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TIME Asia October 26, 2009 Veronica Zaragovia |
Steppe It Up Throat singing -- in which the vocalist manipulates not just the throat but the diaphragm and mouth to produce astonishing tones, drones and buzzes -- is something of a commercial gamble outside the Tuvan, Siberian and Mongolian worlds.  |
Wired October 2009 Mario Aguilar |
Battles Frontman Enlists an Army of Melodic Machines New York-based Battles is a tricky band to categorize -- at least until "soundtrack to an apocalyptic alien invasion" becomes a genre in iTunes.  |
Wired October 2009 Melissa Maerz |
8-Bit Players Take on Miles Davis and MGMT In July, a 23-year-old electronic artist named Je Deviens DJ en 3 Jours released Da Chip, a collection of Daft Punk covers made entirely with the sound processors found in classic videogame systems.  |
Wired July 20, 2009 Nancy Miller |
For Her New Album, Imogen Heap Taps the Hive Mind For her latest album Ellipse, Imogen crowdsourced advice on album art and song development.  |
TIME Asia April 30, 2009 Joe Klein |
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan's career has been full of surprises. On his 46th album, he mellows out  |
Reason May 2009 Damon W. Root |
Briefly Noted: Punk/Metal Rules! Despite its distracting academic jargon, Steve Waksman's This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk pinpoints an underappreciated truth.  |
TIME Asia January 22, 2009 Lara Day |
Shaw Thing Hong Kong film music gets the trip-hop treatment.  |
TIME Asia January 1, 2009 Lara Day |
Dream Works Midori Hirano's songs are things of astral beauty.  |
Reason November 2008 Mike Riggs |
Emo Rescue Emo -- a musical subculture defined by melodramatic, sometimes whiny lyrics delivered over distorted guitars -- faces a global assault.  |
TIME Asia October 23, 2008 Natasha Stokes |
Come On Feel the Noise A new breed of sonic experimentalists is shaking up China's underground music scene.  |
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