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Interview: Charles Bradley

[Charles Bradley turned heads and broke hearts with his 2011 triumph No T… more »

Warren Ellis Picks His Favori…

[To celebrate the release of their 15th studio album, Push The Sky Away, … more »

Interview: A$AP Rocky

None of us knew it at the time, but when the Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky swu… more »

Jukebox Jury: Big Boi

Inside his own Stankonia Studios on November 27, Big Boi sat on a stool o… more »

Interview: Kendrick Lamar

“The world looks at this album as very personal,” a tired-sou… more »

Interview: The Coup’s B…

It’s never easy to walk the precarious line between art and activis… more »

Interview: Cody ChesnuTT

Ten years is an eternity in the music business. So it might seem that any… more »

Who Is…Michael Kiwanuka

Before Michael Kiwanuka topped BBC’s Sound of 2012 poll and earned … more »

Kwes’s Alternative Olym…

When the Olympics Committee asked Underworld to put together the official… more »

eMusic’s Guide to Pitch…

Since it began in 2006, Pitchfork Music Festival has been one of the most… more »

Who Is…Oddisee

Oddisee now lives in Brooklyn, but his solo rap debut references details … more »

Who Are…Death Grips

If somehow, in the year 2012, you’re still looking for evidence of … more »

Who Is…Melanie Fiona

Melanie Fiona often plays the standby to someone who’s emotionally … more »

Interview: Nneka

On January 1, 2012, the Nigerian government effectively doubled gasoline … more »

Label Profile: Light in the A…

File under: Revitalized funk, folk and rock records from the States and a… more »

Label Profile: Mello Music

File under: Measured, day-in-the-life musings set to crisp boom-bap beats… more »

An Oral History of Charles …

Though Charles “Packy” Axton’s name means little to mos… more »

Who Are…Hassaan Mackey …

During the course of a casual conversation, Apollo Brown and Hassaan Mack… more »

Active Child Talks Classic Hi…

With his strident falsetto and taste for grandiose, imposing production, … more »

Interview: Booker T. Jones

Booker T. Jones’s 2009 album Potato Hole was a surprise in two resp… more »

Dennis Coffey

A guitar-slinger of the first order, Detroit-area native Dennis Coffey wa… more »

Interview: Mobb Deep’s …

“I used to be cold and emotionless. I think my disease, sickle cell… more »

Who Is…Aloe Blacc

Sometimes rappers sing, and you politely cover your ears and wait for the… more »

Interview: Mavis Staples

Let’s not mince words: Former Staple Singers vocalist and soul/gosp… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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