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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Sweet Dumplin’

January 2, 2019January 3, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments Dolly Parton, Jennifer Aniston, Netflix

Netflix’s acclaimed dramedy celebrates the sassy genius of Dolly Parton

Pop

The Dawn of Spector

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1958, Phil Spector, The Beatles, The Teddy Bears

“To Know Him Is To Love Him” at 60

Blues Country and/or Western Electronic Folk Heavy Metal Hip Hop jazz New Wave Pop Punk Rock Soul

The Rock and Roll Globe Top 20 Albums of 2018

December 31, 2018January 5, 2019 rnrglobe 0 Comments 2018, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, John Prine, Kacey Musgraves, Neneh Cherry, Richard Thompson

Counting down our faves from a weird, wild year

Alternative Rock Pop Punk Rock

Stirring Tunes in 2018: Big Bliss, Pusha T, Yo La Tengo

December 28, 2018December 27, 2018 Blake Smith 0 Comments Amen Dunes, Beak, Big Bliss, Camp Cope, Chappo, CK Mann & His Carousel 7, Craig Ross, Dean Wareham and Cheval Sombre, Exploded View, Grapetooth, North Americans, Ovlov, Paul Jacobs, Peel Dream Magazine, Peggy Gou, Pusha T, Sha La Das, Shintaro Sakamoto, Skinny Pelembe, Sonoda, The Orielles, Tim Ruttili, Tropical Fuck Storm, Viagra Boys, Warm Drag, Whyte Horses, Yo La Tengo

A Compendium of Music That Mattered, Including Something Called Tropical Fuck Storm

Classical Pop

The Carpenters Meet The Philharmonic

December 25, 2018December 27, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Carpenters

The music of the sublime sibling duo is the latest to get an orchestral overhaul

Pop Rock

Head’s Up!

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1968, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, The Monkees

A look at the Monkees’ underrated psychedelic classic at 50

Pop Punk Rock

Teen Babes Eternal

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Merge Records, Redd Kross, The Melvins

An exclusive chat with Steven McDonald of Redd Kross

New Wave Pop Progressive Rock Rock

Lies The 1975 Told Me

December 19, 2018December 20, 2018 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Dirty Hit, Interscope Records, The 1975

On A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

Pop

Calvin’s Pop Pep Rally

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Beat Happening, Calvin Johnson, Dub Narcotic Sound System, K Records, The Hive Dwellers

The beat happening goes on with the K Records’ CEO’s Patrick Carney-produced solo LP A Wonderful Beast

Alternative Rock Pop Rock

Delicious Pop

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Michael Toland 0 Comments Chris Holmes, Omnivore Recordings, Paul McCartney, TAG, Yum-Yum

Omnivore Recordings resurrects a lost mid-90s alt-rock gem from Paul McCartney’s DJ

Folk Pop Rock

Spirituals for Atheists

December 11, 2018December 12, 2018 J Poet 0 Comments Canada, Daniel Romano, New West Records

A conversation with Daniel Romano

Pop Rock

About Negative Capability

December 9, 2018January 1, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Warren Ellis

A look at Marianne Faithfull’s beautiful and dark new album

Pop

The Girl at the Party

December 9, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments British Invasion, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

Marianne Faithfull in the sixties

New Wave Pop Punk Remembrance

Social Media Awash With Tributes for Pete Shelley

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Manchester, Pete Shelley, RIP, The Buzzcocks, UK Punk

The iconic Buzzcocks frontman was 63 when he died today of an apparent heart attack

Pop Rock Soul

Before The Beatles

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1963, Bobby Rydell, Dick Clark, JFK, The Beatles

The state of pop in late 1963