
Contributed by Bruce Rave The Noisettes caught lots of ears with the pretty "Never Forget You" from their second album. Lots of peeps didn't realize that this UK band was seriously raw and bluesy on their fine freshman outing. They updated that disc's "Sister Rosetta" for this year's Twilight soundtrack. It's the Noisettes the way I like them best. Noisettes - Rosetta Stone The Noisettes [...]
When The Police reunited in 2007, I was thrilled. I'd loved their two-disc live set ever since "borrowing it" from a friend in high school. To that I'd added their Greatest Hits , and that was basically all I needed. Though ticket prices were outrageous for that reunion tour, I managed to catch 'em at Bonnaroo ( read my review ) and loved every minute of it. Only having the greatest hits and the live set, I knew all the songs but two. They did leave out a couple classics – where [...]

I met Shunda K. of YO Majesty about half a year ago when she performed at BackBooth with Rosetta Stoned . The show was great and full of energy. After the show, Shunda K. came up to me and thanked me and everyone around for coming and supporting. Now I've seen a handful of shows, but not once has anyone came up to me and thanked me personally. Ever since then, I knew Shunda K. always kept it real, and boy does she prove so with this interview. She's smart and funny and [...]

dl: SHUNDA K of YO! MAJESTY f/ ROSETTA STONED - What Is Love ( alt ) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------- ------- I've seen Shunda K of Yo! Majesty perform at least three times within the past year, and she seems to improve and become more comfortable with the stage every time. It's not as if she wasn't an amazing performer from [...]

[Photo by Julien Dubois ] I wish I lived in a country where electronic music was more vital to the economy than oil, corn, and telecommunications. If I lived in France, my life would be more authentic. It looks like a place where no1 is afraid to D.A.N.C.E. It looks like a place where u can be urself, even if that means wearing neon shirts and stuff like that. It looks like a place where things are authentic enough to keep me from becoming a blatant consumer-coreAltBro. A place where I can [...]