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The Capstan Shafts is the musical project of Vermont native Dean Wells. Renowned for his prolific output, Wells is a musical Bukowski, with songs like the old drunk's short stories: low on length and conventional form, but highly literary and extremely satisfying. His albums have been released through a number of labels, including Kittridge, Asaurus Records, Abandoned Love Records, Fall of the West Records, Yellow Mica Recordings. His newest release is a part-compilation album through Rainbow Quartz Records. Euridice Proudhon, released last year by Kittridge, was the first album of the Shafts released in a jewel case. After relocating to...

from Belpop: As Oor's Pop Music Encyclopedia put it : "Ghent-based retro-rockgroup (blues, soul, funk, psychedelics) who get up from street gigs to a concert on the New Music Seminar in New York in no time." Both the first and second album are produced by Michel - Magic Stick - Schoots (the drummer of the brilliant Dutch band Urban Dance Squad) and have international appeal. Humo reviewed their debut album as follows : "You know us. You know that we get very cautious when you go through the roof for a pop band. You know we listen to those groups...

What defines a rap star? In this day and age, it’s certainly more than beats and rhymes. Hip hop’s biggest celebrities are not simply individuals; they are brand names, recognized as much for the moves that they make away from the recording studio as for their Billboard hits. To truly earn respect in a world where the fickle tastes of consumers change daily, it is now necessary to be a personality as well as a musician. Every aspect of that personality must reflect hip hop’s core image, that of the multifaceted hustler, someone who is able to personify the culture’s...

The Slapstickers are a German ska band from Brühl (near Cologne). .