As the ’80s began, it seemed metal legends Black Sabbath were ending. But a new singer and a new album changed all that, for a time.
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For all of you that think the new Morbid Angel record totally blows, here’s 39 remixes that make it sound like the White Album in comparison.
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Jellyfish recorded only two albums during their brief career. Neither has ever appeared on vinyl. Now both have been reissued in splendid new vinyl editions.
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Here’s an artist you’re going to be hearing a lot about in 2012. He’s currently touring behind a trio of EPs — I’m Getting Ready, Home Again, and Tell Me…
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Volume 2 of Bottom Feeders features lost hits from After 7, Alabama, Al B. Sure, All City and more.
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It’s a Friday the 13th date night, folks. Get lucky with this duplex of date songs. Jam out and make out.
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Gwen Guthrie’s “Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The Rent” became one of the ’80s defining dance hits by echoing a popular sentiment of the day: no romance without finance.
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From Rosie’s upcoming album With Love, due February 14. Read her chat with Paste about the new record, and listen here: Where Was I by Rosie Thomas
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Ken Shane
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Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles had a big hit in 1962 with “I Sold My Heart To the Junkman.” Or did they?
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Scott Malchus
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Scott Malchus pays tribute to a beloved family member in this week’s Basement Song.
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Brian Boone
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Being influenced by and being extremely similar to are two different things, separated by a thin line. The biggest musical success of the last few years has been Lady Gaga….
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David Medsker runs 1992 through the beat mix blender.
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This week’s look at AM Gold touches on Laura Nyro, the Bee Gees, and David Hasselhoff. Because that’s just how we roll.
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How does Tattoo stack up against the first singles from Van Halen albums past? Here’s a look
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Welcome to our latest feature, in which we dissect the album that restored an artist’s chart prominence. First up: Duran Duran, and their improbable 1993 smash.
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In 1970 Alex Chilton was fed up with is role in the Box Tops and still a year away from Big Star. The music he made that summer was a bridge to the future.
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It takes an admirable level of chutzpah to cover a band with an aesthetic as singularly knotty as Steely Dan’s, but that’s just what Toronto’s the Darcys have done with…
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Andrew Bird’s much-anticipated twelfth album, Break It Yourself, is due March 6 on Mom + Pop; please see below for a track listing. Produced by Bird, the album was recorded…
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Everyone assumed he was going to call his new collection of pop standard re-recordings My Valentine, but it turns out that Paul decided to get a little *cough* cheeky with…
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2012 is shaping up to be a bit of a rollercoaster ride for Black Sabbath fans — just weeks after announcing that the band’s original lineup would reform for a…
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Bottom Feeders returns with an all new decade to pick on, the 90s! Join Dave Steed as he winds his way through the Ass End of the Billboard charts in the decade.
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Jeff Giles
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A fond farewell to a member of one of the baddest rhythm sections in the world.
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Leslie Liberatore
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Your Friday night serving of songs for making out, making up, or making the most out of your lack o’ love life.
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Mike Heyliger
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Temptations lead singer Dennis Edwards gets the Jheri Curl Fridays treatment with his 1984 video “Don’t Look Any Further.”
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Dave Steed
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There’s nothing like a little Sludge to get your day started right.
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The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band featured an ever-shifting cast of musicians until Charles Wright solidified the lineup for the funk classic “Express Yourself.”
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As we mourn the death of Woods of Ypres singer David Gold, we also listen to their latest offering with sadness.