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Posted at 12:17 PM ET, 02/06/2012

M.I.A., a trip through The Post archives
By David Malitz
From revolutionary swagger to muddled messages.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  M.I.A.

Posted at 12:19 PM ET, 01/11/2012

Coachella 2012: Get very, very, familiar with this year’s line-up
By Click Track
Click Track digs into the archives for articles on this year’s Coachella performers.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Coachella

Posted at 11:36 AM ET, 01/05/2012

Did you read about “Portlandia?”
By Click Track
We wrote about it eleven months ago, back when it was more eco-friendly and not so corporate.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Carrie Brownstein, Trenchmouth, Fred Armisen, Excuse 17, Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag, The Spells, Blue Man Group

Posted at 09:00 AM ET, 12/07/2011

Archive: Carl Bernstein on Donovan, and the first Washington Post articles on the rest of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2012
By David Malitz
They may be in the Hall of Fame now, but the first Post stories about this year’s inductees weren’t always rave reviews.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Donovan, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Laura Nyro, Guns N' Roses, Rod Stewart, The Faces

Posted at 12:08 PM ET, 10/14/2011

The Band Perry are still on tour
By Chris Richards
Read our August feature story about the trio’s rapid ascent, their sibling chemistry and their love of “Lemony Snicket.”

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  The Band Perry

Posted at 03:00 PM ET, 10/05/2011

October: 2011’s top buzz acts return to D.C.
By David Malitz
James Blake, Tune-Yards, Wild Flag and Odd Future all make return trips to the area. We revisit our reviews of their concerts from earlier this year.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Tune-Yards, James Blake, Wild Flag, Odd Future

Posted at 09:35 AM ET, 09/22/2011

R.E.M. and D.C.: Battle of the bands (with the same name) and keeping the streak alive
By J. Freedom du Lac
Bassist Mike Mills and manager Bertis Downs on a particularly harrowing trip to town to play the old 9:30 Club.

By J. Freedom du Lac  |  09:35 AM ET, 09/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Archive | Tags:  R.E.M.

Posted at 04:04 PM ET, 09/21/2011

Archives: R.E.M. in The Washington Post, through the years
By Click Track
Read old reviews of the band’s albums and concerts from The Post’s archive.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  R.E.M.

Posted at 11:06 AM ET, 09/08/2011

Eric Church: A primer and a playlist
By Click Track

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Eric Church

Posted at 01:03 PM ET, 08/25/2011

Archives: Remembering Aaliyah
By Click Track
Reviews of her work — and an appreciation following her tragic death — from the Washington Post archives

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Categories:  Archive

Posted at 09:39 AM ET, 08/23/2011

RIP Motown songwriting great Nick Ashford
By Click Track

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Ashford & Simpson

Posted at 11:27 AM ET, 07/15/2011

Archive: A Tribe Called Quest, 20 years ago
By Click Track
We dig through the Post archives and find a profile of the legendary hip-hop group.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  A Tribe Called Quest

Posted at 12:16 PM ET, 07/08/2011

Archive: Did you see the words we wrote about Animal Collective?
By Click Track
Seven years of reviews leading up to the band’s Saturday show at Merriweather Post Pavilion.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Animal Collective

Posted at 12:19 PM ET, 06/01/2011

Archive: O.A.R. on how it graduated to the big time
By David Malitz
On a day when the singer speaks at the graduation ceremony of his alma matter, a look back at how his band made it so big.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  O.A.R.

Posted at 02:20 PM ET, 05/24/2011

Bob Dylan archive: Album review, “Together Through Life”
By Click Track
Even with his 33rd album, Bob Dylan still gave us plenty to think about.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Bob Dylan

Posted at 12:59 PM ET, 05/24/2011

Bob Dylan archive: Wheezin’ In the Wind
By Click Track
It hasn’t always been glowing words about Dylan, as this review of a 2006 concert proves.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Bob Dylan

Posted at 10:02 AM ET, 05/24/2011

Bob Dylan archive: At 50, Bob Dylan Gathers No Moss
By Click Track
A dip into the Post archives, examining Bob Dylan’s impact on the cultural landscape on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Bob Dylan

Posted at 02:48 PM ET, 05/23/2011

Bob Dylan archives: “Fresh Voice Rising in Folk Wilderness” (August 1963)
By Click Track
The Washington Post’s first feature on Bob Dylan, then a 22-year-old folk singer, from August 1963.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Bob Dylan

Posted at 12:55 PM ET, 05/23/2011

Archive: The Cars
By Click Track
A 1982 profile of Ric Ocasek and his band, the Cars, revisited.

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  The Cars, Ric Ocasek

Posted at 02:40 PM ET, 01/19/2011

Archive: The Dismemberment Plan's dalliance with Interscope Records
By Click Track
The Dismemberment Plan practices in February 1999, as the band's future was up in the air. (Rick Bowmer) This weekend the Dismemberment Plan begins its triumphant reunion tour with three sold-out D.C. shows. (It unofficially kicked off last weekend in...

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Dismemberment Plan

Posted at 11:00 AM ET, 12/10/2010

Archive: Revisiting the P-Funk Mothership
By Click Track
The Mothership was an awe-inspiring stage piece, as seen in 1976 concert footage. (Shout! Factory Photo) When Parliament-Funkadelic last took the stage at the 9:30 Club in April, frontman George Clinton gave a declaration: "[Expletive] what they said in the...

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Categories:  Archive | Tags:  George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic

Posted at 11:15 AM ET, 03/31/2010

David Mills dies; wrote controversial Sister Souljah story for The Washington Post
By David Malitz
David Mills, a writer on TV shows such as "The Wire" and "The Corner," has died, just days before the premiere of his new show "Treme." Mills is also well known for his incendiary 1992 Washington Post profile of Sister...

By David Malitz  |  11:15 AM ET, 03/31/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Archive | Tags:  David Mills, Sister Souljah

Posted at 06:30 PM ET, 01/22/2010

Keys open doors: How Baltimore indie rock duo Beach House found its sound in America's thrift stores
By Chris Richards
Vintage keyboards play a large role in Beach House's sound. (All photos by Benjamin C Tankersley/FTWP) In Sunday's Washington Post, Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand of ascendant Baltimore indie duo Beach House speak lovingly of their dusty vintage keyboard...

By Chris Richards  |  06:30 PM ET, 01/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Beach House

Posted at 12:35 PM ET, 01/14/2010

Archive: Remembering Teddy Pendergrass
By Ally Schweitzer
Pendergrass in Washington, 1976 (Photo by Ellsworth Davis/TWP) As fans mourn the death of R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass, Click Track dug into the Washington Post archives for vintage reviews and photographs of the soul icon. And for a look at...

By Ally Schweitzer  |  12:35 PM ET, 01/14/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Archive | Tags:  Teddy Pendergrass