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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,... -
Lauryn Hill, Nas, Cypress Hill, Black Star, Mobb Deep to perform classic albums at Rock the Bells 2011
Pop & HissTraveling hip-hop festival Rock the Bells is taking a page out of the genre’s history books by focusing on a set of game-changing albums for this year's showcase. Though still relatively downsized from lineups of the past, a who’s who...... -
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...... -
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: Opera (genre), Music Industry, Theater, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams
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New music from troubled divas, other hit makers
Knight Ridder/tribuneComing this fall: The Drama of the Troubled Diva. For the next four months, many of pop's juiciest plot lines will feature female singers struggling back from the brink. They include Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera and TLC, all of whom have spent far...Tags: Ben Folds, Jay-Z, Ryan Adams, Music Industry, Brandy (singer)
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'Coffee and Cigarettes'
![It's a drag that "cool" has become such a useless word. Ever since advertisers appropriated the marker in the late 1960s, as the very cool social critic Thomas Frank has observed, it's been increasingly tough to stick it to the Man or at least look like you're doing some damage. The Man, after all, now just instantly absorbs gestures of cool — the intimations of rebellion, the outlaw poses and beguiling discontent — re-wraps and sells them in a multitude of colors and sizes. The road once traveled by Jack Kerouac now leads straight to the mall.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-05/12620119.jpg "It's a drag that "cool\" has become such a useless word. Ever since advertisers appropriated the marker in the late 1960s, as the very cool social critic Thomas Frank has observed, it's been increasingly tough to stick it to the Man or at least look like you're doing some damage. The Man, after all, now just instantly absorbs gestures of cool — the intimations of rebellion, the outlaw poses and beguiling discontent — re-wraps and sells them in a multitude of colors and sizes. The road once traveled by Jack Kerouac now leads straight to the mall.")
Times Staff WriterIt's a drag that "cool" has become such a useless word. Ever since advertisers appropriated the marker in the late 1960s, as the very cool social critic Thomas Frank has observed, it's been increasingly tough to stick it to the Man or at least look like...Tags: Johnny Depp, Starbucks Corp., Bill Murray, West Hollywood, Jack Kerouac
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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....
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