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The Kinks Announce The Journey – Part 2

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments A Soap Opera, Andrew Sandoval, BMG, Dave Davies, Everybody’s In Show Biz, Face To Face, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Mick Avory, Muswell Hillbillies, Peter Quaife, Preservation Acts 1 & 2, Ray Davies, Something Else, The Journey - Part 2, The Kink Kontroversy, The Kinks, The Village Green Preservation Society

The next chapter of the legendary British band’s biographical anthology series comes out November 17th

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Catching M1s in a Church Basement with Armand Hammer

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2023, Armand Hammer, Backwoodz Studioz, Billy Woods, Elucid, Fat Possum Records, Maps, We Buy Diabetic Test Strips

billy woods and his duo with Elucid give up one of the year’s most gripping rap albums

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WATCH: Adam Birnbaum Digs Bach

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Adam Birnbaum, Bill Evans, Brad Mehldau, Bud Powell, Dan Tepfer, Jazz, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Lewis, Keita Ogawa, Matt Clohesy, piano, Preludes, Uri Caine

Renowned pianist releases video for jazz trio interpretation of “Prelude in D-flat Major”

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock

Picture This: Blondie’s Parallel Lines at 45

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Blondie, Chris Stein, Chrysalis Records, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Hanging On The Telephone, Heart of Glass, Jimmy Destri, Mike Chapman, Nigel Harrison, One Way or Another, Parallel Lines, The Nerves. Mike Chapman

Honoring a glistening jewel of pop rock perfection that hasn’t dimmed since 1978

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The Grateful Dead Celebrate 50 Years of Wake of the Flood with Deluxe Edition

September 25, 2023September 27, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Donna Godchaux, Donna Jean Godchaux, Jerry Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, The Grateful Dead, Wake of the Flood

Two CD set, which includes demos and live cuts, comes out September 29th

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Teenage Fanclub: Make It Last Forever

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments A Catholic Education, Bandwagonesque, Boy Hairdressers, Merge Records, Norman Blake, Nothing Lasts Forever, Raymond McGinley, Teenage Fanclub

Talking with group co-founder Raymond McGinley about their shimmering new album

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Mama Nature Said: Thin Lizzy’s Vagabonds of the Western World at 50

September 24, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Brian Downey, Decca Records, Ireland, Irish, Peter Eustace, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy, Vagabonds of the Western World

For the Irish band, it was the end of one era and the beginning of another

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LISTEN: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Shares New Song “Terror’s Pillow” (Live)

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, England, Land of Sleeper, Missing Piece Records, Newcastle, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

From upcoming album Live In New York out October 27th via Missing Piece Records

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Pure and Simple: Joan Jett Turns 65

September 22, 2023September 23, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 65th birthday, AC/DC, Blackheart Records, Cherie Currie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Iggy Pop, J. Geils Band, Joan Jett, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Jonathan Richman, Kim Fowley, Paul Cook, Sly and the Family Stone, Steve Jones, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Modern Lovers, The Runaways, Tommy James and the Shondells, ZZ Top

Celebrating the career of an iconic rocker on her big birthday

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Alternative Rock Rock

Blood on the Tracks: Remixing The Replacements’ Tim

September 22, 2023 Don McLeese 0 Comments 1985, Bob Mehr, Bob Stinson, Box Set, Chris Mars, Ed Stasium, Paul Westerberg, Rhino, The Replacements, Tim, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition, Tommy Erdelyi, Tommy Ramone, Tommy Stinson

How a new box set redefines a rock ‘n’ roll classic

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North Americana Rock

Firefall Reignited!

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Carole King, Emmylou Harris, Firefall, Fleetwood Mac, Friends & Family, Gram Parsons, Heart, Jock Bartley, Loggins and Messina, Navarro, Rick Roberts, Spirit, Sunset Blvd. Records, The Band, The Byrds, the Doobie Brothers, The Fallen Angels, The Flying Burrito Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band, Zephyr

Jock Bartley talks about the road that found them reunited with Friends & Family

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LISTEN: Saruna are Seattle’s Latest Soul Purveyors

September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Black Pumas, Brad, Car Seat Headrest, Christa Wells, Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade, Nirvana, Saruna, SAULT, Seattle, Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Shawn Smith, Skerik, Soul, Steve Fisk, Washington

Give an early listen to their eponymous debut LP

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Noise Punk Rock

Happy 30th Birthday to Nirvana’s In Utero, King of the Toxic Follow-Ups

September 21, 2023 Ted Miller 1 Comment 1993, 30th Anniversary, Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Heart-Shaped Box, In Utero, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana

The trio’s other studio masterpiece took Steve Albini, feminism and the ugliest riffs they ever made to No. 1

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Stone Age: De La Soul’s Buhloone Mindstate Turns 30

September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1993, Biz Markie, Buhloone Mindstate, De La Soul, DJ Maseo, Hip-hop, Maceo Parker, Maseo, Posdnuos, Shortie No Mass, Trugoy The Dove

Looking back on the rap trio’s most creative album

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jazz Music Journalism

The Singularity of Matthew Shipp on RogueArt

September 20, 2023 Steve Holtje 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Clifford Allen, ESP-DISK, Igor Stravinsky, John Coltrane, Matthew Shipp, Miles Davis, piano, RogueArt, Singularity Codex

A new book chronicles a key section of the renowned jazz pianist’s catalog

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