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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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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Rock 

WATCH: Crashing Wayward Shares Video for New Single “Closer”

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Carl Raether, Closer, Crashing Wayward, David Harris, Las Vegas, Listen, Peter Summit, Shon McKee, Stacey David Blades

Las Vegas band’s debut album LISTEN! comes out June 9th

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Carved From Stone: Josh Homme Turns 50

May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 50th Birthday, Dean Fertita, Josh Homme, Kyuss, MARK LANEGAN, Nick Oliveri, Queens of the Stone Age

Celebrating a half century with the Queens of the Stone Age frontman

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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 Hard Rock Rock 

Queens of the Stone Age Announce New Album

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Dean Fertita, In Times New Roman..., Jon Theodore, Josh Homme, Matador Records, Michael Shuman, Queens of the Stone Age, Troy Van Leeuwen

In Times New Roman… comes out June 16th

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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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Alternative Rock Rock 

Temptation Waits: Garbage’s Version 2.0 at 25

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Angelfish, Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, Garbage, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Version 2.0

Looking back on the group’s forward-thinking second album

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Alternative Rock Dance Dance Rock New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

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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Alternative Rock Rock 

The Hoodoo Gurus Serve Up A Mixed Blessing In Boston

May 8, 2023May 9, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2023, Boston, Brad Shepherd, Chariot of the Gods, Dave Faulkner, Hoodoo Gurus, Mars Needs Guitars, Nik Rieth, Richard Grossman, Stoneage Romeos

The seminal Aussie alt-rockers deliver meh results on the Beantown stop of their U.S. tour

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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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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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Killing Surf City: The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Barbed Wire Kisses at 35

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1988, 35th Anniversary, Barbed Wire Kisses, Jim Reid, New Order, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Smiths, William Reid

The JMC’s 1988 b-sides-and-more comp is in some ways the perfect encapsulation of the band

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pub Rock Punk Rock 

Color Me Impressed: The Replacements’ Hootenanny at 40

April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 Deborah Sprague 4 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bob Stinson, Chris Mars, Color Me Impressed, Hootenanny, Lovelines, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Paul Westerberg, The Replacements, Tommy Stinson, Twin/Tone, Within Your Reach

It might not be their best offering, but it’s definitely their most Mats-like

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Everybody Count Your Money!: Porno For Pyros at 30 

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, Black Girlfriend, Jane's Addiction, Lollapalooza, Martyn LeNoble, Mejia, Perry Farrell, Peter DiStefano, pets, Porno For Pyros, Stephen Perkins

Looking back on Perry Farrell’s immediate sharp left turn from Jane’s Addiction

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Alternative Rock Folk Indie Rock Post-Punk Rock 

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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