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Interview The Wrens' Charles Bissell takes some time off from taking time off

"By Meadowlands, we were exhausted and just recorded 15 or 20 half-assed songs then overdubbed the bejesus out of ‘em for four years."

by Chris O'Connell

November 19, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Baroness' John Baizley goes somewhere over the rainbow

The Savannah, Ga.-based quartet's singer-guitarist discusses the colorful nature of the band's album titles.

by Chris O'Connell

November 18, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Russia's Mumiy Troll brings "socially dangerous" rock to the U.S.—but not by submarine

"Unexplainable things were, in fact, more rebellious than straightforward propaganda. In that context, we were more rebellious than anyone else around!"

by Katya Tylevich

November 17, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Fleet Foxes' J. Tillman on medieval-couplet riddles and other elusive truths

Guess the band name and album from this riddle: "Can you carve air? These men can! They work the udders with their hands!"

by Carl Atiya Swanson

November 16, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Mike Schulman guides Slumberland Records into its third decade

He'll be making colored vinyl for as long as he can.

by Paul Caine

November 13, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros' Alex Ebert isn't selling snake oil

"The music is the glove and the live show is us putting the glove on and moving around. It's the cup being filled."

by Jessica Jardine

November 13, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Stefon Harris thinks creativity is overrated

"What I think is important is authenticity. I want to hear music that has the resonance of the people."

by Michael J. West

November 13, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Peaches: Watch where you put your fingers

The provacative singer is still as nasty as she wants to be.

by Lilledeshan Bose

November 12, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Neil Hamburger laments the “great entertainers”

"When James Dean died, if you’d come out with a joke about that you'd go to jail! Michael Jackson dies and you don’t have a joke, you go to jail."

by Scott Gordon

November 12, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview The "God of Manga," humanized

Trust this guy—he literally wrote the book when it comes to the story behind Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy.

by Chelsea Bauch

November 11, 2009 | 12:00am -

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Film : Remembering why we like Robin Williams

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Nov 22
- Skinny Puppy and Vverevvolf Grehv 9:30 Club, 10 p.m.
  Skinny Puppy has long been exalted as industrial demigods for its punishing electronics and effects-processed ...
  
  The Short Films Of Osamu Tezuka Freer Gallery of Art - Meyer Auditorium, 2 p.m.
  
  Heavy Trash and Elliott Brood DC9, 9 p.m.
Nov 23
- Metric Rams Head Live, 7 p.m.
  It took a solitary excursion to Buenos Aires for Metric lead singer-songwriter Emily Haines to ...
  
  Bebel Gilberto 9:30 Club, 6 p.m.
  
  Cub Country and Velvet The Black Cat Backstage, 9 p.m.
Nov 24
- El Ten Eleven, Nvrmnd, and Ten Elevenths Ottobar, 8 p.m.
  It generally takes more than two people to create bloated, pretentious post-rock, so L.A ...
  
  R. Kelly DAR Constitution Hall, 8 p.m.
  
  Ambition Burning, Admiral Browning, and Across Tundras The Velvet Lounge, 9 p.m.
Nov 25
- Matisyahu and Trevor Hill Sixth And I Historic Synagogue, 8 p.m.
  At his most pared-down, Matisyahu is “an American Hasidic Jewish reggae musician,” but the Brooklyn-based ...
  
  Themselves, Eyedea And Abilities, and Educated Consumers The Rock And Roll Hotel, 9 p.m.
  
  The Shining AFI Silver Theatre And Cultural Center, 9:20 p.m.
Nov 26
- Some Like It Hot AFI Silver Theatre And Cultural Center, 7 p.m.
  Long before Tootsie, and eons before such derivative drivel as Sorority Girls, Billy Wilder blessed ...
Nov 27
- The Mountain Goats and Final Fantasy 9:30 Club, 8 p.m.
  The Mountain Goats is an omnibus name for the musical wanderings of John Darnielle, a ...
  
  The Room Landmark E Street Cinema, 11:59 p.m.
  
  Wizzard, Sinbad, Cherry Smash, and Road Ducks Jaxx, 8 p.m.
Nov 28
- They Might Be Giants 9:30 Club, 8 p.m.
  Never underestimate the power of Johns Flansburgh and Linnell. As the perennial geek-rock favorites They ...
  
  They Might Be Giants 9:30 Club, 3 p.m.
  
  Bowerbirds, Man And Dog, and Secret Mountains Ottobar, 9:30 p.m.

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