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Bluegrass Country and/or Western Pop Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Nez: Now It’s Time To Listen To The Band

December 16, 2021December 21, 2021 James Porter 4 Comments Davy Jones, Generation X, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, MTV, Peter Tork, RCA, RIP, The Monkees

Why losing Michael Nesmith means so much more than the death of the “Quiet Monkee”

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Power Pop Rock 

ALBUMS: Saturday Night’s Alright for Jack Antonoff

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments Bleachers, Bruce Springsteen, Jack Antonoff, RCA, Take The Sadness Out of Saturday Night

The in-demand pop producer gets an assist from Bruce Springsteen on his third album as Bleachers

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New Wave Pop Radio Rock 

ALBUMS: An Unbreakable Heart

December 3, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 1 Comment 2020, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, Miley Cyrus, Plastic Hearts, RCA

Essentially, Plastic Hearts represents “The Freedom of Miley Cyrus”

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Rock 

ALBUMS: Do The Strokes Define The New Abnormal?

May 4, 2020March 15, 2021 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 2020, Albert Hammond Jr., Devs, Fabrizio Moretti, Is This It, Joe Rogan, Julian Casablancas, New York City, Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, RCA, The Strokes The New Abnormal

Just one of several questions we ponder about the band’s long-awaited new album

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Country and/or Western Gospel Pop Rock 

Back to Stax: Promised Land at 45

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1975, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Larry Gatlin, Las Vegas, Memphis, Promised Land, RCA, Stax Records, Today, Troy Seals, Waylon Jennings

Looking back at one of the final Elvis Presley studio albums 

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Hard Rock Rock 

Coloured Lights Can Hypnotize: American Woman at 50

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1970, American Woman, Burton Cummings, Canned Wheat, No Time, Randy Bachman, RCA, Richard Nixon, The Guess Who

Bolstered by its era-defining title track, The Guess Who’s sixth studio album confirmed the band’s legacy amongst the cream of Canadian rock

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Soul 

Sam Cooke and The Crossover Dream

March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1964, RCA, Sam Cooke

March 1964 was a crucial month in the all-too-short life of the soul giant

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Rock 

“I do Lou Reed better than anybody”

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1978, Lou Reed, RCA, Robert Christgau

Live: Take No Prisoners Turns 40

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