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Since Fugazi disbanded, bass player Joe Lally has released a couple of solo albums, which still have the some of the same political chutzpah .

Vic Chesnutt is an esteemed songwriter who has worked with many artists, though in the past these have most notably been with South-centric folks like Widespread Panic and Elf Power , with whom he has recorded albums, and R.E.M. 's Michael Stipe, who has produced his work in the past.

Here's some of the weirdest news to hit the web this week: Michael Jackson's DNA has been used to make a new perfume a um, because who doesn't want to attract psychotic doctors, chimpanzees, and money-hungry relatives? [ TG Daily ] Evidence Pete Doherty has officially smoked too much crack: The part-Jewish Babyshambles rocker sang a Nazi anthem ...

My friend Jared pointed me in the direction of the Chunklet website, where he had come across this gem: Having Fun On Stage With Fugazi : Y'know, it's funny.

HIGH SCHOOL GYM classes across North America are responsible for sharpening the musical tastes of hundreds of bands.Take Kevin Doria, for example.

Courtesy of Vic Chesnutt If you go a What: Vic Chesnutt in concert with with Fugazi's Guy Picciotto and members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and A Silver Mt.

Few can stretch and mangle vowels quite like he does, and with Picciotto and co.

Perhaps it has something to do with the owners' previous lives, but we've heard that the wine-and-dessert bar Room 11 is quite popular among the city's musician set.

Formed in Spring of 2008, Slang Chickens have rapidly become one of the more endearing and enticing young bands to come out of Los Angeles in a long while.

Singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt's zigzagging musical career is a difficult one to sum up.

Some musicians are happy to believe their own hype, but Vic Chesnutt isn't one of them.

Vic Chesnutt is a man of few illusions, a man scornful of false pieties and placid facades.

DOWNLOAD: Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild Jonathan Richman @ Bowery Ballroom in June Jonathan Richman is prepping the follow-up to his 2008 album Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild for a 2010 release on Vapor Records.

"I'm total folk musician. My granddaddy taught me how to play guitar; his dad taught him how to play guitar.

I just get the feeling that every time I ask him, he's thinking, "Oh great, here we go again." Yet he always seems to begrudgingly come through.

SATURDAY: Although D.C. rappers have struggled over the past few decades to leave a mark on American hip-hop our hardcore scene has been consistently fertile.

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Vic Chesnutt, the Black Heart Procession, the Eccentric Soul Revue, Akira Sakata, Surfer Blood, and more By Peter Margasak , Miles Raymer , Kevin Warwick , Brian Costello and Bill Meyer Music Picks archives>> thursday5 VIC CHESNUTT If there's a more harrowing rock song than "Coward," the tune that opens ...

Worcester's Britney's Spear is a thoroughly American punk band. And by that, I mean they're just like any band Dischord, a seminal D.C. punk label, had on their roster in the '90s - think Fugazi, only a little more twisted.

Echo & The Bunnymen: The Fountain Whatever they think of the re-formed group's output following the classic era , Echo & The Bunnymen fans tend to agree that the band has become a two-headed beast: one stalwart flame-keeper that doles out old post-punk gems in concert, as the... Vic Chesnutt: At The Cut The second album that cult hero Vic Chesnutt ...

The guitar is a strange and wonderful instrument. From its earliest days, it has been the instrument of shepherds and kings alike.