Guest Lists: Mountain Goats: Ten Records That Render Life Bearable... - Feature
My wife has gone to California to visit her family and she won't be back for a week, and ...
View ArticleGreatest Hits - Album Review
There are two ways to sequence a greatest hits album: chronologically or by degrees of popularity. Ice Cube's new ...
View ArticleArticles: Summer Reading List 2005 - Feature
From exhaustive genre surveys to examinations of a single song, here are some music-related books to enjoy over Memorial Day weekend and throughout the summer.
View ArticleArticles: Bob Drake - Feature
Do you have to try to imagine tiny bones of dead birds left over in your parents' attic? See, because ...
View ArticleGuest Lists: Chin Up Chin Up: Top Ten "Fuck You" Songs - Feature
JEREMY1. Bob Dylan: "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" This is how you wish you were every time ...
View ArticleInterviews: Lupe Fiasco - Feature
This lively, fast-rising Chicago emcee on internet forums, Chinese farmers, and Ice Cube.
View ArticleLaugh Now, Cry Later - Album Review
After Are We There Yet? and a foray into reality TV, the gangster rap pioneer attempts a hip-hop comeback.
View ArticleGuest Lists: Girl Talk - Feature
Gregg Gillis pens this week's Guest List, and he enthuses over Christina Aguilera and "Baby What a Big Surprise", reps for Dan Deacon's live set, and explains why he wants to learn to play guitar....
View ArticleInterviews: Steve Earle - Feature
Singer Steve Earle isn't so much a songwriter as he is a storyteller, and here he spins a few of his many yarns-- about Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen, the Sex Pistols, and...
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SXSW: Saturday [Paul Thompson] - News
Throw Me the Statue [Palm Door; 12 p.m.] "Did you all get a chance to have breakfast?", Throw Me the Statue's goofily kinetic bell player asked the crusty-eyed few at the capacious Palm Door just as I...
View ArticleThe Essentials - Album Review
Against the odds, the latest Ice Cube career comp mostlysucceeds in balancing his MTV hits with the trenchant deep cuts that actually made him essential in the first place.
View ArticleStaff Lists: The Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s - Feature
From Beck to Björk to Blur, our picks of the best music videos of the 1990s.
View ArticleStaff Lists: The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s: 150-101 - Feature
Our look at the top tracks of the 1990s continues with Nos. 150-101.
View ArticleI Am the West - Album Review
Probably the least financially beneficial project he could be devoting himself to these days: Ice Cube issues an independent rap record.
View ArticleN.W.A. Biopic Straight Outta Compton Gets New Trailer - News
During tonight's airing of the 57th Grammy Awards, a new trailer for the forthcoming N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton was revealed. The new clip features an introduction from Dr. Dre and Ice Cube...
View ArticleDr. Dre, Ice Cube Named as Defendants in Suge Knight Murder Lawsuit - News
In February, Suge Knight was charged with murder by the Los Angeles County district attorney following the hit and run death of Terry Carter. Now, Carter's family is suing Knight for wrongful death and...
View ArticleIce Cube Reuniting With MC Ren and DJ Yella to Perform N.W.A. Music - News
Ice Cube has announced that he, MC Ren, and DJ Yella will reunite as N.W.A. for the first time in over two decades. The reunion will take place on June 27 as part of the BET Experience at L.A. Live in...
View ArticleN.W.A. Members Reunite at BET Experience - News
As promised, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yellareunited as N.W.A. for the first time in over two decades last night. It was as part of the BET Experience live in Los Angeles. It was the first time Ice Cube...
View ArticleN.W.A. Planning Reunion Tour With Eminem - News
Update: Hold that thought; a representative for both Eminem and Dr. Dre (who didn't participate in last month's N.W.A. reunion) told Rolling Stone that neither man has plans to tour with N.W.A., either...
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