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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

‘Tis the Season: Above at 25

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, MARK LANEGAN, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Most groups were one-offs; but Mad Season could have been more than that

Alternative Rock Punk

In The Beginning: Watch Foo Fighters’ Baby Steps in Previously Unreleased Video

March 11, 2020March 12, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, amateur concert footage, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, March 4, Nirvana, Pat Smear, Seattle, Velvet Elvis

Newly liberated online, this electric March 1995 performance comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the debut from Dave Grohl’s long-running band

Punk Rockabilly Roots

Touch Me, I’m Sick: The Cramps’ Stay Sick! at 30

February 26, 2020February 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1990, A Date With Elvis, Enigma Records, Lux Interior, Nick Knox, Poison Ivy, Stay Sick!, The Cramps

Basing themselves in L.A., 1990 saw the band usher in the last decade of the 20th century with a renewed vigor and purpose

Soul

An Artist in Transition: Sam Cooke’s The Complete Keen Years (1957-1960)

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Billie Holiday, Keen Records, Sam Cooke, Soul, Summertime, The Complete Keen Years 1957-1960, Vaughn Monroe

A concise box set shines a most necessary light on the soul legend’s early secular days

Remembrance Rock

The King’s Catalogue

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Birthdays, Blue Hawaii, Elvis Presley, From Elvis in Memphis, King Creole, Memphis, Way Down In The Jungle Room

In celebration of his 85th birthday, we give the Elvis Presley discography a fresh overview for a new American decade

Pop Progressive Rock Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Eight Notable Features of Pink Floyd’s The Later Years

December 26, 2019December 27, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Reissues, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, The Later Years

Exploring the catacombs of this overdue sonic monument to the post Roger Waters era

Pop

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: A Little More Conversation

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1969, 2019, Box sets, Conversation Piece, David Bowie, Rhino, Space Oddity, Tony Visconti

David Bowie’s Space Oddity saga finally gets its unabridged homage in gorgeous new box set

Alternative Rock Folk Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Nirvana’s Televised Swan Song

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 1993, 1994, About a Girl, Alex Coletti, All Apologies, colored vinyl edition, Cris Kirkwood, Curt Kirkwood, David Grohl, Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Leadbelly, Lori Goldston, MARK LANEGAN, Martin D-18E, Meat Puppets, Michael Azerrad, Nevermind, Nirvana, Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York, November 18, On a Plain, Pennyroyal Tea, Polly, Something in the Way, The Man Who Sold the World, THE VASELINES, vinyl reissue

A crisp new vinyl reissue of MTV Unplugged in New York celebrates the band that could have been

Indie Rock New Wave Pop Punk

IN CONCERT: Sleater-Kinney Takes Seattle

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, Seattle, SLEATER-KINNEY, The Center Won't Hold

The center holds just fine for Corin and Carrie as they bring S-K Mach 3 to the Jet City

Experimental Pop

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: The First Recordings of Two Gary Numan Classics

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1979, Beggars Banquet, Cars, Gary Numan, Gymnopedie No. 1

In honor of their 40th anniversaries, Beggars Banquet unveils early mixes of The Pleasure Principle and Tubeway Army’s Replicas

New Wave Pop Punk

Touched by Her Presence, Dear: Debbie Harry’s ‘Face It’

November 13, 2019November 20, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Adopted, Blondie, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, David Bowie's size, Debbie Harry, Face It, NME interview, Rob Roth and Chris Stein, St. Mark's Place, St. Mark's Place rent in 1965

Blondie drops truth bombs in her long awaited memoir

Hard Rock Psychedelics

A Devilishly Good Time With Coven

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Blood on the Snow, Coven, Halloween, Real Gone Music, Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls

Why waste your time on candy corn and Ben Cooper costumes when you can celebrate Halloween with an actual Black mass?

Blues Electronics Pop Progressive Rock Rock

ALBUMS: Steve Miller Cracks Open His Vault

October 22, 2019October 24, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Abracadabra, alternate version of Fly Like an Eagle, alternate version of Rock 'n Me, Chuck Berry, Fly Like An Eagle, James Cotton, Live at the Fillmore, rarities, Rock'n Me, Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band, Steve Miller box set, Steve Miller Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, The Joker, Welcome to the Vault

A look inside the American rock legend’s rarities-packed new box set

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Punk

ALBUMS: Another Gloomy ‘Morning in America’ for Mudhoney

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Mark Arm, Morning In America, MUDHONEY, Steve Turner, Sub Pop

Sub Pop’s evergreen hometown band releases its first EP in 25 years

Blues Records Rock

50 Years of Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues, Mama!

October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1969, Holly George-Warren, I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, Janis Joplin, Janis: Her Life and Music, Mama!, Nick Gravenites

RNR Globe revisits Janis Joplin’s oft-forgotten first post-Big Brother album

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