Jules Shear

Pop Rock 

The Bangles’ Different Light Turns 40

January 13, 2026January 14, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1986, 40th Anniversary, Apollonia, Christopher, Columbia Records, Debbi Peterson, Different Light, Jules Shear, Manic Monday, Michael Steele, Prince, Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles, Vicki Peterson, Walk Like An Egyptian

Basking in the glow of their smash 2nd LP

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Rock 

Robert Scheffler Calls a ‘Truce’

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 Ron Hart 1 Comment End of the Line Records, Freedy Johnston, Jules Shear, Life'll Kill Ya, Paul Westerberg, Robert Scheffler, Truce, Warren Zevon

The NYC songwriter cuts his third album at home

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Pop 

Money Changes Everything: Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual at 40

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 Craig Peters 1 Comment "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, 1983, 40th Anniversary, An Innocent Man, Billy Joel, Blue Angel, Captain Lou Albano, Cyndi Lauper, David Wolff, Frontiers, Huey Lewis, Hulk Hogan, Journey, Jules Shear, Keep it Up, Loverboy, Portrait Records, Prince, Robert Hazard, She's So Unusual, sports, The Brains, The Fabulous Moolah, The Hooters, Wendi Richter

Looking back on the album that made her a sensation

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Folk 

Jules Shear Ruminates on Records, Pooches and Perfect Covers

November 30, 2020December 1, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Jules Shear, Omnivore Recordings, Slower, the Dave Clark Five, The Funky Kings, The Reckless Sleepers, Todd Rundgren

A new album named Slower shows Shears’ knack for songs that sound like standards

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