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Music | Thursday, June 15,2006

VINYL STATIC

If you’re surprised to hear Nelly Furtado rapping, well, you’re not alone.

By Marissa Monson
SINGLES ONLY: A chat is long overdue concerning Nelly Furtado’s feverish new single “Promiscuous.” Remember Nelly? She unleashed the ballad “I’m Like a Bir
Music | Thursday, June 8,2006

No freaks – just folk

If Vetiver were a drug, it’d be hash, not acid

By René Spencer Saller
There’s a reason Vetiver gets lumped in with the freak-folk crowd, but it doesn’t have much to do with its music. Andy Cabic, the San Francisco-based collective’s only perm
Music | Thursday, June 8,2006

Vinyl Static

Jurassic 5, Sonic Youth, Abstract Giants, Chief Xcel, and Gift of Gab

By Marissa Monson
HIGH FIVES: Desk Vinyl Static is what the Dubya’s dad might call a “kinder, gentler music critic.” When the message floated in that Jurassic 5 was finally dropping the
Music | Thursday, June 1,2006

All in the family

Feathers can crash at my pad whenever they like

By René Spencer Saller
What if the Manson Family had been less of a patriarchal death cult and more of a freeform collective? What if they’d shacked up in cool, reasonable Vermont instead of hotheaded C
Music | Thursday, June 1,2006

Vinyl Static

Mr. Lif declared war on the government long ago — before it became fashionable

By Marissa Monson
JUNEBUG: Rip the month of May off your calendar quick — the painfully slow month for shows and new releases has finally been put to rest, and not fast enough. Can you say, “
Music | Wednesday, May 24,2006

On our side again

Neil Young’s ideological vicissitudes defy all reason

By René Spencer Saller
Now that President George W. Bush’s approval ratings are stagnating around 30 percent, protest songs are fashionable again, with everyone from Pink to Pearl Jam clamoring to kick ol
Music | Wednesday, May 24,2006

Vinyl Static

Celebrating those experimental Canadians, plus Basic Vocab

By Marissa Monson
O CANADA! Let me reintroduce you to a little country I like to call Canada, the place where draft dodgers used to go and where everybody gets to see a doctor. But there’s so
Music | Thursday, May 18,2006

A big, big world

Susana Baca is fluent in the only speech that matters

By René Spencer Saller
Susana Baca Traves'as (Luaka Bop) Travesías means “passages” in Spanish, and it’s an especially appropriate title for Susana Baca’s latest album, her
Music | Thursday, May 18,2006

Vinyl Static

Shipwreck hits town; Roots’ new release; shades of the Fugees

By Marissa Monson
SHOWS A-GO-GO! Champaign-Urbana band Shipwreck ventures our way for a show at the Underground City Tavern on Saturday, May 20. If anyone can bring the rock, it’s Shipwreck. This y
Music | Thursday, May 11,2006

The stuff that dreams are made of

Jolie Holland’s out with her third and best album

By René Spencer Saller
When I was 5 or 6 years old, I believed that musicals were real. When the time was right, the people around me would burst into song, and we could finally stop worrying about what to say nex