RAEKWON › Only Built 4 Cuban Linx [10" Purple Vinyl] › $29.95 › Get On Down's best-selling item so far, the limited-edition reissue of Raekwon's purple debut cassette — complete with a lacquer display box and a 36-page hardcover book — sold out in just a day. The good news, however, is that there's still time to cop the equally purple 10-inch vinyl version. If that doesn't scratch your Wu-Tang itch, then check for their essential collectible editions of GZA's Liquid Swords, Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers, and, coming soon, Ghostface Killah's Ironman (and I'm not just saying that because I wrote the liner notes for all three).
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When I interviewed El-P back in 2007, we had a meaty laugh over unfortunate scribes who'd pegged his sound "post-apocalyptic."
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Rarely does the subject go into an interview with their own set of notes, but that's exactly what Grey Valley Ghost frontman/guitarist Madison Taylor did when he checked in from his hometown of Atlanta last weekend.
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When Liars first emerged a decade ago, their post-punk thrashing, no-wave abrasion, and feral howls felt dangerous — the sound of a zombie apocalypse before it was trendy.
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The choices for books by and about rock stars are almost endless this season. Here are a few.
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