NEW DR. DOG SONG: “TRUTH”
Dr. Dog, which will release its eighth studio album, "The B-Room," on Oct. 1, today shared a new song, "Truth," via a lyric video. According to Spin: Leaving their beloved Meth Beach behind, the g...
ReadmoreBOB DYLAN TO RELEASE “ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT”
By Michael Lello Columbia Records announced this week that it will release Bob Dylan’s “Another Self-Portrait” on Aug. 27, Vol. 10 in Dylan’s “Bootleg Series” and a follow-up of sorts to “Self Portra...
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ALBUM REVIEW: SPINTO BAND, “COOL COCOON”
There are artists working in the rock and pop worlds that don’t write songs as much as they compose, orchestrate and arrange them. The Spinto Band is one of these acts, placing quintet in rarified a...
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NEW OF MONTREAL SONG: “FUGITIVE AIR”
Of Montreal have shared a stream of "Fugitive Air," a song from the band's upcoming album "lousy with sylvianbriar," set for an Oct. 8 release. According to a press relase, Of Montreal leader Kevin B...
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NIRVANA ‘IN UTERO’ TEASER CLIP SURFACES
"An obscure and frankly disturbing" teaser, as Nirvana's publicist puts it, for the band's "In Utero" album has surfaced. The 1993 clip features Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and . . . Bob...
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BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL: ‘A LOT OF HAPPY PEOPLE’
It’s an unlikely setting for Mississippi and Chicago blues: a sprawling, 350-acre farm tucked away in Nescopeck, Pa., population 1,583. But for 16 years now, Briggs Farm has indeed been a destinatio...
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NEW BECK SONG: “I WON’T BE LONG”
Beck has offered a stream of "I Won't Be Long," his second stand-alone single of the year. "As with 'Defriended,' there are no current plans for 'I Won't Be Long' to appear on a future album," Beck's...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GEOFF TATE OF QUEENSRYCHE
The last time Queensryche got this much attention, “Silent Lucidity” was a radio and video staple and the progressive hard rock band was packing arenas. With an acrimonious breakup that culminated la...
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BY THE BOOK: AN INTERVIEW WITH BLUESMAN ROY BOOK BINDER
Roy Book Binder learned blues guitar at the foot of the Rev. Gary Davis. He ran in Greenwich Village circles with the likes of Dave Van Ronk, and he learned songs from one of his heroes Pink Anderson...
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FACES OF THE BLUES THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S LENSE
PR_belfour Robert "Wolfman" Belfour at Red's Juke Joint in Clarksdale, Miss. (Photo by Jim Gavenus) Five years ago, photographer Jim Gavenus ...
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