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Meshell and Cody cover Nina Simone in a sneak peek from the next Ndegeocello joint, the Simone tribute record Pour Une Ame Souveraine (For a Sovereign Soul), A Dedication to…
We’re seeing a small army of essential box sets come out this fall, but for my money, the most essential of the bunch is The Preservation Hall 50th Anniversary Collection…
Why does America glorify girls and women who are drunk, lusty, rowdy and uneducated? Because they are easier to manipulate and control.
We close out AM:Gold 1976 the only way possible – really mellow, man.
James Parker of the Irish duo A Dark Horse discusses his songwriting approach
I beg of you, in the name of all that’s holy, tread carefully with the video embedded below. It will suck out your soul and kill it in front of…
There are a lot of things Texas can’t seem to get right — weather, politics, race relations, Presidential hospitality — but Texans don’t have to make any apologies for their…
I’m still a little disappointed that it isn’t a concept album of duets with Shirley MacLaine, but whatever — Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard is stepping out as a…
Not that there are any body parts I’d want to keep in a jar, but the heart seems like a particularly grody choice, what with all of its aortas and…
I’m not necessarily advocating watching it unless you have a hankering for blood and mud, but the Vigo Thieves have released a video for their new single “Forever” — and…
“I don’t need to talk / You fucked up, not me,” sings Liz Wood in her new single, “Ruin” — our first glimpse of her upcoming EP, Into My Own,…
Canada, hip-hop, and senior citizens ballroom dancing: They sound like the ingredients for a round of Mad Libs, but in this case, they’re the winning formula behind Friends with the…
I think picking five albums is an impossible task for anyone — particularly a musician. I could easily fill up my top five lists with only Beatles and White Stripes…
In honor of Sean Connery’s 82nd birthday today (Aug. 25), Don Ralph of Life In A Blender writes about his song, “Sean Connery.”
This week’s Song for the Soundtrack of Your Date (No Date) Tonight goes to extremes with songs by Old 97’s and Roy Orbison.
It’s Friday, time to drop the needle on the record and shuffle away to the weekend.
Two, count ’em, two prog rock albums worth your consideration.
The first two Doors albums, The Doors and Strange Days, were both written at about the same time, and each one is studded with classic songs. In fact, many if…
Listen, I don’t know about you, but the idea of a week that goes from Saturday to Monday really pisses me off. A one-day weekend? No football season? Total bullshit….
Their band name seems like the work of evil hipsters, but ON AN ON’s debut single, “Ghosts,” is like a really good day boiled down to five minutes and change…
Some artists take time to find their footing, but 16-year-old Cara Mitchell is already playing squarely to her strengths as a songwriter and performer — at least if “Passing Sun,”…
Hank Ballard had a number of hits, but someone else scored bigger with one of his songs.
I didn’t intend for this lapse to happen, but it’s taken me over a week to get around to writing my Outside Lands coverage. Yeah, I happened to have a…
