Recently-discussed Sparks will be on the Gilmore Girls season finale tonight on the WB. This is not a joke. Oh, and I’m back from vacation in beautiful downtown Cleveland, Ohio,…
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Jeff Giles
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Hidey ho, neighbors. Any NRBQ fans out there? I’d dearly love to start an Idiot’s Guide to the band this year, but my collection is nowhere near complete, and I’m…
Jeff Giles
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Our friends at Wiredset have some news for y’all: We are very excited to be working with the legendary band Soul Asylum, who are releasing their latest record “The Silver…
Jeff Giles
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Several cuts from the new Paul Simon (coming out next Tuesday) are streaming at his official site. Not sure how many of you are fans — he’s certainly made it…
Jeff Giles
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A.J. Croce – Cantos (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) He started his career, with 1993’s A.J. Croce, as the obviously talented, yet musically undeveloped offspring of his late, lamented dad Jim;…
John C. Hughes
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I’ve had a stormy relationship with VH1 Classic since we first met about five years ago. I’d see him now and then over at a friend’s house and became sort…
Darren Robbins
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In 1995, the fine people from Eggbert Records released this cool little tribute to The Hollies. For many who were fans of the bands assembled on this tribute album, I…
Jeff Giles
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I’m getting more and more of these e-mails lately, and the majority aren’t all that interesting, but here’s something I thought I should pass along. Downliners Sekt (a band name…
Jeff Giles
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Led Zeppelin. Knebworth, ‘79. I believe that’s probably all I need to say. The Song Remains The SameCelebration DayBlack DogNobody’s Fault But MineOver The Hills And Far AwayMisty Mountain HopSince…
Jeff Giles
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Jack Wagner – Don’t Give Up Your Day Job (1987)purchase this album (Amazon) I firmly believe that had he been an acting singer — rather than the other way around…
Jeff Giles
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Goo Goo Dolls – Let Love In (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) The Goo Goo Dolls have sucked since they hit it big with 1995’s perfect power ballad, “Name.” If I…
Jeff Giles
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Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) As with all things Springsteen, there’s an avalanche of press surrounding Seeger Sessions, and it would be…
Jeff Giles
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Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris – All the Roadrunning (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) It might seem like an odd pairing at first — she’s known for her voice, he made…
Jeff Giles
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Survivor – Reach (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) You read that right, bitches. Survivor, as in “Eye of the Tiger,” and 2006, as in this year. Didn’t know the band was…
John C. Hughes
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This post is sort of about Tracey Ullman, but is more about Kirsty MacColl and the Boomtown Rats. At first I thought Tracey Ullman was a little too well-known for…
Jeff Giles
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Summer Brannin lived for 21 years with the innocence of a child and the artistry of a creative genius. It’s an immeasurable loss to have kidney cancer take her so…
Jeff Giles
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Though they were never hugely successful in terms of hit singles or record sales, Little Feat are inarguably one of the great American rock & roll bands. That you may…
Jeff Giles
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If it’s Friday, it must be Bootleg City! Here’s an interesting little stack of live tunes that I had forgotten about owning — Mike & The Mechanics, live in 1999,…
Jeff Giles
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This week’s Cutouts Gone Wild! is brought to you by our good friend Jason over at Plagiarist — giving you one more reason (as if you didn’t have enough already)…
Jeff Giles
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The New Orleans Social Club – Sing Me Back Home (2006)purchase this albumWe set up shop at Wire Recording, a deep-dyed down home studio on a strip of highway along…
Jeff Giles
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Erasure – Union Street (2006)purchase this album Erasure unplugged? It’s an idea that would have raised an awful lot of eyebrows fifteen years ago, when sad, black-clad girls all over…
Jeff Giles
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I received the following info from the good folks at World’s Fair recently, and thought I’d be remiss if I didn’t pass it along: Ruby Blue, the debut solo album…
Jeff Giles
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Our fine leathered friends over at Wiredset are making it possible for another one of you lucky readers to see a free concert, and all you have to do is…
John C. Hughes
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Quiz — complete the following statement: Sparks’ heyday was/is — (A.) In the mid-70s when, as part of the glam movement that included Bowie and T. Rex, they scored several…
Jeff Giles
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Buy Patty Griffin music at Welcome back to Bootleg City, party people — this week’s stop takes us to Patty Griffin Boulevard, third house down on the left, otherwise known…
Jeff Giles
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You know, Glen Phillips. On-again, off-again lead singer for Toad the Wet Sprocket? Yeah. That guy. Turns out he’s got a new album on the way, and–well, I’ll let him…
Jeff Giles
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This week’s Cutouts Gone Wild! (and next week’s) is brought to you by our good friend Jason over at Plagiarist — giving you one more reason (as if you didn’t…
John C. Hughes
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Growing up in northeast Ohio, it was easy to hate the constant grey skies, suburban boredom and West Virginia/Kentucky hick mentality that migrated northward. But when it came to music…
Jeff Giles
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Calexico – Garden Ruin (2006)purchase this album For lucky album #7, Calexico has opted to complete its journey into mainstream rock territory; ironically, this means your odds of enjoying Garden…
Jeff Giles
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The Yayhoos – Put the Hammer Down (2006)purchase this album The Yayhoos are Eric Ambel, Terry Anderson, Dan Baird, and Keith Christopher — and if those names don’t ring any…