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Relisten Without Prejudice to Yoko Ono's 'Plastic Ono Band'

Americans in the '70s would not accommodate a female Japanese performer of experimental music that is designed to provoke. Have we grown since then?

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Black Lips: Satan's Graffiti or God's Art?

New band members help resurrect a classic Black Lips sound. Rock 'n' roll is safe and sound for now.

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Sound Machine: The Evolutionary Vocabulary of the Human Voice

Amplification and voice technologies are bringing a broader palate of sounds to the singer. It’s not all beautiful, but it's very human.

Karen Cummings

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Yoko Ono - "Hell in Paradise" (Camelphat Remix) (premiere)

Yoko Ono's latest club banger "Hell in Paradise" gets a funky remix from Camelphat.

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Various Artists: George Fest

Dhani Harrison’s historical document on music's methods of passage through time shows the anxiety of his father’s influence

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ONO/Tenaglia - "Walking on Thin Ice (Maestro Version)"

The track is a portrait of a body crumpled and floored, knocked off its feet by the intensity of its longing for someone.

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Toshi Ichiyanagi Is One of Today's Most Imaginative Composers of Traditional Works

This reserved and youthful-looking dean of Japanese music has become one of today’s most imaginative and compelling composers of traditional works.

Mark Swed

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Yoko Ono: Antony & Yoko / Yoko Ono & John Zorn

With a pair of singles, Yoko Ono furthers her case for artistic relevance as a proponent of fringe music that, like much of her back catalogue, was never intended for mass consumption.

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Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Take Me to the Land of Hell

Yoko Ono and the reformed Plastic Ono Band have the ability to take you on a trip you've probably never taken before. Handbasket not included.

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"I Just Let Things Happen": A Conversation with Yoko Ono

Though she turned 80 this year, Yoko Ono shows no signs of slowing down. As her conversation with PopMatters reveals, her career continues to explore new territory -- and defy all expectations.

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Yoko Ono / Kim Gordon / Thurston Moore: YokoKimThurston

YokoKimThurston is sometimes interesting, but mostly makes you think, "why was I so excited to hear this?"

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'George Harrison: Living In the Material World': The Definitive Statement on Harrison

This is a powerfully intimate portrait of a private man who led a very public life.

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Various Artists: Occupy This Album

Containing 99 songs in its digital version and 78 in the physical CD release, this has something for everyone who wants to listen to the message of the Occupy movement.

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The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

Bon Iver sings about robot dogs. Nick Cave does a wicked Tom Waits impression. Erykah Badu covers Roberta Flack... in space. Even with its flaws, it's hard to think of a more memorable disc released this year than Heady Fwends.

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Americans in the '70s would not accommodate a female Japanese performer of experimental music that is designed to provoke. Have we grown since then?

New band members help resurrect a classic Black Lips sound. Rock 'n' roll is safe and sound for now.

Amplification and voice technologies are bringing a broader palate of sounds to the singer. It’s not all beautiful, but it's very human.

Yoko Ono's latest club banger "Hell in Paradise" gets a funky remix from Camelphat.

Dhani Harrison’s historical document on music's methods of passage through time shows the anxiety of his father’s influence

The track is a portrait of a body crumpled and floored, knocked off its feet by the intensity of its longing for someone.

This reserved and youthful-looking dean of Japanese music has become one of today’s most imaginative and compelling composers of traditional works.

With a pair of singles, Yoko Ono furthers her case for artistic relevance as a proponent of fringe music that, like much of her back catalogue, was never intended for mass consumption.

In honor of a new year, here is a list of songs that can help nudge even the idlest of souls off the couch in 2015.

Yoko Ono and the reformed Plastic Ono Band have the ability to take you on a trip you've probably never taken before. Handbasket not included.

Though she turned 80 this year, Yoko Ono shows no signs of slowing down. As her conversation with PopMatters reveals, her career continues to explore new territory -- and defy all expectations.

YokoKimThurston is sometimes interesting, but mostly makes you think, "why was I so excited to hear this?"

In celebration of what would have been his 72nd birthday, we take a look at the Lennon singles that American audiences sent up the charts.

This is a powerfully intimate portrait of a private man who led a very public life.

Containing 99 songs in its digital version and 78 in the physical CD release, this has something for everyone who wants to listen to the message of the Occupy movement.

Bon Iver sings about robot dogs. Nick Cave does a wicked Tom Waits impression. Erykah Badu covers Roberta Flack... in space. Even with its flaws, it's hard to think of a more memorable disc released this year than Heady Fwends.