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Articles Written by: STEPHEN M. DEUSNER
Over 10 years and four incredibly well-received albums, Rokia Traoré has become one of world music's great synthesizers, combining the rhythms and traditions of diverse cultures from Africa and Europe into a complex sound that only she could create. ...
From STEPHEN M. DEUSNER,
Pitchfork,
6 Mar 2009
During my first years out of college, I hung out every week at a friend's apartment in Midtown Memphis. Like most college grads' first apartments, the place was sparsely furnished and barely decorated-- an old couch, a few Salvation Army chairs, a desk ...
From STEPHEN M. DEUSNER,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar 2009
Neko Case is a force of nature. Her voice can knock you over-- it's one of the strongest in any genre. She has immense control and surprising physical and stylistic range, able to jump from cowgirl honkytonk to pop muse to Americana banshee with ease ...
From STEPHEN M. DEUSNER,
Pitchfork,
3 Mar 2009
One of the endlessly repeated and therefore defining stories of Karen Dalton's career is that she hated recording so much that she had to be tricked into laying down the songs on her 1969 debut, It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best. ...
From STEPHEN M. DEUSNER,
Pitchfork,
23 Jul 2008
Founded as an experimental duo, Calexico has been known as a primarily instrumental band, blending southwestern music with indie rock mood. "Two Silver Trees", from their upcoming Carried to Dust, doesn't rewrite that equation so much as it adds a few ...
From STEPHEN M. DEUSNER,
Pitchfork,
22 Jul 2008
Ida Maria Sivertsen has a powerful voice that conjures so many classic-rock associations it's a wonder she doesn't get lost amid all the references. On her debut album, , she howls like Janis Joplin, with a bit of soulful vibrato that almost sounds ...
From STEPHEN M. DEUSNER,
Pitchfork,
22 Jul 2008
Despite its effusiveness, power pop is a highly conservative genre, favoring a minimum of elements: infectious hooks, tight harmonies, driving tempos, and bittersweet brevity. A very few artists, such as the New Pornographers, can successfully tweak ...
From STEPHEN M. DEUSNER,
Pitchfork,
18 Jul 2008
The Pogues were an unlikely post-punk success: Irish artists from England who filtered rowdy punk and hard-drinking pub rock through Celtic traditions. The latter they treated as a birthright rather than a burden, not simply updating well-worn sounds ...
From STEPHEN M. DEUSNER,
Pitchfork,
15 Jul 2008
The War on Drugs make excellent road-trip music. As its title implies, the Philly quintet's debut, , is Americana reimagined as blacktop and yellow lines, rubber tires, and overpriced gasoline. The album urges you along the interstate, but never ...
From STEPHEN M. DEUSNER,
Pitchfork,
10 Jul 2008
Lukestar's first video from their solid second album Lake Toba showed them walking around the woods of Norway. Their second video, for the title track, shows them walking around the woods of Comic Book Land. Clouds, birds, and butterflies break the ...
From STEPHEN M. DEUSNER,
Pitchfork,
9 Jul 2008
