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Clang Quartet: Blare Your Prayers

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Clang Quartet, Cruel Symphonies, Experimental, Judge Thy Neighbor Love Thyself, Noise

On the occasion of his first studio LP in eight years, Judge Thy Neighbor, Love Thyself, we caught up with mastermind Scotty Irving

Music Journalism Rock Stones

Brian Jones: Rock ‘n’ Roll King Monarch

December 4, 2021 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment Books, Brian Jones, Brian Jones: Butterfly In The Park, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Michael Cooper, Mick Jagger, New Galleon/Genius Publishing, The Rolling Stones

A vibrant new picture book looks deep into the original heart of The Rolling Stones

Indie Rock Power Pop Rock

Jeffrey Dean Foster: Songs of Love and Peace from the Hills of the Carolinas

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Don Dixon, George Floyd, I'm Starting To Bleed, Jeffrey Dean Foster, Mitch Easter, Record Store Day

The hidden gem of Southern indie pop talks about his excellent new EP I’m Starting to Bleed

Hard Rock Psychedelics Rock

The Continuing Reign of Howlin’ Rain

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Comets On Fire, Ethan Miller, Howlin' Rain, Silver Current, The Dharma Wheel, The Grateful Dead

The band’s erstwhile helmsman Ethan Miller discusses their new album, sharing credit and keeping the ship afloat

Alternative Rock Art Pop Dream Pop Electronic Experimental Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock

A Crushd Tin Box: Opening Up the Radiohead Time Capsule That Is Kid A Mnesia

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2000, 2001, Amnesiac, Box Set, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Kid A, Kid A Mnesia, Phil Selway, Radiohead, The Beatles, Thom Yorke

How the new box set reveals new wrinkles in the Oxford band’s pair of post-millennium classics

Pop Rock

What If I’m Late: Nilsson Schmilsson at 50

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, Barbra Streisand, Goodfellas, Gordon Lightfoot, Gotta Get Up, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Jump Into The Fire, Laura Nyro, Nilsson Schmilsson. Richard Perry, Randy Newman, Robert Altman, Russian Doll, The Beatles, Without You

In 1971, Harry Nilsson let the good times roll and made his greatest album

Alternative Rock Chicago Power Pop

Destination Power Pop

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 John Packel 3 Comments Baden Schneider, Chicago, Jim Ellison, Material Issue, Material Re-issue, Mike Zelenko, Out Of Time, Out of Time: The Material Issue Story, Phil Angotti, Ted Ansani

New doc examines the enduring legacy of Material Issue and unforgettable frontman Jim Ellison

Beatle Remembrance

George Harrison Left the Material World 20 Years Ago Today

November 29, 2021November 30, 2021 Ron Hart 4 Comments 20th Anniversary, All Things Must Pass, Cloud Nine, Electronic Sound, Eric Clapton, Extra Texture, George Harrison, Get Back, Live In Japan, Peter Jackson, RIP, The Beatles, Thirty Three and 1/3

Looking back on five of his most underrated solo albums

Indie Rock

The Wild Mood Swings of Come

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1994, 2021, Arthur Johnson, Chris Brokaw, Cimarron, Come, Daniel Coughlin, Don't Ask Don’t Tell, Fire Records, Sean O’Brien, Thalia Zedek, William Bramen

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the indie rock greats’ 1994 sophomore LP, has been reissued as a remastered, two-CD set

Broadway Pop

Stephen Sondheim and the Hills of Tomorrow

November 27, 2021December 1, 2021 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Bernadette Peters, Broadway, Company, Mandy Patinkin, Merrily We Roll Along, RIP, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George, Theater

Remembering the legendary American theater composer and lyricist, who left us on November 26th at age 91

jazz

ALBUMS: Four From Shipp

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 Todd Manning 0 Comments Burning Ambulance, Codebreaker, ESP-DISK, Matthew Shipp, Reels, TAO Forms, Village Mothership William Parker, Whit Dickey

The master pianist defines jazz productivity with a quartet of essential new albums

Indie Rock

ALBUMS: Snail Mail Crushes Heartbreak Into Dust

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Ben Franklin, Light Blue, Lindsey Jordan, Madonna, Matador Records, Snail Mail, Valentine

The singer-songwriter braids broken heartstrings into an elegant portrait of pain with her second studio record

Beatle

‘Laughing and Angry’: Phony Beatlemania Hasn’t Bitten The Dust

November 24, 2021November 25, 2021 Jason Gross 3 Comments 1970, Disney, documentary, film, George Harrison, Get Back, John Lennon, Let It Be, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Paul McCartney, Peter Jackson, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono

Revisiting the original “Let It Be” movie the night before the new Peter Jackson doc hits Disney+

Music Journalism

Throwaway Lines Often Ring True

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Ian Dury, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Roxy Music, The Jam, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground

Ten song lyrics that remain open to interpretation

Blues Folk Pop

ALBUMS: This Cat Is On Fire

November 23, 2021November 26, 2021 David Bash 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Box Set, Cat Stevens, Teaser And The Firecat, Universal Music Enterprises, Yusuf, Yusuf Islam

The generous Teaser And The Firecat box set tells the complete tale of the classic Cat Stevens album

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