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Beck eclectic, forward-thinking

Beck is the rare Life Is Beautiful act who can dip into that “before you were born” stuff, considering it’s been 20 years since “Loser.”

Landscape ravaged for Danny Brown

Danny Brown’s full-length debut, “XXX,” was plenty harrowing, but in a lost-within-himself kind of way, his voice hot-wired with desperation and delirium as he rapped about self-anesthetization through this chemical intoxicant or that.

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Kronos Quartet celebrating anniversary

Once upon a time, and for a very long time, the words “string quartet” signified one thing: formally dressed musicians performing familiar classical works. Four decades ago, however, the Kronos Quartet started shaking things up — and they haven’t stopped since.

TICKETS: Styx playing The Pearl at Palms

Classic rockers Styx headline The Pearl at the Palms on Jan. 19. Tickets start at $40 and go on sale at noon Friday at The Pearl box office, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.

Pick a side with Ani DiFranco

On her latest album, Ani DiFranco claims to disrobe every time she opens her mouth, such is the extent to which the singer-songwriter bares herself in her diary-candid folk.

Blast off with Fuzz

How to describe the planetoid-heavy duo of singer-guitarist Charlie Moothart and drummer/indie rock workhorse Ty Segall?

The Bones rock with a wink and a smile

Sitting in the control room at The Tone Factory Recording Studio, Patrick Vitagliano’s rapping his knuckles against his partially shaved head, which is crowned by a close-cropped mohawk.

McDonald serves slice of award-winning ‘secret’ life

They didn’t know she could sing. That’s what Audra McDonald’s fans emailed and tweeted after she hit the concert trail following a four-season run on ABC’s “Private Practice.”

Motown Records’ chief of charm, Maxine Powell, dies at 98

Maxine Powell, who was responsible for developing the charm, grace and style of Motown Records’ artists during the Detroit label’s 1960s heyday, died Monday at age 98.

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