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Monday, January 25, 2021

The Decade When Mudhoney Rode the Major Label Gravy Train

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Badmotorfinger, Dirt, Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew, Guy Maddison, Mark Arm, Matt Lukin, MUDHONEY, My Brother The Cow, Nevermind, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Piece of Cake, Real Low Vibe, Soundgarden, Steve Turner, Ten, Tomorrow Hit Today

The new box set, Real Low Vibe: The Reprise Recordings 1992-1998, focuses on an overlooked era of the veteran Seattle band’s rich history

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Screw 2020 But Long Live the Music Writer!

December 29, 2020December 30, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Best Music Journalism, Complex, Cousin Brucie, McClatchy, Music Journalism, Q, Rolling Stone, She Shreds, SPIN, Stereogum, Tiny Mixtapes, Vice

Looking back on the best music journalism of the year

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LISTEN: Zappa at 80

December 21, 2020December 22, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 80th birthday, Alex Winter, Frank Zappa, Hot Rats, Zappa

Celebrating Frank through his greatest instrumentals

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2020’s Best Music Videos: 47 Reasons to Be Cheerful

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Cardi B, COVID-19, Donald J. Trump, Megan Thee Stallion

From MTV to Instagram, we count down each video that impacted this dumpster fire year

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Why Even Jon Bon Jovi Can’t Kill “Fairytale Of New York”

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1987, Fairytale of New York, Island Records, Kirsty MacColl, Shane MacGowan, The Pogues

Taking back a holiday classic for Shane MacGowan, turns 63 on December 25th

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Well, Did You Evah: Red Hot + Blue at 30

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, AIDS, Cole Porter, Fine Young Cannibals, Jimmy Somerville, Jody Watley, Jungle Brothers, Les Negresses Vertes., LGBTQ, Red Hot + Blue, Red Hot Organization, Salif Keita, Sinead O'Connor, The Pogues, Tom Waits, U2

The Red Hot Organization was launched in 1990 with a Cole Porter tribute album

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Box It Up! 🎁 🎄

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, All That You Can't Leave Behind, Bobby Bare, Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus, Box sets, Christmas, holiday, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, Morrison Hotel, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, U2, Wilco, Wildflowers And All The Rest

Rock and Roll Globe’s Holiday 2020 Guide to Musical Gift Giving

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The Ballad of Virus Van and COVID Clapton

December 10, 2020December 14, 2020 Tim Sommer 5 Comments COVID-19, Eric Clapton, Miley Cyrus, No More Lockdown, Phil Ochs, The Jam, Van Morrison

Van Morrison is a cranky old man, and that’s okay. Eric Clapton is a crappy old racist, and that’s not okay.

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Young, Rich and Tasteless: Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Turns 10

December 9, 2020December 14, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 10th anniversary, 2010, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Monster, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Nicki Minaj, Power, Pusha T, Rick Ro$$, Rick Ross, Runaway, The Internet

Reckoning with the Chicago rap great’s 2010 masterpiece in the age of MAGA

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LISTEN: Remembering Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon, 25 Years Gone

October 22, 2020November 30, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1995, 25th Anniversary, All I Can Say, Axl Rose, Blind Melon, Guns 'N' Roses, No Rain, Rogers Stevens, Shannon Hoon

Looking back at the power of a rock ‘n’ roll singer whose life was cut short far before his time

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Santana Anointed: 50 Years Of Abraxas

September 16, 2020November 30, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, José "Chepito" Areas, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve, Miles Davis, Santana, Tanglewood, Woodstock

Celebrating a half century of the most definitive Santana studio LP

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I’m Your Fan: A Tribute to A Tribute

September 14, 2020November 30, 2020 Jim Caligiuri 0 Comments 33 1/3 Series, Fatima Mansions, Hal Willner, House of Love, I’m Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, John Cale, Juliana Hatfield, Leonard Cohen, Lloyd Cole, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, R.E.M., The Pixies

A new 33 1/3 book explores an overlooked and out-of-print homage to Leonard Cohen

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Gimme Some Slack: The Cars’ Panorama at 40

September 7, 2020December 8, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment 1980, 40th Anniversary, adblock, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Panorama, Ric Ocasek, The Cars, Touch and Go

Guitarist Elliot Easton chats exclusively with the Rock & Roll Globe about the New Wave legends’ underrated third album

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Ain’t No Wrong: Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual de lo Habitual Turns 30

August 31, 2020November 30, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Ain’t No Right, American Dad, Anger Management, Been Caught Stealing, Burnout Paradise, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, Guitar Hero II, Jane's Addiction, Lollapalooza, Perry Farrell, Ritual de lo Habitual, Rock Band 4, Stephen Perkins, Stop!

Decades later, the Los Angeles quartet’s third album remains refreshing and ruthless

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The First Cut Is The Deepest: The Slits’ Classic Debut Turns 40

September 18, 2019November 30, 2020 Bobby Moore 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, adblock, Ari Up, Cut, Dennis Bovell, Island Records, Palmolive, Punky Reggae Party, Reggae, Teresa Pollitt, The Clash, The Police, The Ruts, The Slits, Typical Girls, Viv Albertine

They were a band willing and able to transcend their peers’ three-chord pop songs and political sloganeering to create something that really did chip away at the rock ‘n’ roll myth

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