
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Kanye West Gets Dark and Political on SNL
May 20, 2013 in Sound of the City
In true finale fashion, Saturday Night Live didn't mess around with the season's closing episode--and the musical guest successfully (and rightfully) upstaged not only the host and the cast and...
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Charles Bradley - Apollo Theater - 5/16/13
May 17, 2013 in Sound of the City
Charles Bradley Apollo Theater 5/16/13 Better Than: A pipe dream come true, and on The Apollo's storied stage, no less. When Charles Bradley and I met up at Daptone Records to discuss...
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SNL Sound-Off: Vampire Weekend
May 13, 2013 in Sound of the City
I really, really didn't want to like Vampire Weekend's Saturday Night Live stint on the eve of their forthcoming record, Modern Vampires of the City. I'm one of those haters...
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Making Records Should Be Fun: a Guide to Telekinesis' New Album Dormarion
May 09, 2013 in Sound of the City
Kyle JohnsonMichael Benjamin Lerner aka Telekinesis aka Likes to Do It AloneWhen Michael Benjamin Lerner -- aka Telekinesis --started seeding ideas for what would become the songs of his third...
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No Future: Savages' Silence Yourself is About the Present
May 07, 2013 in Sound of the City
Read up on Savages and you'll rake in a list of adjectives that peg them as the latest band to redefine "punk"--pop-punk (The Guardian), post-punk (Pitchfork; MTV Hive; BBC) and...
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SNL Sound-Off: Bjrk is Not in Of Monsters and Men
May 06, 2013 in Sound of the City
Let's get one thing straight, everybody: Bjrk ain't moonlightin' in a boot-stompy band and that guy from Gang of Thrones isn't a Southpaw (or so we think). There seemed to...
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Rachel Zeffira Gets Subtly Personal on Debut The Deserters
May 06, 2013 in Sound of the City
Rachel Zeffira is breaking out on her own to sing a few seemingly intensely personal songs, but thankfully, the tracks off of The Deserters, her solo debut, are just emotionally...
The Postelles Learn How To Write The Perfect Love Song
April 23, 2013 in Sound of the City
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Jonny Fritz: A Serendipitous, Unabashedly Honest Trek Through Dad Country
April 17, 2013 in Sound of the City
If there are two lessons Jonny Fritz learned throughout the creation of Dad Country, his big label debut, they're the following: be honest to a fault, even if you're saying...
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Behind Born Ruffians' Birthmarks
April 16, 2013 in Sound of the City
When a group of best friends lock themselves in a house with a bunch of beer, some firewood and their respective instruments, it's a situation that could result in charred...
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Can We Please Stop Comparing Miguel to Prince?
April 15, 2013 in Sound of the City
When you rake in the second-highest ratings for Saturday Night Live this season and Mariah Carey's gushing about how much she loves you, you know you're doing something right--and that's...
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If You're Not Paying Attention, You're Part of the Problem: The Black Angels Get Real
April 10, 2013 in Sound of the City
The unapologetically lo-fi, imperfect recordings; the discordant, impassioned political balladry punctuated by frustrated calls-to-action; the telltale, metallic sojourns of psychedelic rock: at first play, Indigo Meadow, the latest from The...
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Crumpet-Baking Englishman James Blake Loves Jeremih's New Mixtape, Collabing with RZA
April 09, 2013 in Sound of the City
For James Blake, the differences between his self-titled 2011 debut and its hotly anticipated follow-up, Overgrown, boil down to a pretty simple fact: He had no idea he was writing...
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SNL Sound-Off: Phoenix
April 08, 2013 in Sound of the City
Here is a brief list of the things I found more engaging in this week's episode of Saturday Night Live than Phoenix's performance: - Dennis Rodman's 12-second cameo in the cold...
The New Steez of Darwin Deez: "You Gotta Give the People What You Want."
April 03, 2013 in Sound of the City
Charles Bradley: The Unstoppable, Untoppable Victim of Love
March 27, 2013 in Sound of the City
Chvrches Are Getting the Hang of This "Blowing Up" Thing
March 18, 2013 in Sound of the City
Devendra Banhart: "I'm Not An Entertainer"
March 14, 2013 in Sound of the City
Shout Out Louds - Music Hall of Williamsburg - 3/11/13
March 12, 2013 in Sound of the City
SNL Sound-Off: Justin Timberlake
March 11, 2013 in Sound of the City
The Thermals Are Huge Fans of The Thermals
March 07, 2013 in Sound of the City
SNL Sound-Off: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
March 04, 2013 in Sound of the City
Solange - Webster Hall - 2/25/13
February 26, 2013 in Sound of the City
