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Lively Up Yourself

Top Dance Albums of 2008

Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from d ... More >>

Subtropical Spin

Indie Collection (Hook Shop)

UnderDog

Make something out of all those years of summer tour: Fantasy RatDog lets Deadheads flaunt their skills.

Chin Music

How one mom-and-pop record shop climbed to the top of the reggae world

Gilberto Gil

Kaya N'Gan Daya (Warner International)

Rasta al Dente

Today's reggae is a dirty business. Black Uhuru's Duckie Simpson rolls up his sleeves.

Short Cuts

Eighteenth Street Lounge Music Presents, Monty Alexander, DJ Icey