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Music | Wednesday, August 30,2006

Vinyl Static

Roots’ Game Theory heads a list a much-anticipated fall releases

By Marissa Monson
CD EXCHANGE: This fall you’ll find Vinyl Static holed up in a closet somewhere with headphones and a compact-disc player — is Vinyl Static the only one still using a CD player? — ind
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Music | Wednesday, August 23,2006

Vinyl Static

OutKast is back, and Beyoncé’s fighting mad

By Marissa Monson
CD EXCHANGE OutKast is back, finally. Last Tuesday the Dirty South duo unleashed Idlewild, an album to accompany the new film, set in the Prohibition era, that’s coming out Aug. 25. The release
Music | Thursday, August 17,2006

Vinyl Static

A Legend in his own time

By Marissa Monson
SINGLES ONLY John Legend has doled out the first single from Once Again, the yet-to-be-released 2006 follow-up to his Grammy-winning debut Get Lifted. “Save Room” finds the dapper piano
Music | Thursday, August 10,2006

Vinyl Static

Erase Errata slide in where riot grrrls leave off; A Tribe Called Quest in Chicago; Outkast "collaborates"

By Marissa Monson
CD exchange Experimental electro-punk trio Erase Errata released their third album, Nightlife, on July 25, unleashing a collection of punk tracks that slide in where riot grrrls such as Bikini Kill le
Music | Wednesday, August 2,2006

Vinyl Static

Yo La Tengo will kick your behind; Tabakin hits town on Saturday

By Marissa Monson
SINGLES ONLY By no stretch of the imagination does Yo La Tengo look cool. The Hoboken, N.J., trio doesn’t subscribe to any hipster conventions — nary an ironic mustache or trucker cap to b
Music | Wednesday, July 26,2006

Vinyl Static

The Ditty Bops play the Hilton on Sunday, and other shows of note

By Marissa Monson
The Ditty Bops love to ride bikes. Instead of jamming into a cramped van for their 2006 summer tour, the jazzy duo decided to put shoe to pedal and log some miles on a couple of two-wheelers, and they
Music | Wednesday, July 19,2006

Building a better Park

With a new album and a new lineup, Springfield's favorite indie rock band hits the road

By Marissa Monson
The small makeshift rock club overflows with fans. Kids line the walls, standing on ledges and leaning in to cop a view. The lead singer strikes the first chord on his guitar. The crowd moves and brea
Music | Wednesday, July 19,2006

Nuts for these Brazilians

Latin-flavored psych-pop returns, nearly 30 years after disbanding

By Marissa Monson
In the music industry, second chances are like flying saucers, so rarely seen that they beg the question “Do they really exist?” And yet, on very rare occasions, a once-promising musician
Music | Wednesday, July 12,2006

VINYL STATIC

Meet Aloe Blacc; the Roots hit the Pageant Theatre

By Marissa Monson
CD EXCHANGE: With R. Kelly busy basking in the glow of his mesmerizing car wreck of a miniseries, Trapped in the Closet, the R&B world has hit a bit of a drought when it comes to male si
Music | Thursday, July 6,2006

Showcase

A short guide to Taste of Downtown’s musical offerings

By Marissa Monson
I like American music, and not just the Violent Femmes’ tune, either. This weekend, Taste of Downtown’s American Music Show presents a tiny slice of our vast music scene to enter