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Music & Culture

Alto Saxophonist Miguel Zenón Evokes Folkloric Melodies On 'Típico'

1:45pm February 28, 2017

by Kevin Whitehead

The Puerto Rican jazz musician leads his long-running quartet on his new album. Critic Kevin Whitead says Típico is full of "feverishly intricate music that ... comes from the heart."

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Hideo Ikeezumi in his Tokyo shop, Modern Music, in 2009.

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Psychedelic Speed Freak: Remembering The Blistering Experimentalism Of Hideo Ikeezumi

1:44pm February 28, 2017

Hideo Ikeezumi, the founder of a flashpoint music Tokyo music shop and the quietly influential P.S.F. record label, is remembered by those he worked with most closely in his twilight.

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Psychedelic Speed Freak: Remembering The Blistering Experimentalism Of Hideo Ikeezumi

1:44pm February 28, 2017

Hideo Ikeezumi, the founder of a flashpoint music Tokyo music shop and the quietly influential P.S.F. record label, is remembered by those he worked with most closely in his twilight.

Music & Culture

Psychedelic Speed Freak: Remembering The Blistering Experimentalism Of Hideo Ikeezumi

1:44pm February 28, 2017

Hideo Ikeezumi, the founder of a flashpoint music Tokyo music shop and the quietly influential P.S.F. record label, is remembered by those he worked with most closely in his twilight.

Sylvan Esso's Nick Sanborn poses as a policeman in a scene from the band's new video for the song "Die Young."

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Sylvan Esso Announces New Album 'What Now,' Releases New Single 'Die Young'

11:13am February 28, 2017

by Robin Hilton

"Die Young" has a bolder, more jagged sound than the band's previous work. It's the third single the duo has shared from its upcoming sophomore full-length, What Now.