‘BOXTROLLS’ IS A DARK, TWISTED DELIGHT
By Greg Popil If the modern-day animated studios were students in a high school, Disney animation would be the established, universally respected class president, and its cousin Pixar the driven, i...
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WICCA PHASE SPRINGS ETERNAL: NEW ALBUM, VIDEO and PERFORMANCE AT THE BOG
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal -- the current musical project of Adam McIlwee, formerly of Tigers Jaw -- last week released a new album, "Passionate Yet," as well as video for the "Passionate Yet" track ...
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PRINCE’S 3RDEYEGIRL HITS AND MISSES ON DEBUT
By Emily Votaw Playing as Prince’s backing band is no small task. Over the past couple of years, 3rdeyegirl has served as Prince’s three-lady backing ensemble with an apparently encyclopedic knowle...
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PRINCE’S ZANY and CAPTIVATING RETURN WITH ‘ART OFFICIAL AGE’
Emily Votaw “Art Official Age” is the 33rd album that Prince (Rogers Nelson, of course) has released over the course of his almost four-decade-long recording career – but who’s counting? The record...
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PINK FLOYD: ANOTHER SNIPPET FROM NEW ALBUM ‘THE ENDLESS RIVER’
Pink Floyd has shared another 30-second snippet from "The Endless River," the mostly instrumental album set for a Nov. 10 release. This clip is decidedly more uptempo than the other previews the b...
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PRINCE: STREAMING ALBUM-RELEASE PARTY TUESDAY
On Tuesday, Prince releases two new albums, "Art Official Age" and "Plectrumelectrum," the latter his first with his new band 3RDEYEGIRL. 3RDEYEGIRL includes Prince, Donna Grantis (guitar), Hannah ...
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MOVIE REVIEWS IN BRIEF: ‘Snowpiercer’! (And Some Others)
By Greg Popil (Note: Absolutely nothing interesting opened last week, so I’ve decided to go back and recap some movies from earlier this year) Snowpiercer Post-apocalyptic movies have become...
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NEIL YOUNG: HEAR NEW SONG ‘WHO’S GONNA STAND UP,’ ALBUM IN NOVEMBER
Neil Young has released three versions of a new song, "Who's Gonna Stand Up" -- a live version with Crazy Horse, an orchestral version and a solo acoustic version. You can hear all three versions belo...
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PAUL McCARTNEY TRIBUTE ALBUM FEATURES BOB DYLAN, BARRY GIBB, WILLIE NELSON, MORE
"The Art of Paul McCartney," featuring covers of McCartney songs from his Beatles, Wings and solo career, will be released Nov. 18. The album features contributions by a star-studded lists of musician...
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PHOTO GALLERY: TWEEDY AT KIMMEL CENTER
Highway 81 Revisited Photos by Jim Gavenus PHILADELPHIA -- Tweedy, the new band made up of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and his son, drummer Spencer Tweedy, performed Sunday, Sept. 21 at t...
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