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April 2008
R.E.M.: R.E.BORN
It's rare that a band gets the opportunity to grow older and wiser together -- rarer still that one does so by sounding younger and snottier than ever. After losing their way with a string of ho-hum albums, here's how R.E.M. found their noisy deliverance.
Who Earns What
By David Browne
We all know that rock and raps stars can earn tens of millions each year, but what about the others who toil in the business of music? From managers to roadies to bloggers to bus drivers, here's how much they take home.
Power Ballots
Dozens of rockers, rappers, and pop stars have been hitting the campaign trail this year, singing, dancing, speaking, smiling, and waving for their favorite presidential candidates. But is anyone paying attention?
Noise
Albums
Gnarls Barkley, 'The Odd Couple' (Downtown/Atlantic), The B-52's, 'Funplex' (Astralwerks), Guilty Simpson, 'Ode to the Ghetto' (Stones Throw), Singer, 'Unhistories' (Drag City), Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, '13 Blues for Thirteen Moons' (Constellation), The Sword, 'Gods of the Earth' (Kemado), Sun Kil Moon, 'April' (Caldo Verde), Moby, 'Last Night' (Mute), Los Campesinos!, 'Hold On Now, Youngster...' (Arts & Crafts), Anti-Flag, 'The Bright Lights of America' (RCA), The Black Keys, 'Attack & Release' (Nonesuch), Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, 'Pershing' (Polyvinyl), M83, 'Saturdays = Youth' (Mute), Does It Offend You, Yeah?, 'You Have No Idea What You Are Getting Yourself Into' (Almost Gold), Kevin Ayers, 'The Unfairground' (Gigantic), Be Your Own Pet, 'Get Awkward' (Ecstatic Peace/Universal), Clinic, 'Do It!' (Domino), Carl Craig, 'Carl Craig Sessions' (!K7), Cryptacize, 'Dig That Treasure' (Asthmatic Kitty), Crystal Castles, 'Crystal Castles' (Last Gang), Dead Child, 'Attack' (Quarterstick), Destroyer, 'Trouble In Dreams' (Merge), The Dirtbombs, 'We Have You Surrounded' (In The Red), The Dodos, 'Visiter' (Frenchkiss), Evangelista, 'Hello, Voyager' (Constellation), Excepter, 'Debt Dept.' (Paw Tracks), The Felice Brothers, 'The Felice Brothers' (Team Love), Foals, 'Antidotes' (Sub Pop), From First to Last, 'From First to Last' (Suretone), F--k Buttons, 'Street Horrrsing' (ATP), Good Shoes, 'Think Before You Speak' (Brille), Adam Green, 'Sixes and Sevens' (Rough Trade), Jaymay, 'Autumn Fallin'' (Blue Note), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!' (Anti-), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!' (Anti-), Ladyhawk, 'Shots' (Jagjaguwar), Man Man, 'Rabbit Habits' (Anti-), Supergrass, 'Diamond Hoo Ha' (Astralwerks), Peter Morén, 'The Last Tycoon' (Quarterstick), No Kids, 'Come Into My House' (Tomlab), Prodigy, 'H.N.I.C. PT. 2' (Infamous/Vox Music Group), Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, 'Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)' (N2O), The Ruby Suns, 'Sea Lion' (Sub Pop), She & Him, 'Volume One' (Merge), Sian Alice Group, '59.59' (The Social Registry), Tapes 'n Tapes, 'Walk It Off' (XL), The Breeders, 'Mountain Battles' (4AD), The Teenagers, 'Reality Check' (XL), These New Puritans, 'Beat Pyramid' (Domino), Why?, 'Alopecia' (Anticon)
The producers
Working with Ric Ocasek, Adam Schlesinger, and Eli Janney.
Siouxsie: Now or Never
Here, in an interview Sept. 5 in NYC, the former Banshee sheds light on the emotional roots of 'Mantaray,' and her 'lifeline.'
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