Persepolis
Compelling cartoon depicts a hard-knock life in Iran.
By Troy Patterson 01.30.08 4:25 PM
Adapting her memoir into a starkly beautiful animated feature, comics artist Marjane Satrapi braids personal history and national tragedy.
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Kanye West's Glow in the Dark Tour
Kanye taps N.E.R.D, Lupe Fiasco, and Rihanna for 2008 trek.
By William Goodman 01.30.08 3:59 PM
Though full details have yet-to-be announced (i.e.: the dates), January Spin cover subject Kanye West has unveiled genre mashers N.E.R.D. -- featuring the Neptunes' Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo -- denim
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The Dirty Projectors
March-April 2008
By William Goodman 01.30.08 2:37 PM
Brooklyn's eclectic, experimental rockers Dirty Projectors will hit the road this spring on a 12-date outing, set to unroll March 28 in Worchester, MA, following the band's return from a three-date European showing at the Maximum Black Festival alongside
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Destroyer
SXSW, April, May 2008
By William Goodman 01.30.08 12:37 PM
It was only a matter of time; hewing closely to the 'announce album, release album, tour behind album' formula, Canadian songsmith Dan Bejar, a.k.a.
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The Loved Ones 'Bridge' Genres
Exclusive! Download the boozy guitars and punk sneers of "The Bridge," off this Philadelphia quartet's forthcoming LP, 'Build & Burn.'
By William Goodman 01.29.08 10:10 PM
Since their inception in 2003, the City of Brotherly Love's the Loved Ones have blended two genres, delivering furious punk and catchy bar-rock in snappy sneers and beer soaked, piercing riffage, while hewing just slightly closer to Mohawk rather than saloon ethos.
