Music
Daft Punk crafts one of the year's best with sleek, disco-inspired 'Random Access Memories'
- Columbia
BY ELLIOT ALPERN
As an entire work of art, Random Access Memories deviates from the usual house filler, and Daft Punk provides even more evidence that the duo is one of the coolest, sleekest acts in the galaxy.
Mature, darker sound pervades in Vampire Weekend's ‘Modern Vampires of the City’
- XL
BY KENDALL RUSS
Modern Vampires of the City It excels precisely because of Vampire Weekend’s ability to apply its weightless touch to a bleak theme and come across not as pretentious or ironic, but as authentic and deeply moving.
James Blake delivers with synth sound at Detroit's Majestic Theatre
- Marlene Lacasse/Daily
BY JOHN LYNCH
Though his genre of music is not inherently thrilling live, and though he and his band missed the mark on a few tracks in Detroit, James Blake has incredible talent, and his live performance is certainly one worth seeing.
Phoenix soars to new heights with latest 'Bankrupt!'
- Glassnote
BY ERIKA HARWOOD
Thanks to this impossible-to-predict performance, the hype for Phoenix’s fifth album, Bankrupt!, had reached its peak.
'Reincarnation' ruins Rastafarianism with Snoop reinvention
- RCA
BY SHAMIK GANGULY
Researching or thinking too hard about Reincarnated will only disappoint, so reserve this album for your “Summer Jams” playlist and give it no further attention.
Not much '#willpower' in will.i.am's new release
- Interscope
BY GREGORY HICKS
While “Scream & Shout” is proportionately fun, bizarre and contemporary, each track on this fourth studio album falls short of the entertaining lead single.
Fall Out Boy saves 'Rock and Roll' with angsty comeback album
BY BRIANNE JOHNSON
One week after Fall Out Boy’s new LP streamed online and set the Web ablaze, the fire refuses to fade as Save Rock and Roll, released Tuesday, burns in a searing ode to punk rock resurrection.
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Herb David: Crafting Ann Arbor's musical legacy
He's made guitars for Eric Clapton, Sonic Youth, the Byrds and Jerry Garcia, hung out with Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix and lived near the center of Ann Arbor's once-blossoming countercultural music scene. He's also one of the country's best instrument maker and he lives right around the corner.
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