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2012 Stories by Mikael Wood

• READY FOR THE FLOOR

  published July 18, 2012

  Countless indie acts have talked up the influence of Aaliyah’s 1998 r&b hit “Are You That Somebody?” including Gossip, who have... More >>

• Mindy Smith+Rosi Golan

  published July 18, 2012

  This Long Island-born singer-songwriter has been putting out handsome, thoughtful folk-pop records for nearly a decade now, and the self-titled... More >>

• 'Vans Warped Tour'

  published July 18, 2012

  The annual all-day punkathon is criss-crossing the country this summer largely free of the stunt-cast mainstream acts it often features. That... More >>

• Gary Clark Jr.+Givers+Alice Smith

  published July 18, 2012

  As the folks at SPIN recently pointed out, young-gun bluesman Gary Clark Jr. is playing virtually every festival there is to play this... More >>

• Tom Morello

  published July 18, 2012

  The Rage Against the Machine guitarist has been cropping up all over the place this year in connection with the centennial of Woody... More >>

• SURF'S UP

  published July 11, 2012

  With the possible exception of the Beach Boys, no one’s likely this year to out-summer Best Coast, whose sophomore set of sun-kissed surf... More >>

• Iceage+Dirty Beaches+Martial Canterel

  published July 11, 2012

  If you haven’t dug out this Danish hardcore band’s New Brigade since it came out here last year in a flurry of Internet hype,... More >>

• Josh Turner

  published July 4, 2012

  His alpha-dude baritone may have been co-opted by American Idol’s Scotty McCreery, but Josh Turner proves himself the more compelling... More >>

• Urban Oasis

  published July 4, 2012

  For electronic-music fans, this weekend marks the return of what has become a summer-months institution: MOMA P.S.1’s Warm Up series, which... More >>

• Meshell Ndegeocello

  published June 27, 2012

  This multi-tasking singer-bassist is always worth checking in on, no matter what project she’s got her head in at the moment. (Last year I... More >>

• Glen Hansard

  published June 27, 2012

  The Frames/Swell Season singer-guitarist (whose songs just helped drive Broadway’s Once to a Tony for best new musical) returns to... More >>

• The Jacksons

  published June 27, 2012

  Three years after the death of the King of Pop, the surviving members of the Jackson 5—Marlon, Jermaine, Tito and Jackie—are on the road... More >>

• Ryan Leslie+Juelz Santana

  published June 27, 2012

  The self-styled R&B auteur has a new album on the way called Les Is More, 40 percent of which is streamable now on his website; so far... More >>

• LOVE BITES

  published June 27, 2012

  A decade on from her smash 2002 debut, Norah Jones is still inviting listeners to come away with her. But these days, instead of taking us to... More >>

• RAPPER'S DELIGHT

  published June 27, 2012

  It goes down in Manhattan at night, but otherwise, there looks to be no funk-faking involved in Queens Day, Mass Appeal’s all-star... More >>

• The Virgins

  published June 27, 2012

  Last heard from on their sweetly scuzzy 2008 debut, these New York City disco-rock brats are back with a new single, “Venus in... More >>

• Scissor Sisters+Rye Rye

  published June 27, 2012

  New York’s glitter-balliest glamazons recruited plenty of top-shelf help for their new Magic Hour, which includes contributions by... More >>

• Friends

  published June 27, 2012

  The buzzy Brooklyn groovemeisters will spend next month on the European festival circuit, hitting Reading, Leeds, and Pukkelpop, among others.... More >>

• CITY SYMPHONY

  published June 20, 2012

  O rganizers of Make Music New York say this year’s edition of the annual festival—which brings live music to venues in all five... More >>

• JUST A KID

  published June 20, 2012

  With his NBC comedy Community on hiatus, Donald Glover is spending the summer tending to his alt-rap career as Childish Gambino: In recent weeks,... More >>

• LOTS O' FUN

  published June 13, 2012

  This time last year, the members of New York’s fun.—an emo supergroup of sorts featuring dudes from the Format, Anathallo, and Steel... More >>

• Eli 'Paperboy' Reed

  published June 13, 2012

  He hasn’t fared as well as Mayer Hawthorne or Fitz and the Tantrums, but this white-dude retro-soul revivalist appears no less committed to... More >>

• The Hives

  published June 13, 2012

  Evidently recovered from whatever led them to hire the Neptunes to produce 2007’s The Black and White Album, these Swedish garage... More >>

• STRANGE WAYS

  published June 6, 2012

  The Portland, Oregon–based brainchild of New Zealand-born Ruban Nielson, Unknown Mortal Orchestra live up to their name with a mysterious... More >>

• Creepshow

  published June 6, 2012

  Last month, the British band 2:54 opened for the xx at a series of exclusive London concerts, and it’s not hard to hear how they got the... More >>