Saul Williams

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Album Review: Idle Warship – Party Robots

Articles about Saul Williams

Janelle Monáe’s debut album to feature Of Montreal, Big Boi, and Saul Williams

By Chris Coplan on February 16th, 2010

You’ve got to be good to draw those kinds of stars in. Real good.

Album Review: Idle Warship – Party Robots

By Chris Coplan on December 14th, 2009

While the idea of Kweli moving toward the clubbin’ direction may be a sign of the apocalypse for some, this is an album of balancing acts and of mining the past and braving the future.

Les Claypool preps album and tour with lots of guests

By Alex Young on January 19th, 2009

Little did we know that when Les Claypool was tapped to compose several songs for the Ninteno Wii video game, Mushroom Men, last year, the work would result in a spur of creativity, and ultimately a brand new-full length studio album. On March 17th, Les will unveil this album with the release of Of Fungi [...]

Lollapalooza, ACL unofficially add artists?

By Alex Young on April 20th, 2008

This year, C3 Presents, the company behind Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits, introduced a creative way of educating festival-goers about their respective lineups. Among other things, the “Artist Discovery” section features bios and individual mp3 players for each name that will be appearing at Chicago and/or Austin later this summer.
It also offers a pretty easy [...]

SXSW Video Recap: The first 36 hours

By Alex Young on March 13th, 2008

Besides our written coverage of this year’s South by Southwest, we figured a video recap of each day’s festivities might be appropriate as well. So without further ado, here is the recap for day one + 12 hours (we started a little late) of SXSW 2008…
R.E.M. performed “Second Guessing” at Schubb’s
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Nine Inch Nails release new album (redux)

By Alex Young on March 3rd, 2008

Last night, Trent Reznor self-released his newest Nine Inch Nail’s album Ghosts I-IV. Though we along with many other outlets deemed the move as “pulling a radiohead,” the release of the album via the internet is nothing new for the creative mind behind Nine Inch Nails.
Reznor has long been a critic of major record labels. [...]

Watch: Saul Williams – “Sunday Bloody Sunday”

By Alex Young on February 17th, 2008

Saul Williams has released a video for his cover of U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday.” The track appeared on his 2007 album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! The video was produced by Trent Reznor.
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Williams begins a full U.S. tour in March. He’ll also be at SXSW.

2008 Summer Festival Outlook (Part XI)

By Alex Young on January 22nd, 2008

With the Coachella announcement having come and gone, aside from those late additions, it’s now time to look forward to the next round of festival lineups. We’re guessing more and more Bonnaroo and Sasquatch! leaks and rumors will be popping up in the next few days. If you haven’t stopped by our Summer Festival Outlook [...]