THE HUMAN LEAGUE: ‘WE’RE LIKE A CAT WITH 9 LIVES’
The Human League are nearing their 50th anniversary, and inevitably, the passage of time means what was seen as cutting-edge -- bringing synth pop to the mainstream -- is now colored with nostalgia. T...
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PHILLIES ORGANIST BRIAN ANDERSON AND THE SOUNDS OF THE STADIUM
From "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "Talkin' Baseball" (and The Simpsons' classic spoof, "Talkin' Softball) to "Centerfield" and "Glory Days," music plays a special part in baseball lore. Part of t...
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TINY RHODE ISLAND HAS BIG STORIES TO TELL ON DEER TICK’S NEW ALBUM
For its ninth studio record, Deer Tick frontman John McCauley gave his songwriting partners in the band an assignment: write tunes about the group's home state, Rhode Island. The resulting album, "Coi...
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PAUL SOLGER, WITH HELP FROM STONE GOSSARD AND DUFF McKAGAN, HAS MADE ‘THE BEST THING I’VE DONE’
Paul Solger is a name that might not ring a bell with you. But mention him to the A-listers in the Seattle music scene, and you'll get a response. "Paul is a cool motherfucker and hopefully some of...
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JACOB AUGUSTINE TACKLES BRUTAL TRUTHS AFTER LENGTHY HIATUS
Even A-list artists can send an audience running to the restrooms and beer lines with the words "here's one from my new album" -- especially when the album in question hasn't been released yet. Howeve...
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OTEIL BURBRIDGE WITH DEADCO & ALLMAN BROTHERS: ‘MY MISSION WAS TO WALK THESE BANDS HOME’
On October 28, 2014, at the Beacon Theatre, the Allman Brothers Band performed for the last time. Nearly 11 years later, and almost 3,000 miles west at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, Dead & Com...
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OTEIL BURBRIDGE AND LAMAR WILLIAMS JR: FROM THE ISOLATION OF ICELAND COMES THE COMMUNION OF ‘THE OFFERING’
If you imagine the history of improvisational rock n' roll as a river whose source is the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band, and its mouth as young guns like Billy Strings, it flows through m...
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VENOM CELEBRATES ‘DANGEROUS’ NEW ALBUM; LISTENING PARTY SET FOR BROOKLYN
Venom, heralded as the founders of black metal and a crucial influence on countless other sub-genres, are pushing the edges of their own rather extreme parameters on their 16th album, "Into Oblivion,"...
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FUNKY DENVER BAND WANTS TO ‘GIVE YOUR HIPS A SNACK’ AT THE BITTER END
With a funk sound whose sole desire is to "give your hips a snack," a six-piece band from Denver is on the road, taking its infectious live show to the East Coast, including a performance at the stori...
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MIKAELA DAVIS: ‘AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE’RE ALL CONNECTED’
On her new studio album "Graceland Way," the New York state singer, songwriter and harp player Mikaela Davis uses the personal to reach the universal. Through 10 tracks that push the boundaries of ind...
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