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Gentle sounding indie-pop that is very ocean-y and summer-y. Hell, it even samples the ocean.

As frontman with the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed epitomised the rock'n'roll lifestyle.

I love seeing Laurie Anderson live; I've seen her about four times and have never been less than electrified.

We are pleased to announce the return of The Score, a forum for contemporary American composers to discuss their work and the larger issues involved in creating music in the 21st century.

John Zorn and Bill Laswell asked former Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris to cement the evil jazz backbone of Painkiller.

Over the years, Emanem has nobly championed the cause of improvising string players.

To her already multi-media stage show, Laurie Anderson has added some movie cameras out front, to record it for posterity -- it and her white shoes and dimples and all the rest.

Tzadik label chief John Zorn has never lost his passion for hard-core music. Although his band Naked City is no more, he continues to promote artists who, to quote Allen Ginsberg, are "destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix." The band AhleuchatistasA certainly ...

Misfits, "Saturday Night" So far, October has been a great month for me to live out my adolescent fantasies: In the span of one weekend, I not only got to shake Leatherface's hand, but also to see Type O Negative singing "Love You to Death" from five feet away.

The inimitable Sam McPheeters , who used to front Born Against and Men's Recovery Project and currently spends a lot of time thinking about economics, on the effect the global financial crisis has had on the subculture: I would love to see a real thinning of the herd, and seeing less bands and less shows.

Record labels are, in essence, an outlet, a means for production. They are not the paint or the painter but merely the paint factory.

American composer Philip Glass makes a point of visiting Kutztown, Pa., every couple of years.

LOCAL residents blighted by the alleged poor upkeep of an area of land at an Ellon estate have recruited new leaders to their action group.

The past two years of my life culminate in this moment. I have one and half hours to prove to some examiner in a dingy room that I can multiply, subtract and divide.

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"I came across your cover of Bjrk's 'Possibly Maybe.'" "Oh yeah, from a while ago." "Were you a big fan? Did you have your Bjrk phase?" "I'm still in my phase, I think.

British saxophonist Evan Parker , who plays a free concert with reedist Ned Rothenberg on Sunday at the Chicago Cultural Center , is one of the most instantly recognizable improvisers in the world.

Nearly every Alaskan will receive $1,305 this year just for living in the far north state.

FEARnet recently conducted an interview with Norwegian artist Mortiis . A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Road closure: Intersection of Tenneyson Oaks and Horseshoe Drive in Alexandria. Date of completion: until further notice.