Record Store Day is a bit of a clusterfuck now.
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SOLE TRAIN: CONVERSE ANNOUNCES FREE FIVE-NIGHT TAKEOVER AT THE SINCLAIR
Because the names are so huge, let's re-state that this is 100% free.
GANG OF FOUR: A QUARTET OF KILLER LOCAL NEW RELEASES REVIEWED
With Krill, it’s not a matter of if they will surprise, but merely how.
WATCH: YOUR MORNING DESERVES “NO LESS” THAN NEW DUTCH REBELLE VIDEO
If the album was truly dead as some people may seem to think, then why are we still bumping ...
RUN FOR COVER: INTERPOL VS. AZEALIA BANKS: “SLOW HANDS”
STEVIE WONDER VS. WILL SMITH: “I WISH / WILD, WILD WEST”
For someone in his 60s, Stevie Wonder is more than an American icon. He's a prodigy. Will Smith knew that and didn't even try to play with the original. Instead, he got as ridiculous as it gets.
TALKING WITH MEATBODIES (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH MEATLOAF)
Chad Ubovich has been hiding behind Ty Segall, FUZZ, and Mikal Cronin onstage. But on his friends’ tours, Ubovich was busy writing his own material under the moniker Meatbodies, and now he's making a remarkable debut.
M-DOT: “FRANK LEE”
The verdict: These beats beg to be sung to the world, so turn it up, roll down your car windows, and let the crisp air kiss your face as you luxuriate on the fact that Boston’s rap scene is still on top.
CURIOUS ABOUT CLIPPING.? YOUR QUESTIONS, ASKED AND ANSWERED
This summer, music writers everywhere tried their hand at deciphering what the hell LA-based crew clipping. (MC Daveed Diggs and producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson) were doing on their album CLPPNG. Was it experimental noise rap? A scathing commentary on modern hip-hop? A Death Grips knock-off? They should have just asked.