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ALBUMS: Inside Wire’s Hive

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2020, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Mind Hive, Pink Flag, Pink Floyd, The Go-Betweens, The Kinks, The Who, Wire

43 years after its debut, Mind Hive proves this British punk institution is still making flawless records

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Dave Davies on the Beauty and Meaning of “Strangers”

January 8, 2020January 10, 2020 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 1970, Aaron Paul, Apple TV+, Dave Davies, Dave Davies interview, Elizabeth Perkins, Jon Gosling, Lizzy Caplan, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Lucius, Norah Jones, Octavia Spencer, Part One, Ray Davies, RNR Globe exclusive, Russell Davies, Strangers cover song, The Kinks, Truth Be Told on Apple TV+, Wye Oak

RNR Globe exclusive interview with the legendary Kinks guitarist about one of the band’s most enduring tunes and also gives a reunion update

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Heavy Metal Punk

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Get Yr Motör Running

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment “Fast” Eddie Clarke, 1979, Bomber, Lemmy Kilmister, Overkill, Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor

On 1979, Motörhead’s most revolutionary year gets the attention it deserves

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THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: The Damned Finally Get the Greatest Hits Album They Deserve

December 3, 2019December 19, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Black is the Night, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Hall and Oates, Pink Floyd, Punk, Radiohead, Strawberries, Suicide, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Black Album, The Damned, Wire

A celebration of the Captain and Co.’s essential two-disc anthology Black Is The Night

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The Second Spring of The Beach Boys

November 20, 2019November 26, 2019 Tim Sommer 3 Comments Beach Boys '19, Beautiful Mount Airy Lodge, Blue Cheer, Bohacks, Brother Records, Bruce Johnston, Bruce Johnston Disney Girls, Christian Love, Disney Girls, George Harrison, Gimbel's tunnel, Huntington, John Cowsill, Keith Hubacher, Korvettes, Marky Ramone, Mike Love, Mount Airy Lodge, NY, Paramount Theater, Pisces Brother, Randy Leago, Rockaway Beach, Scott Totten, Surf's Up, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, Tim Bonhomme

When Mike Love and co. brought the good vibrations to Huntington, NY

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Comedy Country and/or Western Rock

Williams and Ree: The Funniest, Most Politically Incorrect Comedy Team You’ve Never Heard Of

November 18, 2019November 20, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Avi Hotel and Casino, Grand Ol' Opry, Grand Old Opry, Kinky Friedman, Nashville, Spirit Lake Casino, standing ovations, Tenacious D, The Indian and The White Guy, The Prairie Home Companion, Williams & Ree, Williams and Ree, williamsandree.com

This Native American/Caucasian duo have no reservations about their half-century on the casino circuit

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Classical Dub/Reggae Electronics Experimental

They Travel The Spaceways

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2: The Canon, Cluster, Craig Leon, Hans Joachim Roedelius, Lee Scratch Perry, Lunz, Lunz 3, Mr. Green, Roedelius, Super Ape vs. 緑: Open Door, Tim Story

New albums by Roedelius, Lee “Scratch” Perry, and Craig Leon push the boundaries of pop

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Experimental Pop Post-Punk

ALBUMS: The Monochrome Set Create a Modest Masterpiece with Fabula Mendax

October 21, 2019October 24, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Adam and the Ants, Fables of the Reconstruction, Fabula Mendax, Josef K, Monochrome Set, R.E.M., Savage Republic, Scott Walker, Tapete Records, The Smiths

Here’s a wonderful surprise: the fifteenth studio album from the exotic, delicate, tumbling, shimmering and shiny Monochrome Set, is one of the very best albums of 2019

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Glam New Wave Pop Post-Punk

IN CONCERT: I Am Still the Greatest, Says Adam Ant

October 8, 2019October 13, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant, Daniel Johnston, David Bowie, Dex Romweber, Elvis Presley, Fred Neil, Friend Or Foe, Lansky Bros., Monochrome Set, Prince, theartist

As he approaches 65, the once and future Prince Charming can still command the stage like a panther

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The Eternal Moonshine of Post Punk Music

September 4, 2019September 5, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Beatles, Glintshake, Holger Gzukay, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Krautrock, Love Will Tear us Apart Again, Pet Sounds, PiL, Post-Punk, Public Image, The Cure, Wire, Young Marble Giants, ГШ

Thanks to Moscow’s ГШ, 1979 has never sounded so good

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‘We Just Have One Thing To Say To You Fuckin’ Hippies…’

August 12, 2019August 23, 2019 Tim Sommer 9 Comments 1969, Arlo Guthrie, Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dr. Feelgood, Hot Rods, MC5, Roxy Music, Sha Na Na, Ten Years After, The 101ers, The Manson Family, Woodstock, Woodstock 1969

Sha Na Na were the most important act at Woodstock, and I’m not fucking kidding

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Music Journalism

Remembering the Glory Days of MTV News

August 1, 2019August 2, 2019 Tim Sommer 3 Comments Alan Hunter, Doug Herzog, Hugo Largo, JJ Jackson, John Norris, Kurt Loder, Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, MTV, MTV News, Tabitha Soren, Tim Sommer

…and revisiting the meaning of Music Television

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Music Journalism

Dear Rock ‘n’ Roll: It Is Time To Act

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Bob Dylan, Mississippi, Mississippi Burning, Nina Simone, Phil Ochs, Woodstock 1969

The vote needs to be rocked again, now more than ever

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Music Journalism Pop

Is It Time for Old Guy White Rock Critics To Move Over?

June 5, 2019June 6, 2019 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Music Journalism, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tim Sommer

Our reigning, defending, undispluted heavyweight champion of rock criticism explores the great generational divide at the core of music journalism in 2019

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Has Mick Jagger Lost The Plot?

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Jack LaLanne, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones 2019 No Filter Tour, The Rolling Stones

As a new video depicts the 75-year-old Rolling Stones frontman dancing away after heart surgery, Tim Sommer wonders if its just another cheap trick from rock’s greatest stunt queen

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