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The Beach Boys Share Dolby Atmos Mix of Pet Sounds

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1966, Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Capitol Records, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Dolby Atmos, Giles Martin, Mike Love, Pet Sounds, Sir George Martin, The Beach Boys, The Beatles

Rediscover the band’s studio masterpiece like never before

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Art Pop Funk New Wave Pop Rock 

Slippery People: Talking Heads’ Speaking In Tongues at 40

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Burning Down The House, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Girlfriend Is Better, Jerry Harrison, Sire Records, Slippery People, Speaking in Tongues, Swamp, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the band’s most successful album

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Pop Rock 

Still Standing: Elton John’s Too Low For Zero at 40

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Badfinger, Bernie Taupin, Chris Thomas, Davey Johnstone, Elton John, I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues, I'm Still Standing, Kiki Dee, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Pretenders, Too Low For Zero

Inside the album that got the Rocket Man out of his New Wave era slump

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

Opened Twice: Jeff Buckley’s Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk at 25

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Back In NYC, Genesis, Grace, Jeff Buckley, Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, Tom Verlaine

Honoring the legacy of his abrupt final album

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Pop Rock 

You See Your Gypsy: Stevie Nicks Turns 75

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 75th birthday, Bella Donna, Buckingham Nicks, Edge of Seventeen, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks

Why the Fleetwood Mac songstress remains a vital force of nature in rock ‘n’ roll

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Pop Remembrance Rock Soul 

Simply The Best: Remembering Tina Turner

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments David Bowie, Foreign Affair, Ike and Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, RIP, Rod Stewart, Sly and the Family Stone, The Acid Queen, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tina Turner, Tommy

Looking back on the career of the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll

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Dance Electronic Electronics Pop 

Cities Made of Light: Kraftwerk’s The Man-Machine Turns 45

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Capitol Records, David Bowie, Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk, The Man-Machine, The Sex Pistols, The Stooges

Looking back on the German group’s most human album

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Country and/or Western Pop Rock 

Hate Her Harder: Kesha Will Not Be Silenced

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 2023, Dr. Luke, Gag Order, Kesha, Kurt Vile, Nashville, RCA Records, Rick Rubin

Why Gag Order is the pop star’s most honest work of her career

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Folk Pop 

The Lord Is His Record Producer: Paul Simon’s Seven Psalms

May 18, 2023May 20, 2023 Jim Allen 3 Comments 2023, Edie Brickell, Jamey Haddad, Legacy Recordings, Paul Simon, Seven Psalms, The Decemberists, The Punch Brothers, Voces8

On his new album, the king of singer / songwriters faces down eternity and wins

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Electronics Experimental Films Instrumental Pop 

Golden Hours: Brian Eno at 75

May 15, 2023May 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Brian Eno, Cluster, David Bowie, David Byrne, Devo, Harold Budd, John Cage, John Cale, Jon Hassell, Nico, Paul Simon, Phil Manzanera, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, U2, Ultravox

Looking back on the career of rock’s avant-garde icon

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Alternative Rock Experimental Indie Rock Noise Pop Rock 

Your Neck Is My Favorite: Sonic Youth’s A Thousand Leaves Turns 25

May 12, 2023May 13, 2023 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, A Thousand Leaves, Geffen Records, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Sunday, Thurston Moore, Wharton Tiers

How do you explain your favorite album?

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Indie Rock Poetry Pop Punk Rock 

Talkin’ Trash With Ron Hawkins About The Revolution And His New EP

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments Canada, Do Good Assassins, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer, Nick Lowe, Ron Hawkins, Shane MacGowan, Sonic Envy, Trash Talkin' at the Speed of Sound

The Canadian songwriter is back with new music and the same righteous politics

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Pop Rock 

Something So Right: There Goes Rhymin’ Simon at 50

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, American Tune, Columbia Records, Kodachrome, Loves Me Like a Rock, Paul Simon, Take Me to the Mardi Gras, There Goes Rhymin' Simon

Looking back on the album that broke Paul Simon out of his own shell

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

LISTEN: The Salt Collective Shares “The Pebble In My Hand”

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Anton Barbeau, Benoit Lautridou, Chris Stamey, Fred Quentin, Gene Holder, Juliana Hatfield, Life, Matthew Caws, Matthew Sweet, Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Propeller Sound Recordings, Richard Lloyd, Stéphane Schück, Susan Cowsill, Television, The dB's, The Pebble In My Hand, The Salt Collective, Will Rigby

The Peter Holsapple-assisted track appears on the collaborative new album Life, produced by Chris Stamey

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Films Pop Psychedelics Rock 

Watch the Trailer for the Upcoming Syd Barrett Doc

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, David Gilmour, Have You Got It Yet?: The Story Of Syd Barrett And Pink Floyd, Mercury Studios, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett

Have You Got It Yet? The Story Of Syd Barrett And Pink Floyd comes to the U.S. in June

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