Coming Attractions

06/01/11 Don DeLillo-referencing alt-rock band The Airborne Toxic Event goes from indie to major label after gaining fans with their 2009 radio hit, "Sometime Around Midnight." Logic bets against folk-pop icon Judy Collins, but her more than half a century's worth of touring and performing could mean she owns the secret to eternal youth. Live Nation and SPAC haven't made it official, but artists ...

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Screaming our secrets

06/09/11 1. The Secret We're sitting in a blessedly air-conditioned band tour bus outside La Zona Rosa, a rock club in insanely muggy Austin, Texas, where later that night, The Airborne Toxic Event will bring 1,200 sweat-soaked fans to a more or less united state of delirium. At the moment, Mikel Jollett, Airborne's front man and principal songwriter, is having his second beer and talking -- way fast ...

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Quick Hits: Tweet-length album reviews

06/29/11 Recent albums from Lady Gaga, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Paul Speidel Band and more, evaluated in 140 characters (give or take a few).

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