(the review) A nationally televised promo for fall television features a locally harvested earworm. CBS has chosen an addictive dance …
Head First (venuszine) Goldfrapp has more than met its quota for experimentation. The electro pop duo’s first four albums spanned several …
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(willamette week) Last Tuesday night at Berbati’s, the glam grandaddies of punk rock — or the cooler upperclassmen who first introduced …
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I Feel Cream (venuszine) Gender-bending glam queen Peaches returns with a techno-fab offering of dancehall dirtiness and erotic electronica, and even …
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Vivian Girls (venuszine) Cassie Ramone, Miss Frankie Rose, and Kickball Katy of the ragtag New York–based trio Vivian Girls have forged …
Down to Earth (venuszine) With an alarming array of catchy hooks and driving beats, singer-songwriter Jem obviously did well to ditch …
(ventura county reporter) From the shaven-headed construction workers running lines off their knuckles to the retro-fabulous, downtown Ventura-chic ladies in gingham …
Into the Blues (venusine) Joan Armatrading has released the tribute album she always promised she would, and it only took about …
(ventura county reporter) Danish duo Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo, better known as the Raveonettes, began hawking their film noir …
Miracle of Five (venuszine) While some of her contemporaries sit in coffee shops carving hard-wrought lyrics into spiral-bound notebooks, it isn’t …