Thrill Jockey, the acclaimed and enduring indie label out of Chicago, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a series of shows, including a September 13th date at Rams Head Live. The list of local...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Oh man, that's a really hard question—not because I can't think of one—but because I can think of a million and one pieces of art that...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
When I think about what piece of art changed my life, my mind quickly goes to a moment in the summer of 2006 when I saw a certain series...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Billy Martin
There are so many. David Lynch's Eraserehead is probably on every art student's list these days. Also, Luis Bunuel's Un Chien...
Reclusive r&b superstar D'Angelo is coming to D.C.'s Verizon Center on August 26th! It's a double-bill with Mary J. Blige, and tickets go on sale, via Ticketmaster, this Saturday.
Not so long...
Remember Neneh Cherry? She took the music world by storm in the late-1980s/early-1990s with her Raw Like Sushi and Homebrew discs and singles like "Buffalo Stance" and "Trout," which featured R.E.M...
It could happen. Rolling Stone just launched a "Women Who Rock" constest with six up-and-coming musicians—including Rye Rye, who's described as "Baltimore's permier dance-rap spitfire"—vying for a...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I was in Barcelona last summer and went to the Joan Miró museum. I'd never been a huge fan of his, but the museum was excellent—it...
Animal Collective just announced a date at Merriweather Post Pavilion on October 2nd, as part of the Centipede Hz tour. Let's hope they play a few songs from Merriweather Post Pavilion. BTW, that...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Thelonious Monk’s piano. What I'd heard was titled Misterioso, with a [Giorgio] De Chirico painting on its jacket. I was just 21 years old...
