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A new house and a new office means I’ve finally got my tape deck wired into my sound card again Á¢€” which means The Cassingle Vault will be making its…
The Tender Box – The Score (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Before getting too far into The Score, let me just say, in the interest of full disclosure, that if this…
I don’t think she’s made a decent album in quite some time, but I was intrigued enough to check out “Have You Had Enough,” the new collaboration between Rickie Lee…
A quickie today: The Go-Betweens were one of those college-rock-y bands you used to see here and there on MTVÁ¢€â„¢s Á¢€Å“120 MinutesÁ¢€ ten minutes before 2 a.m. The Australian band…
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It was tough growing up in the late 70s/early 80s as an ABBA fan in America. YÁ¢€â„¢see, while the Swede popsters were next to the Beatles and Elvis in pop…
Another week, another stack of bootleggy tunes from Joe of our friends at 125 Records! This week, we’ve got some Jason Falkner on tap, and though I’m sure some of…
Tom Petty – Highway Companion (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) The waiting is the hardest part. Tom Petty knows it Á¢€” he said so in 1981 Á¢€” and his fans know…
NOTE: Well, where the hell have I been? Check out my other blog later this week for details if you care, but hey, I’m back. Sorta. Fresh, new posts this…
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It’s time for another exciting episode of WHO WANTS TO WIN A BRUCE HORNSBY BOXED SET? Hornsby’s career-spanning Intersections box hits stores on Tuesday, and I’ve got a spare copy….
Remember how I mentioned awhile back that our good buddy Joe (of 125 Records, natch) had gifted you, me, and everybody with some stellar bits of bootleggy goodness? Well, here…
This past Thursday, I saw an advance screening of Tenacious D’s Pick Of Destiny. As a great fan of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, having caught their acoustical jams at…
Like an idiot, I came across this CD a few months ago at Amoeba Music in L.A. and didn’t buy it. I seriously do not know why. A brain spasm,…
Remember my totally serious and without irony campaign to be named host of VH1 Classic’s “The Vault”? Well now, someone’s heard the news: I realize it would be totally crass…
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976) Upon release of their debut effort, and amid a brief UK tour that saw the UK press tag them as both “punk” and “new…
My junior year in high school, a few friends and I decided to form a New Wave band. Our inspiration? R.E.M.? The Smiths? The Replacements? Not exactlyÁ¢€¦ Try Animotion. We…
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Since I’m on my way into the backyard for some quality hammock time on a lazy Sunday afternoon (okay, it’s hotter than you-know-what today, maybe I’ll just hit the local…
Here’s a question for you, music lovers: Which band or artist, in your opinion, is the most overrated of the rock era? For me, it’s easy: Jim Morrison and/or The…
Okay, remember last week, when I told you about our good friend Joe and how he’d made it possible for you to hear that sweet Joe Jackson bootleg? Well, this…
Note: This week’s Cutouts Gone Wild! comes to you courtesy of our friend Robert in Chicago, who thoughtfully volunteered to step in and share one of the dustier pieces of…
Don Dixon – The Entire Combustible World in One Small Room (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) As concept albums go, Don Dixon’s latest — ten songs about rooms — sounds like…
Ron Sexsmith – Time Being (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) This may surprise you, given the periodic glimpses of my personal politics I’ve let seep into what is supposedly music criticism,…
Billy Joel – 12 Gardens Live (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) For as long as people have been able to buy music, old music-loving farts have sat around griping about how…
Thanks to our pal Billy K. for the tip! In much the same fashion as Tobey Maguire personified innocent charm on the big screen with his breakout role in Pleasantville,…
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been tearing it up inthe jam band circuit the past couple of years opening up for Trey Anastasio, Soulive, Dave Matthews, and North Mississippi…
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been tearing it up inthe jam band circuit the past couple of years opening up for Trey Anastasio, Soulive, Dave Matthews, and North Mississippi…
[Note: Given some of the stuff I’ve admitted here in the past, I have no problem letting you all know that I’m one of the folks that our pal Eric…