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Alex Ridha, the DJ better known as Boys Noize, lounges on the couch of the Spinner offices like a relaxed tiger -- at ease for now but ready to spring viciously into action at any moment.
The prolific producer, who's worked with the likes of Santigold, Spank Rock and the Scissor Sisters, just released his third solo ...
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Charles Rosen, renowned pianist and author, died Sunday night in New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital at the age of 85. Close friend Henri Zerner confirmed to the New York Times that the he died from cancer.
Rosed collaborated with some of the greatest composers of the 20th century, including Elliott Carter, ...
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Ravi Shankar has passed away, and the impact his presence had on the musical community are being remembered today. Perhaps best known for introducing traditional Indian ragas to Western culture, Shankar is being publicly mourned by artists from K.D. Lang to Slash.
Slash wrote on his Twitter page, "Sad day; ...
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Christopher Owens has a patina of sadness around his eyes, he looks like someone who has grappled with ghosts and carried around his fair share of earthly burdens. This year has been full of both for the former Girls frontman, who called off his critically acclaimed rock band for personal reasons and then announced his own solo ...
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Over the weekend, Das Racist announced that they are no longer a band -- both through an onstage announcement from Heems (Himanshu Suri) at the On3 festival in Germany and a tweet from Kool A.D. claiming he quit the band two months ago. Kool A.D.'s tweet goes on to say his manager asked him to keep the breakup ...
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Chris Stamp, the former manager for the Who, died Saturday, Nov. 24, at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City after battling cancer. He was 70.
According to Billboard, Who frontman Roger Daltrey paid tribute to Stamp at a Detroit concert that night. "Without whom we wouldn't be the band we were," Daltrey said, ...
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