Rock and Roll Globe

The Bins Are Alive With the Sound of Music

April 11, 2019April 12, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Record Shops, Record Store Day, Vinyl

A chat with Record Store Day co-coordinator Rick Johnson

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Atmosphere Rising

April 11, 2019April 12, 2019 Kelley Simms 0 Comments Atmosphere, Minneapolis, Rhymesayers, Slug

A one-on-one conversation with Slug of the ever-evolving, ever-influential Minneapolis hip-hop duo

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Alternative Rock

Strength Beyond Strength

April 10, 2019April 12, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments IRS Records, Mike Peters, Record Store Day, The Alarm

On the eve of an exciting new archival live album for Record Store Day and a generous deluxe edition of the original LP, we look back at The Alarm’s 1985 classic Strength

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Me, Myself and My Microphone

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1984, DJ Run, DMC, Jam Master Jay, Profile Records, Run DMC

A look back at the landmark first Run DMC LP 35 years later

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Alternative Rock Power Pop Punk

The Reality of What You’ve Heard

April 9, 2019April 12, 2019 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Greg Norton, Husker Du, Minneapolis, Porcupine, Soul Asylum

Hüsker Dü’s Greg Norton joins Twin Cities rock trio Porcupine, greatness ensues

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Country and/or Western Indie Rock North Americana Pop

Who Was That Masked Man?

April 8, 2019April 12, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Nick Cave, Orville Peck, Roy Orbison, Scott Walker, Sub Pop, Toronto

Catching up with Orville Peck, Sub Pop’s latest underground pop outlaw

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Psychedelics Rock

IN CONCERT: Animal Magnetism

April 8, 2019April 12, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Animal Collective, Avey Tare, Brooklyn, Domino Records, Market Hotel, NYC Taper

Avey Tare tears it up at Brooklyn’s Market Hotel

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Funk Hip Hop Punk

Beastie Boys Stories Gets No Sleep Till Brooklyn

April 6, 2019April 12, 2019 Martine Paris 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Brooklyn, Grand Royal, MCA, Mike D

Legendary punks share epic tales of rock star life

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Jericho by Naturally 7

April 6, 2019April 12, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Acapella, Bronx, Naturally 7, NY, Vocal Play

New York City’s premier vocal play group break the walls down with new single

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IN CONCERT: Mott Still Gott the Hoople

April 6, 2019April 12, 2019 Chloe Orwell 7 Comments ARIEL BENDER, Chicago Theatre, David Bowie, Dudley Moore, Floyd Cramer, Glenn Gould, Ian Hunter, James Mastro, Mick Ronson, Morgan Fisher, Mose Allison, Mott the Hoople, Mott the Hoople 74, Nina Simone, Patti Smith, Peter Cook, Ray Davies

Ian Hunter and the gang make us all remember the Saturday Gigs

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Pop Progressive Rock

Still Your Reigning King of the Twang Bar

April 5, 2019April 12, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Adrian Belew, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Talking Heads

Adrian Belew’s Mr. Music Head at 30

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Remembering Kurt 25 Years Later

April 5, 2019April 21, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 25th Anniversary, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana

The Nirvana frontman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 5, 1994, leaving an entire generation of music fans to wonder what we’ve missed out on in his absence

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Electronics Soul World

Guess We Found A Way

April 4, 2019April 12, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Africa, Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine

Ibibio Sound Machine is the modern sound of Urban Africa

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal

The Sliding Scale of Slide It In

April 4, 2019April 12, 2019 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 1984, Box sets, David Coverdale, Rhino Records, Whitesnake

Despite redundancy, this deluxe edition of Whitesnake’s 1984 LP revisits a band on the cusp of world domination

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That Sounds Like Theory, Mr. Vai!

April 3, 2019April 12, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Books, Frank Zappa, Music Theory, Steve Vai

Legendary guitarist Steve Vai steps into the music instructor role with the release of his new book, Vaideology.

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