Is Preakness’ Kegasus played by a teetotaler?
Here's a strange twist to the already abnormal Kegasus story: he's played by John C. Bailey, a D.C. actor who has been "20 [years] clean and sober," according to this...
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Little Big Town welcomes pop to its country world
Country circles have debated it for decades: Is crossing over to the pop mainstream good or bad for country music, a genre so steeped in tradition? Jimi Westbrook, one of...
Animal Collective’s new album, ‘Centipede Hz,’ due in September
This isn't as surprising as it is intriguing or exciting: Animal Collective, the experimental Brooklyn, N.Y.-via-Baltimore avant-pop group, will release its next album, "Centipede Hz" on Sept. 4 via Domino...
Beach House: Baltimore’s biggest band turns its back on fame
When Beach House, the Baltimore dream-pop duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, released 2010's "Teen Dream," the band was immediately thrust into the forefront of the indie-music world. Pitchfork...
With ‘We Are Young,’ Fun. soars to No. 1
Nate Ruess, the lead singer of the New York power-pop trio Fun., isn't shy about his band's ambitions. "I hope we can sell out Madison Square Garden," Ruess, 30, said....
Q&A: Jenn Wasner on Flock of Dimes, Wye Oak’s future and falling back in love with Baltimore
Walk around Baltimore today and you could see Jenn Wasner's big eyes staring up at you. Wasner, who plays guitar and sings in Wye Oak and now by herself as...
Q&A: Mac Miller, major without the label
In the past two years, Mac Miller, a 20-year-old rapper from Pittsburgh, could have signed a number of deals from major labels. Instead, Miller stayed loyal to his hometown independent...
Indie band Cloud Nothings opts for a cleaner, clearer sound
Rock 'n' roll has never had a rulebook. Dylan Baldi, the 20-year-old Clevelander responsible for indie-rock buzz band Cloud Nothings, is the latest songwriter to take preconceived notions of his...
Q&A: Fatboy Slim
Before America embraced Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia and David Guetta, there was Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, the 48-year-old British DJ and producer who won over fans with quirky music...
Q&A: The-Dream on ‘Love IV,’ writer’s block, the Weeknd and ‘wack’ R&B beef
The word "brilliant" is too often abused by hyperbole, unless you're describing Terius Nash, better known as the prolific 34-year-old songwriter and R&B singer The-Dream.Several of radio's most indelible hits...