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Levy’s Open Letter: To Artists Boycotting Arizona
June 24, 2010 By 2 Comments
[UPDATE: June 29, SoundLust e-mailed Sound Strike the day this article was originally published, June 24, asking for any other bands that had joined the boycott, since the site had not been updated since May 25, the day they launched. We did not receive a reply, but today the boycott group announced Nine Inch Nails [...]
World Cup’s Official Theme Song By Shakira
June 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) – Shakira (Colombian global popstar) and Freshly Ground (African fusion band from the World Cup 2010 host country, South Africa, with a new album Radio Africa out last month). The song revamps a traditional Congolese song (English lyrics after the jump below) The World Cup is the globe’s greatest [...]
Q: Are We Not Overdue? A: We Are DEVO
June 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
DEVO, a band that quirked as much as they cranked, have been around. A long time. Lately in the news for protecting their trademark flower pot headpiece energy domes ( no, really) and lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh’s art world exploits, the band has again decided music would be the way to go to get famous. [...]
Reviewing: The Asher Roth Canon
June 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“He’s not original, he’s just another rapper without a distinctive sound.” That’s a very close paraphrase of my reaction while Asher Roth was still onstage last year at 103.9 FM’s Fall Frenzy. I wasn’t paying complete attention because nothing was compelling me to do so. I pretty much had tuned out. It was a completely [...]