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

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Blondie, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Face It, St. Mark's Place

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

Pop Punk Records Rock

Across the Alienation: Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ at 15

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 15th anniversary, 2004, American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Green Day, I Walk Alone, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool

A decade after Dookie, Mike, Tre and Billie Joe hit creative paydirt with pop’s last great rock opera

Rock

Long Time Coming: Elvis Presley and the American Sound Studio sessions

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1969, American Sound 1969, Elvis Presley, Felton Jarvis, Legacy Recordings, RCA Records

Author Gillian G. Gaar reconfigures an excerpt from her acclaimed book for an exciting new reissue revolving around The King’s most underrated era

Hard Rock Pop Punk

ALBUMS: Sleater-Kinney Is Dead, Long Live Sleater-Kinney

August 15, 2019August 20, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Annie Clark, Call the Doctor, Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, drummer quit, Hurry on Home, Janet Weiss, new direction, SLEATER-KINNEY, St. Vincent, The Center Won't Hold

The Olympia trio go big and bold on St. Vincent-produced Mom + Pop debut

Records Rock

Three Fussy Classics Plus One New Title Equal Latest Batch of Macca Reissues

August 3, 2019August 6, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Amoeba Gig, Choba B CCCP, Double Fantasy, Flowers in the Dirt, Off the Ground, Paul Is Live, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, Ringo Starr All Starr Band, Tripping the Live Fantastic, Vinyl, Wings, Wings Over America

Paul is live — again and again and again

Soul

The Real Motown Magic

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Boyz II Men, Diana Ross, Jodeci, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Stevie Wonder, The Funk Brothers, The Supremes

A revamped box set collects every No. 1 single out of Hitsville U.S.A.; all 10 hours’ worth!

Indie Rock Power Pop

ALBUMS: The Minus 5 Is Back!

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Beatles, Beck, Corin Tucker, Jeff Tweedy, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Stroke Manor, The Minus 5, Yep Roc

Scott McCaughey beats the odds with Stroke Manor

Country and/or Western Pop

Glen Campbell: The Legacy of a Guitar Legend

July 4, 2019July 9, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Capitol Records, Capitol Studios, Chevrolet pitch man, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, The Legacy 1961-2017, The Wrecking Crew

A revamped and updated box set serves as a fitting posthumous testament to the former session man and hitmaker

Experimental Glam Pop

Total Eclipse: Rediscovering Klaus Nomi

June 29, 2019July 1, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Bowie and Nomi SNL 1979, David Bowie, Klaus Nomi, Real Gone Records

A new vinyl reissue of his singular debut has the world talking about the German-born, New York-based art pop pioneer and his avant cabaret

Blues Pop Rock

Step Right Up: The Blurry Eyed Royalty of the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus

June 9, 2019June 11, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Jethro Tull, John Lennon, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Yoko Ono

A new box set looks back at the quintessential rock commune under the Big Top

Hard Rock Pop Power Pop Rock

Cheap Trick Want You To Want Their Archives

May 31, 2019June 4, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson

Into the vaults we go with a third volume of big hits and fazed cookies from America’s hardest working band

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