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We All Stand: New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies at 40

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Age of Consent, Bernard Sumner, Depeche Mode, Gillian Gilbert, Ian Curtis, Interpol, Joy Division, LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Hook, Power Corruption & Lies, Stephen Morris, The Cure, The Killers

Looking back on the Manchester greats’ transitional second album

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50ft Queenie: PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me Turns 30

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, 50ft Queenie, Dry, In Utero, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Polly Jean Harvey, Rid Of Me, Rob Ellis, Steve Albini, Steve Vaughan

If 1992’s Dry was her Godfather, then this was her Godfather Part II

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Talk About the Passion: R.E.M.’s Murmur at 40

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Athens, Bill Berry, Georgia, IRS Records, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Mitch Easter, Murmur, Peter Buck, R.E.M.

Celebrating the mumbling brilliance of the Athens band’s debut LP

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Public Image Ltd. Announce New Album End of World

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments End of World, Hawaii, John Lydon, Nora Forster, Penge, Public Image Limited, Public Image Ltd., The Sex Pistols

Due August 11th, the LP is dedicated to John Lydon’s late wife Nora Forster 

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Sleaford Mods: GRIM and Bear It

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Andrew Fearn, Jason Williamson, Mark E. Smith, Perry Farrell, Sleaford Mods, UK GRIM

What makes the Nottingham duo’s simplicity so succinct

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Hüsker Dü Prep Archival Live Album

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Greg Norton, Husker Du, Minneapolis, Reflex Records, Reissues, Tonite Longhorn

Tonite Longhorn collects rare live recordings from the band’s early days

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PiL Scale Another Peak With The Extraordinary “Hawaii”

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Tim Sommer 7 Comments 2023, Eurovision, Hawaii, John Lydon, PiL, Public Image, Public Image Ltd.

The song is the sound of the heart looking skyward, watching vapor trails dissolve

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LISTEN: Public Image Ltd. Share New Single “Hawaii”

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment Bruce Smith, Hawaii, John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Nora Lydon, Public Image Limited, Public Image Ltd., Scott Firth, single

The song, entered into the Eurovision Song Contest, was written for John Lydon’s wife Nora

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“I Leak Creativity”: Robyn Hitchcock at 69

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments Emma Swift, Jewels for Sophia, Nick Lowe, Pink Floyd, Randy Newman, Richard Thompson, Robyn Hitchcock, Shufflemania, Syd Barrett, The Beatles, The Soft Boys, Underwater Moonlight

The Rock & Roll Globe (of Frogs) catches up with the veteran singer/songwriter

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Exquisite Corpse: The Sky’s Gone Out by Bauhaus at 40

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bauhaus, Brian Eno, Daniel Ash, David Bowie, David J, Kevin Haskins, Peter Murphy, The Sky’s Gone Out, Third Uncle, Ziggy Stardust

A look back at the seminal goth quartet at the time of their penultimate album

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ALBUMS: October 2022 In Review

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, 4AD, Alvvays, Arctic Monkeys, Blue Rev, Domino Records, Dry Cleaning, Polyvinyl Records, Stumpwork, The Car

New titles from Alvvays, Dry Cleaning and the Arctic Monkeys punctuate this month’s release schedule

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Frantic City Is Me and Probably You

October 7, 2022 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Atlantic City, Car Seat Headrest, Control Top, Frantic City, Murder City Devils, New Jersey, Rocket From the Crypt, Samiam, Shannon and the Clams, Snail Mail, Sonic Youth, Superchunk, The Bouncing Souls, The Raveonettes, Titus Andronicus, Yo La Tengo

Superchunk, Rocket From The Crypt, The Bouncing Souls, Yo La Tengo and more rock Atlantic City

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Straight to You: Nick Cave at 65

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1992, 1994, 65th birthday, Goth, Henry's Dream, Lollapalooza, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, The Mercy Seat, Warren Ellis

Looking back on the career of Australia’s Goth bard

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The Act We Act: 30 Years of Sugar’s Copper Blue

September 5, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Changes, Copper Blue, Creation Records, Dave Barbe, Grant Hart, Husker Du, If I Can't Change Your Mind, Loveless, Malcolm Travis, My Bloody Valentine, Rykodisc, Sugar, The Act We Act

Looking back on a high watermark in the career of Bob Mould

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LISTEN: Vermont’s THUS LOVE Release New Track “Family Man”

August 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Brattleboro, Captured Tracks, Echo Mars, Family Man, Lu Racine, Mike Sniper, Nathaniel van Osdol, THUS LOVE, Vermont

Debut album, Memorial, comes out on Captured Tracks this fall

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