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Keith Creighton
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What is the Minneapolis sound? For some, its Prince & The Revolution, The Time, Jessie Johnson’s Revue and Andre Cymone. For others, its The Replacements, Husker Du, Soul Asylum and…
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Rob Ross
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The Blood Rush Hour simply knocked us all out with 2014’s And Then… The Unthinkable Happened, with its incredible mixture of ’70’s influenced power pop, rock, prog-pop and symphonic pop…
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Rob Ross
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This one is something of a pleasure for me to have heard and have the opportunity to review, as I had the good fortune of meeting Mr. Rancourt, one of…
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Justin Vellucci
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For those who haven’t been paying attention, Cinderland — the debut LP from Scott Morgan and Mark Bridges, the duo known as High Plains — is a serious early contender…
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Ken Shane
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On May 4, 1970 four students were murdered at Kent State in Ohio
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Ken Shane
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Shirley & Lee hit big in ’56, Shirley scored again with an early disco hit in ’74
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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It seems like Sami Wolf has nothing to lose. The Chicago-based, self-proclaimed “Jewish-addict-lesbian rapper” embraces her status as the first of her kind — and the struggles that have brought…
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Rob Ross
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This musical collective, The Pinkerton Raid, from Durham, North Carolina, offers up their third album, Tolerance Ends, Love Begins and it is a thoughtful and interesting mix of pop, rock,…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Like many artists, Electra Day, the alias of singer-songwriter Julie Hampton, gains inspiration from her surroundings. Her latest album, Quiet Hours, draws from her travels of the past 11 years to…
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Justin Vellucci
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In Spades, the Afghan Whigs’ sequel to 2014’s Do To The Beast LP, is, as Whigs’ outings go, a pretty colorful and ambitious affair. Out Friday on vinyl and digital…
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Rob Ross
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I should probably be slapped for having overlooked this album; it’s been out for a while and somehow wound up mixed in at the bottom of the small mountain…
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Rob Ross
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This duo, who hail from Brooklyn, New York, Pueblo are a new act; a duo driven by Jonah P. Smith and Julian P. Smith, although I don’t believe they’re related. …
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David Medsker
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Today is Take Your Child to Work Day. I took that one step further.
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Ken Shane
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One great song, two great versions. Which is your favorite? Vote now.
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Rob Ross
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Georgia native Elli Perry has delivered Little Thieves, one of the most highly personal – at least to these ears and this mind – collections of songs this year. Ten…
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Justin Vellucci
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She’s finding herself in the now again. Kelley Deal has topped charts with The Breeders but her latest outing, R. Ring’s Ignite The Rest, is perhaps the most nuanced and…
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Justin Vellucci
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Conventional time signatures, beware the Kraken! Polyrhythms rule the roost on Separate | Migrate, the new record from Austin’s The Kraken Quartet, self-released by the band this Friday. On songs…
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Rob Ross
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This long-standing band returns with their seventh studio album, Believe (first since 2014’s A Song In My Head), produced by the legendary Jerry Harrison and features nine new original tracks,…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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What’s your power letter? You’ve probably never been asked that question, but one just popped into your mind, didn’t it? Maybe it was your initial or perhaps a rare bird,…
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Rob Ross
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This delightful five-song E.P. comes from Kristina Cottone, who in the Chicago area (and parts elsewhere) is known as the lead singer for Honey & The 45’s. Here, she steps…
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Keith Creighton
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With the May 5th release of his jaw-droppingly stellar album, Wild Empty Promises, Holden Laurence joins an elite group of artists on my CD wall, including Dave Grohl, Chris Mars,…
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Dw. Dunphy
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New solo track endears itself to older listeners without chasing off the fans.
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Rob Ross
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Forget objectivity, because you won’t find it here – not from me. And certainly not about these live, orchestral, all-star performances of Big Star’s Third album, plus many of the…
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Ken Shane
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Jewel Akens was a one-hit wonder, but what a hit it was
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Rob Ross
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First off, you have to immediately love a guy who was more into Stewart Copeland’s Klark Kent “alter ego” than he was into The Police. That makes him instantly cool…
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Justin Vellucci
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You can tell right from the get-go, from the very first shot right out of the gate, that this thing is going to be pretty damned good. Kicking off in…
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Keith Creighton
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On Friday, April 21, 2017, power pop rock goddess Cait Brennan releases Third, her second album and first on Omnivore Recordings. It’s only been a year since her 20 year-in-the-making,…