“The New Mercury Rev Album Is Out”: How Music Helped Define 9/11
Jay-Z’s Blueprint, Dylan’s revival, The Coup loses its cover, Clear Channel hearts banning songs and other tales from that fateful day
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9/11
Why Touched Remains A Touchstone 20 Years Later
How the unfortunate timing of Ken Stringfellow’s classic solo debut turned out to be a blessing
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ALBUMS: The Reintegration Loops
On Lamentations, William Basinski again indicts the concept of recorded sound as deathless zombie-like preservation, revealing instead the inherent impermanence of technology’s documentary mediums,
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FIVE ALBUMS RELEASED ON 9/11/01
These LPs endured their arrival on the worst day in American history to become classics with a tragic asterisk
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Remembering 9/11 Through Song
Watch these stirring performances from the America: A Tribute to Heroes Telethon
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