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  • PRINCE’S ZANY and CAPTIVATING RETURN WITH ‘ART OFFICIAL AGE’
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    PRINCE’S ZANY and CAPTIVATING RETURN WITH ‘ART OFFICIAL AGE’

    Oct 6, 2014 0

    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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  • ROBERT PLANT’S BREATHTAKING, GLOBE-TREKKING ‘ROAR’
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    ROBERT PLANT’S BREATHTAKING, GLOBE-TREKKING ‘ROAR’

    Sep 25, 2014 0

    Of course it was Mick Jagger, not Robert Plant, who famously sang, “You can’t always get what you want/ But if you try sometime you find/ You get what you need.” But the Rolling Stones lyric is a fitt...

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  • RYAN ADAMS IS HIMSELF ON SELF-TITLED ALBUM – FOR BETTER OR WORSE
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    RYAN ADAMS IS HIMSELF ON SELF-TITLED ALBUM – FOR BETTER OR WORSE

    Sep 19, 2014 0

    By Emily Votaw Ryan Adams has finally put out a self-titled record, which, from a fan’s perspective, seems like nothing but a beam of hope. After years of incredibly prolific releases – some hit, som...

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  • HALF JAPANESE GET HAPPY WITH ‘OVERJOYED’
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    HALF JAPANESE GET HAPPY WITH ‘OVERJOYED’

    Sep 9, 2014 1

    By Emily Votaw Half Japanese is doing just fine. Months after finishing up a number of dates with Neutral Milk Hotel in late 2013 and a little more than a year after the re-release of “Half Gentlemen...

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  • PHISH’S “FUEGO” MIGHT BE BAND’S BEST ALBUM
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    PHISH’S “FUEGO” MIGHT BE BAND’S BEST ALBUM

    Jul 9, 2014 0

    By Michael Lello One of the most unfortunate results of the constant comparisons of Phish to the Grateful Dead is the assumption that the band is only worth paying attention to in the live setting.  ...

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  • CONOR OBERST SHOWS MATURITY ON “UPSIDE DOWN MOUNTAIN”
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    CONOR OBERST SHOWS MATURITY ON “UPSIDE DOWN MOUNTAIN”

    Jun 16, 2014 0

    By Max McKeon Boy genius. The next Bob Dylan. Conor Oberst has dealt with these claims head-on in his lengthy career, and rightfully so. Since performing and recording at the ripe age of 13, Oberst h...

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  • BLACK KEYS CHANGE DIRECTION WITH TRANSITIONAL ALBUM
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    BLACK KEYS CHANGE DIRECTION WITH TRANSITIONAL ALBUM

    Jun 12, 2014 0

    By Max McKeon Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney are at the cross roads.  The two core members of the Black Keys have developed a defining sound that listeners instantly recognize.  Stumbling out of the...

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  • HOWLIN’ RAIN CONJURES ’70s ROCK HEROES ON LIVE ALBUM
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    HOWLIN’ RAIN CONJURES ’70s ROCK HEROES ON LIVE ALBUM

    May 27, 2014 0

    By Michael Lello What if your classic rock station started playing new songs one day?  Raw, bluesy, ballsy stuff in the tradition of Led Zeppelin, Free and Mountain? Well, don’t hold your breath.  B...

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  • TUNE-YARDS TACKLES THE ODDITIES OF EXISTENCE
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    TUNE-YARDS TACKLES THE ODDITIES OF EXISTENCE

    May 19, 2014 0

    By Emily Votaw Merrill Garbus has made a lot of odd records that somehow manage to mesh the ever-important aspects of catchiness and playful weirdness into something that is incredibly gratifying and...

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  • GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER’S FLOYDIAN FREAKOUTS
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    GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER’S FLOYDIAN FREAKOUTS

    Apr 30, 2014 0

    By Michael Lello Psychedelic rock comes in many forms, from heavy freakouts to out-there folk and everything in between.  The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger on its new album “Midnight Sun” traffics in ...

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ROYSTON LANGDON PURSUES SOLO CAREER AS LEEDS

ROYSTON LANGDON PURSUES SOLO CAREER AS LEEDS

Feb 7, 2019
DEAN WEEN GROUP PAINTS THE TOWN BROWN ON ‘THE DEANER ALBUM’

DEAN WEEN GROUP PAINTS THE TOWN BROWN ON ‘THE DEANER ALBUM’

Dec 1, 2016
BEWARE OF DARKNESS FINDS THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

BEWARE OF DARKNESS FINDS THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

Oct 11, 2019
COLD WAR KIDS: ‘MAINTAINING SUCCESS IS A THING’

COLD WAR KIDS: ‘MAINTAINING SUCCESS IS A THING’

Feb 28, 2024
PEACH FEST: GREGG ALLMAN, TROMBONE SHORTY, AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD and JAIMOE’S JASSZ BAND

PEACH FEST: GREGG ALLMAN, TROMBONE SHORTY, AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD and JAIMOE’S JASSZ BAND

Aug 15, 2015
AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART ONE

AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART ONE

Jul 25, 2014
WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS FINDS COMFORT IN SONGWRITING DURING PERSONAL TURMOIL

WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS FINDS COMFORT IN SONGWRITING DURING PERSONAL TURMOIL

Mar 24, 2019

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WICCA PHASE SPRINGS ETERNAL GOES ORGANIC: ‘IT’S JUST ALWAYS BEEN MY KIND OF THING’
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WICCA PHASE SPRINGS ETERNAL GOES ORGANIC: ‘IT’S JUST ALWAYS BEEN MY KIND OF THING’

Jul 15, 2025
THE HEAD AND THE HEART: ‘WE DID IT OURSELVES BEFORE, SO WHY CAN’T WE DO IT AGAIN?’
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THE HEAD AND THE HEART: ‘WE DID IT OURSELVES BEFORE, SO WHY CAN’T WE DO IT AGAIN?’

Jul 24, 2025
ARCADE FIRE GOES SMALL WITH BIG RESULTS ON ‘PINK ELEPHANT’
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ARCADE FIRE GOES SMALL WITH BIG RESULTS ON ‘PINK ELEPHANT’

Jul 30, 2025

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