eMusic Archives: May 2010
Jamie Lidell, Multiply…
It's hard to imagine a greater left curve than Jamie Lidell's fan… more »
The Divine Comedy, Bang Goes T…
Neil Hannon, dandified son of a Bishop in Northern Ireland, was always a … more »
Sleigh Bells, Treats
The hip-hop beats sputter like someone dropped a boombox in a swimming po… more »
James Blake, CMYK EP
James Blake is a London upstart producer who makes electronic music that … more »
Actress, Splazsh
Actress is Darren Cunningham, head of London's Werk Discs label … more »
Various Artists, To Scratch Yo…
To Scratch Your Heart is like taking a stroll through a garden of earthly… more »
Ólöf Arnalds, Vid …
Ólöf Arnalds plays a gentle brand of folk music that won'… more »
Lost Soul Singles of the …
Jackie Moore's "Precious, Precious" is an amazing single - a Southern R… more »
Icon: Prince
Michael Jackson set the bar for pop success in the '80s; Bruce Springstee… more »
Six Degrees of Prince’s …
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Akala, Doublethink
1984, George Orwell's hellish vision of a dystopian future, has provi… more »
Strange Boys, Be Brave…
Now that the neo-neo garage rock revival is dead — or very close to… more »
Blank Dogs, Under and Under…
In certain New York circles, everyone knows about Mike Sniper, but no one… more »
Vivian Girls, Everything Goes …
The first time Vivian Girls released a full-length, it went out of print … more »
Reigning Sound, Love and Curse…
There can never be Too Much Guitar, but on the last Reigning Sound studio… more »
The Topsy-turvy World Of Gilbe…
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira - better known as Gilberto Gil - is the sweet… more »
Who Is…Ty Segall
Ty Segall is a young, good-looking, well-adjusted California kid. In high… more »
Prince, Dirty Mind
The porn theaters in Minneapolis were largely downtown around 1980. There… more »
Dr. Lonnie Smith, Spiral…
Dr. Lonnie Smith, the master of the Hammond B3 organ, continues his tear … more »
Prince, Batman
Here's a rare instance where Prince went right along with corporate s… more »
Prince, Around The World In A …
If you're going to mess up your career, do it in style — prefer… more »
Prince, Come
Considered at the time by Greil Marcus to be Prince's best album sinc… more »
Prince, Prince
This formulation didn't originate with me (take a bow, Chris Herringt… more »
Prince, Controversy
Prince is always streamlining himself. Sometimes that's generous for … more »