Alex LaRue
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Is it me, or is pop music getting more creative?
I can’t escape the conclusion that pop music is getting better. MAY 18
Music’s function: to make you think
For as long as people have been making music, they have found a function for it. MAY 11
Musical invention now relies on new sounds
It’s been centuries since Western music emerged from religious chant, and in that time an incredible array of instruments has evolved, from the bizarre and short-lived to the moving and canonical. MAY 4
Soundbite: Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti
Bedroom producer and as-lo-fi-as-possible musician Ariel Pink occupies a place completely of his own, and that makes sense, considering the relative isolation that has created his musical career. APR 28
Electronic music’s histrionics
Last Thursday, I saw a show with Caribou and Fuck Buttons. APR 27
- Q & A with Alex Ross APR 22
- Music buyers find haven in MySpace APR 20
- Ash Grove: folk’s L.A. stomping ground APR 16
- Hip-hop struggles to find a new beat APR 13
- Artists selling out can pay off for everyone MAR 30
- Too often, present-day covers lose the charm of the originals MAR 9
- Music blogs are in poor taste MAR 2
- Genre-bending artists aren’t just copycats FEB 24
- Watered-down sound keeps ear of listeners FEB 10
- Profanity with purpose is marketable, relevant FEB 3
- Sound design creates new forums JAN 27
- Listeners may soon face the album’s final tracks JAN 13
- An impromptu hike through Baja and mind JAN 6
- Artist brings funk to digital era NOV 25
- Madonna becomes relevant – again NOV 20
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