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Are You Daft?!: The Quiz

26 Apr

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Do you think you know Daft Punk? You think you have what it takes to fit in with The Robots? … Bro, do you even Daft?! Let’s find out, shall we?

In honor of the brilliant new Daft Punk single, we bring you our first of many LxL quizzes. For those of you that think you know the band, let’s see how well you know them when the heat is on. Obviously we have no way to keep everyone honest due to the nature of the inter-webs, but let’s all play fair, and not look up any answers. Feel free to post your scores below. Robot posers will soon be exposed!

Daft Punk, quiz, Stormtroopers

These were not the androids they were looking for …


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Charles Bradley Q&A

15 Apr

Charles Bradley Interview

Little by Listen: I saw you this summer at Millennium Park in Chicago, and I found your show to be really inspiring and also just really fun.  It was a free show, and a friend of mine and I always talk about how artists sometimes mail it in at these free shows where it isn’t all just your fans, but you did the complete opposite of that. What motivates you to pour every ounce of energy you have on stage?
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Cannibal Ox Releases New Material!!!

8 Apr

Cannibal Ox

For the first time since 2001′s The Cold Vein, rap duo Cannibal Ox has released new music.  This is beyond exciting for a number of reasons.  The simplest reason lies in the fact that all three tracks on their new single, Gotham, are very very solid.  I haven’t hear one couplet from MC’s Vast Aire or Vordul Mega since their epic early-aughts debut, but it doesn’t appear either one has lost a step with their delivery or ample lyrical prowess.
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Festivals: Where Are You Going?

5 Mar

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As more and more festivals announce their line-ups, I find myself wondering what is going on with the festival circuit.  To be frank, I’m a little bit worried.  As a disclaimer, I don’t go to as many festivals as Wes and Todd do, but I do monitor the trends on what is going on with the line-ups and I have a bone to pick with all of them individually, and more importantly collectively.
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What’s So Great About Beck’s Song Reader?

4 Mar

Three Best Things about Beck's Song Reader

I have to admit, when Beck announced his Song Reader album, I was undoubtedly disappointed. It felt like a bit of a copout, making an album you don’t play yourself and ask other people to make. It just feels incredibly lazy. But once you really think about what all a decision like this entails, it becomes much more interesting.  So here are three reasons this is a brilliant idea.
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