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POP MUSIC (Washington Post) The Good, the Bad and the Queen's sold-out show at the 9:30 club on Wednesday was a pop concert, sure, but it felt more like a chance to glimpse a one-off of British pop royalty (Blur's Damon Albarn), uber-royalty (Paul Simonon of the Clash), Afrobeat legend (Tony Allen of Africa 70) and a... Thursday band sampler (Austin American-Statesman) Apollo Sunshine. That sordid Berklee College of Music background asserts itself in both outlandish chops and intricate studio arrangements, but the band's short attention span and myriad influences ? from Charles Mingus to Outkast to Ray Charles ? keep things from settling into the overly cerebral. June Recording Soph CD (antiMUSIC) (PR) Chicago?s highly acclaimed power-pop band June will soon enter the studio to record the follow-up to the smashing debut, If You Speak Any Faster. The sophomore release, to be called Make It Blur, will be produced by Marc McClusky (Hit The Lights, Scenes from a Movie, Powerspace). The Roots rock and show off their brass (Boston Globe) Any show featuring the Roots, possibly the most acclaimed live hip-hop band ever, is sure to draw crowds of all sorts, eager to pump their fists in the air in uncontrollable bouts of hip-hop euphoria or stand completely in awe at the sheer talent of real musicians. Friday band sampler (Austin American-Statesman) A-Trak. Montreal native A-Trak (Alain Macklovitch to his mother) made a splash at DJ competitions and working with Invisibl Skratch Piklz and Miami's DJ Craze before Kanye West hired him for a 2004 tour. Top 5 (The Washington Times) Respect your youngsters: Alt-rockers Modest Mouse will release their fifth album Tuesday with a ringer of a new member -- ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Fifty-one-year-old Clash veteran Paul Simonon, too, has found a young employer in Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, impresario of the new Brit-rock outfit the Good, the Bad & the Queen. Tonight: The Good, The Bad & The Queen Live (NPR) Hear the Britpop Group Live on NPR.org from Washington, D.C. NPR.org , March 14, 2007 The Good, The Bad & The Queen isn't a band. 'From the Top's' O'Riley blends old and new works in performances (Waco Tribu... Pianist Christopher O?Riley, the host of public radio?s ?From the Top,? bridges the 20th and 21st centuries in his Tuesday night recital at Baylor University, connecting works by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and British alt-rock band Radiohead. Move over, Detroit - rock's new city is Nashville (The Christian Science Moni... Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, and Robert Plant are all recording in the capital of country. Guest choreography helps Garrett dancers look good (The San Francisco Examiner) (Courtesy photo) ?Chickens? is the standout piece in the program presented by Janice Garrett & Dancers at Fort Mason this weekend. |