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It's Here! DJ Earworm's 2012 Pop Music Mash-up, "Shine Brighter," Is the Only Song You Need to Hear This Year
The mainstream pop music landscape can be a noisy blur if you're not an aficionado (or a 12-year-old girl). Anyone who says that a lot of chart topping hits don't sound similar to each other is just delusional, let's be real. Whether you're a fan of the...
Tags: Disc Jockeys, Entertainment, Music
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'I Got a Boy' delivers a scattered anthem of the Girls' Generation
The new single by South Korean pop group Girls' Generation is called "I Got a Boy," and if the song and its accompanying music video are a signal about pop's direction in the year to come, we better buckle our seat belts. Clocking in at 41/2 minutes, "I...
Tags: Disc Jockeys, Poetry, Radio, Social Media, Lady Gaga
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Fontella Bass: An appreciation
There are two works that illustrate the range of Fontella Bass' singing power. One is a gut-busting soul cry, “Rescue Me,” a propellant R&B banger from 1965 that became Bass' signature. The other, equally vital, is a nine-minute thrill...
Tags: Music Industry, Aretha Franklin, French Movies, Miles Davis, Entertainment
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Two sides of Fontella Bass, the late, great St. Louis soul singer
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticThis post has been updated. See below for details. Any appreciation of soul singer Fontella Bass, who died Wednesday at age 72, must first acknowledge “Rescue Me,” the propellant 1965 R&B banger that became her signature. But equally vital...Tags: Aretha Franklin, Entertainment, Soul (genre), Heart Attack, Music
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Best of 2012 Pop Music: Albums
The top 10 albums of 2012 as chosen by Times pop music staffer Gerrick D. Kennedy: 1. Frank Ocean, “Channel Orange” (Def Jam). Ocean's album has already garnered plenty of praise for its complexity and updates of classic soul tapestries. But...
Tags: Havas, Entertainment, Sade (music artist), Music, Adele (music artist)
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Best of 2012 Pop Music: Singles
Here are the Top 10 singles of 2012, as selected by Times pop music staff writer Mikael Wood 1. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe.” What else? With nearly 400 million views on YouTube – and nine straight weeks atop Billboard's Hot 100...
Tags: Music Industry, Sky Ferreira, Charlie Watts, Entertainment, Bon Iver (music group)
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A moment with Mike Kelley at Stedelijk Museum
AMSTERDAM — You could almost hear Mike Kelley laughing. As journalists entered the Stedelijk Museum's new so-called bathtub building to hear director Ann Goldstein introduce a retrospective of Kelley's work, they were greeted by the mellifluous...Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Culture, Religious Events, Flu, Andy Warhol
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Carole King to receive 2013 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Carole King has been named the 2013 recipient of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to receive the distinction given to songwriters for a body of work. The former Brill Building writer co-wrote hits in the...
Tags: Music Industry, Paul Simon, Entertainment, The Monkees (music group), Entertainment Events
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Review: Beck's 'Song Reader' inspires creative interpretations
Some ideas that seem so simple unleash waves of creativity that expand in exquisitely complex ways. One such musical brainstorm is to offer a new body of work as notated sheet music, as Los Angeles songwriter Beck Hansen has done. His new work, "Song...Tags: Music Industry, Entertainment, Beck, YouTube, Book
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Dave Brubeck dies at 91; jazz legend
In the strait-laced Eisenhower 1950s, Dave Brubeck seemed, on one hand, deeply conventional. He didn't drink, smoke or take drugs. He favored expressions like "baloney!" and "you bet" over ruder alternatives. He had a prodigious work ethic that had been...Tags: Concerts, Music Industry, Culture, Dave Brubeck, Colleges and Universities
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Psy threatens to retire 'Gangnam Style' on New Year's Eve
Feel like you never need to hear "Gangnam Style" again? You're not alone: Psy told MTV News he'll be "ending" his unavoidable dance-pop song -- a No. 2 smash on the Hot 100 whose video has been viewed over 1 billion times on YouTube -- following his...Tags: Roger Waters, ABC (tv network), Entertainment, MTV (tv network), Dick Clark
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Best 2012 performances: Hampton Roads had several high points
The performing arts scene looked a bit like a Busch Gardens theme ride in 2012, with lots of high points and a couple of strange twists and turns. Overall, the quality of presentations was first-rate with several regional or world premieres and knockout...
Tags: Entertainment, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Jean Cocteau, Gymnastics Clubs
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