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Twelve L.A. indie labels you should know: a primer
Pop & HissA consensus seems to be growing that Los Angeles is in the midst of a renaissance for independent music. In a recent Sunday feature, we set out to discover just how it is that while the major labels continue to...... -
Album review: Chef Raekwon's 'Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang'
Pop & HissThree years ago, the Wu-Tang Clan revolted. Disenchanted by the RZA’s operatic direction, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Method Man opted for a Puritan approach, returning to the essence on 2007’s “8 Diagrams”: kung fu clips,... -
72 Hours: Os Mutantes, Aloe Blacc and the Wu-Tang Clan top this weekend's shows
Pop & HissBecause not everyone can afford to see Roger Waters. Thursday Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Os Mutantes @ the Music Box. The off-kilter pop of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti can, admittedly, be an acquired taste. While there's a gentleness through much...... -
Winter preview 2011
Turn It UpIt’s winter in Chicago, but so what? Music doesn’t own a condo in Florida, so expect plenty of worthwhile reasons to get out of the house or apartment in the first few months of 2011 to see a concert. Here’s...... -
Top weekend shows: Weezer, Wu Tang Clan
Turn It UpWeezer: Fans have been clamoring for Rivers Cuomo to revisit the sound and ultra-sincere intent of his band’s first two albums, so now he’s taking them literally. The first night of this mini-residency will be devoted to the band’s 1994...... -
A look at DJ Muggs' best beats in honor of his Wednesday night Low End Theory appearance
Pop & HissThe roots of Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer and the rest of the Low End Theory crew are often glossed over in the rush to annoint them as vanguards of an avant-garde beat generation. Admittedly, the artists that frequent the weekly...... -
Wu Tang Clan's GZA at the Echoplex tonight
Brand XFounding member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, GZA (aka "Genius") has slowly built a solid reputation for himself as a rapper with intelligence, wit and street-level grit. Although he still makes appearances on other Wu-Tang members' albums, GZA continues... -
The GZA discusses collaborations with The Black Lips and Devendra Banhart, plus the prospects for Wu-Tang
Pop & HissWith the critical and commercial success of Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint 3” and Chef Raekwon’s “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2,” the question is no longer whether 40-something rappers can prosper, but what path they’ll take. Will they align... -
L.A. Record celebrates its 100th issue with a month-long festival kicking off this weekend
Pop & HissL.A. Record is the city's liveliest bastion of grass-roots, punk rock, seat-of-your-pants music writing. It's the kind of magazine where the writer can ask an audacious question of a musician and instead of that ending the interview with an unceremonious.... -
Wu-Tang Clan's 'The Swarm' festival comes to the Downtown Independent on Saturday
Pop & HissIf you ask a certain subset of American male, aged 25-35, about the mythology of the Wu-Tang Clan, you're apt to get an answer as thorough as a history professor waxing poetic about the American Revolution. After all, like George...... -
Album Review: Cold and Gutter, Raekwon's Much Anticipated Album
Samuel J CoffmanIts been fourteen years since the platinum selling, solo debut of Raekwons street classic Only Built for Cuban Linx, and as the years passed many fans must have wondered if the much anticipated follow up would ever actually materialize. Raekwons fourth...Tags: Death, Dr. Dre (music artist), Slick Rick, Raekwon, Busta Rhymes
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SUMMER MUSIC GUIDE
POP MUSIC Greg Kot Chicago Rocks: This annual event has become the premier showcase for local independent hip-hop. Past performers have included Lupe Fiasco, Rhymefest and Juice, among others, and this year's lineup includes veterans Crucial Conflict and...Tags: Grant Park Chorus, Sting, John Adams, Latin Music (genre), Bars and Clubs
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