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Week of JUN 01

The Melvins' Power Disinfectant

Mackie Osborne

In the post-Nirvana moment of 1992, major labels were in a feedback-fucked, Seattle-sniffing feeding frenzy. Sludge-metal surrealists the Melvins were in an especially advantageous position; old buddy Kurt Cobain was championing the band right and left, even telling Spin that he wanted to buy Kirk Hammett a Melvins tee. Frontman Buzz Osborne correctly assumed that a major-label deal was nigh, and Atlantic ultimately took the bait for a three-record run that began with 1993's Houdini. But befo... Read More >>

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T-Pain Swears Off Auto-Tune

June 02, 2011
Earlier this hour a tweet from Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff crossed the SOTC transom, and it contained important news for fans of music-production technology and pop-tinged R&B: "End of an era:... Read More >>

Live: Ghost Keep People Guessing

June 02, 2011
Ghost The Studio at Webster Hall Wednesday, June 1 Better than: Ping-pong and Hawaiian Punch at youth group. So who the fuck are these guys? I mean, that's what we're supposed to be asking, right? The... Read More >>

Born This Way Gets The No. 1 Spot It Was Probably Born To Have

June 01, 2011
Congratulations to Lady Gaga, whose album Born This Way beat out the projections and moved 1.1 million copies in its first week for the top slot on the Billboard 200 and the best seven-day sales tally... Read More >>

Gil Scott-Heron, R.I.P.

May 31, 2011
You know why Gil never had much love for that ill-conceived Godfather of Rap tag. If you're already your own genre, you don't need the weak currency offered by another. If you're a one-off, why would ... Read More >>

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