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Empty Fossil of the New Scene: Alice In Chains’ Dirt at 30

September 29, 2022September 30, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, Alice in Chains, Dam That River, Dirt, Facelift, God Smack, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Mike Starr, Rain When I Die, Rooster, Sean Kinney, Sick Man, Them Bones, William DuVall, Would?

Nathan Carson checks out the band’s sophomore classic for the very first time

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Alternative Rock Britpop Rock 

Lucky Men: The Verve’s Urban Hymns at 25

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Allen Klein, Andrew Loog Oldham, Bernard Butler., Bitter Sweet Symphony, Lucky Man, Nick McCabe, Simon Tong, Sonnet, The Drugs Don't Work, The Rolling Stones, The Verve, Urban Hymns

Looking back on the album that helped break the band in America

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Alternative Rock Experimental Psychedelics Rock 

Spiritualized Floats Back Into Boston

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2022, Boston, Desiree Gillespie, Everything Was Beautiful, J. Spaceman, Jason Pierce, Jenna Byrd, Royale Club, Sha'Leah Nikole Stubblefield, Spacemen 3, The Velvet Underground

Jason Pierce and company compensate stage presence for dazzling visuals

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Alternative Rock Folk Rock 

Let the Golden Age Begin: Beck’s Sea Change at 20

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, Beck, Beck Hansen, DGC Records, Dust Brothers, Lost Cause, Mellow Gold, Midnite Vultures, Mutations, Nigel Godrich, Odelay, Paper Tiger, Sea Change, The Golden Age

How a broken-hearted Mr. Hansen expressed himself pastorally

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Rock 

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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Alternative Rock Electronic Industrial Rock 

We Get What Pigs Deserve: Nine Inch Nails’ Broken EP at 30

September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 Ted Miller 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Adam Ant, EP, Grammys, Happiness in Slavery, Nine Inch Nails, Pinion, Pretty Hate Machine, Suck, Trent Reznor, Wish

Looking back on the harshest music to ever win a Grammy

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Alternative Rock Rock 

“A Change of Synergy”: Rush’s Signals at 40  

September 15, 2022 Blake Maddux 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, PolyGram Records, Rush, Signals, Subdivisions, The Analog Kid

Looking back on the album that began the Canadian trio’s controversial keyboard era

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Rock 

Pearl Jam Honors 9/11 First Responders With Emotional Madison Square Garden Show

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alive, Boom Gaspar, Eddie Vedder, Even Flow, Jeff Ament, Josh Klinghoffer, Madison Square Garden, Matt Cameron, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Stone Gossard, Ten

The Seattle band pays serious fan service with concert packed with old faves, deep cuts and beloved covers

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk Rock 

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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Alternative Rock Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Indie Rock New Wave Pop Records Rock 

ALBUMS: August 2022 In Review

August 31, 2022September 1, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, Atlantic Records, Bleed Out, Fueled By Ramen, Julia Jacklin, Merge Records, Mountain Goats, Panic! At the Disco, Polyvinyl Records, PRE PLEASURE, Viva Las Vengeance

New LPs by Julia Jacklin, Panic! At The Disco and The Mountain Goats are in order for late summer

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Glenn Tilbrook Squeezes Into 65

August 31, 2022September 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2015, 2022, 65th birthday, Argybargy, Babylon and On, Chris Difford, Cool For Cats, Cradle to the Grave, Glenn Tilbrook, interview, New Wave, Paul McCartney, Squeeze, The Beatles, The Deathray Davies, The Kinks

Read a previously unpublished interview with the New Wave legend

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Alternative Rock Rock 

And Nothing Else Compares: Coldplay’s A Rush of Blood to the Head at 20

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, A Rush of Blood to the Head, Chris Martin, Clocks, Coldplay, In My Place, Jon Buckland, Politik, The Scientist, Will Champion

Looking back on one of the best sophomore albums in modern rock

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Alternative Rock New Wave Rock 

The Time Has Come: Midnight Oil’s Diesel and Dust at 35

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1987, 35th Anniversary, Aborigines, Australia, Beds Are Burning, Bones Hillman, Columbia Records, Diesel and Dust, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Peter Gifford, Rob Hirst, The Dead Heart

Looking back on the Australian band’s most successful LP

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Rock 

Wolves Out The Door: Chronic Town at 40

August 22, 2022August 27, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars), Chronic Town, Gardening at Night, IRS Records, Lower Wolves, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Mitch Easter, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Stumble

Looking back on the EP that helped introduce the world to R.E.M.

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pub Rock Punk Rock 

Elvis Costello: The Boy Comes Back To Boston

August 18, 2022August 19, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Boston, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, Los Straitjackets, Nick Lowe, Nicole Atkins

The New Wave legend is on tour with longtime cohort Nick Lowe through August

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