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ALBUMS: New Flaming Lips Record Writes a Requiem for Stoner Suburbia

October 1, 2020October 2, 2020 Pat Daly 0 Comments 2020, American Head, Dave Fridmann, Flaming Lips, Steven Drozd, The Soft Bulletin, Warner Bros., Wayne Coyne

‘American Head’ grew up in the 60s and 70s, just like we did

Experimental Pop

California Suite: The 25th Anniversary of Orange Crate Art

July 15, 2020July 17, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Brian Wilson, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, Omnivore Recordings, Orange Crate Art, SMiLE, Van Dyke Parks, Warner Bros.

How the unsung 1995 collaboration between Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks resonates even more in 2020

Hard Rock

Listen to the Music: Producer Ted Templeman’s Vivid, Likable Memoir

July 6, 2020July 7, 2020 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Donn Landee, Doobie Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Greg Renoff, Harpers Bizarre, Lenny Waronker, Nicolette Larson, Ted Templeman, Van Halen, Warner Bros.

The A&R guy who signed the Doobie Brothers and Van Halen looks back on a ‘Life in Music’

Blues Hard Rock

The Night ZZ Top Burned New Orleans Down: 45 Years of Fandango!

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1975, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Fandango!, Frank Beard, Warner Bros., ZZ Top

Blues, boogie and sleazy swing = the greatest half-live album ever

Blues Heavy Metal jazz

Satan’s Coming ‘Round The Bend: Black Sabbath At 50

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1970, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, The Warning, Tony Iommi, Warner Bros.

The Jazz! The Devil! The Downtuning! It was all part of the recipe for the LP that defined heavy metal

Pop

Gonna Take Off My Pants: Randy Newman’s Born Again at 40

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Born Again, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Land of Dreams, LIttle Criminals, Randy Newman, Rider in the Rain, Waddy Watchel, Warner Bros.

Was the pop bard simply not made for the times in 1979?

Pop

Don’t Let the Perfect Jenny Lewis Be the Enemy of the Good Jenny Lewis

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, Warner Bros.

Is the former Rilo Kiley singer’s fourth solo album too manicured for its own gain?

Blues Rock Soul

A Modern Bluesman’s Political Awakening

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Warner Bros.

Gary Clark Jr. holds nothing back on his third album This Land

Alternative Rock Progressive Rock Rock

A Fraction of the Sum

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Built To Spill, Doug Martsch, Warner Bros.

Built to Spill’s Keep It Like a Secret at 20

Country and/or Western Pop Rock

Sing Me Back Home

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1968, Lenny Waronker, The Byrds, The Everly Brothers, Warner Bros.

The Everly Brothers’ Roots at 50

Pop Rock

Know One Knows

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 David Bash 0 Comments Badfinger, Pete Ham, Warner Bros.

Inside Badfinger’s Warner Bros. era

Rock

How You Gonna See Me in 40 Years

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Alice Cooper, Warner Bros.

A look back at Alice Cooper’s From the Inside

Electronic Hip Hop Pop Rock

Blame Is The Cure

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 1998, 20th Anniversary, Mike Doughty, Soul Coughing, Warner Bros.

Soul Coughing’s El Oso turns 20

Rock Soul

Jorge Santana and Malo: For Real

June 19, 2018June 19, 2018 Bill Kopp 3 Comments Carlos Santana, Jorge Santana, Latin, Malo, Omnivore Recordings, Warner Bros.

A new collection by Omnivore Recordings delves into a crucial period in the career of the Latin Boogaloo Kings