The Grateful Dead collection at the Live Music Archive contains not only thousands of Grateful Dead concerts, it also holds a good number of band rehearsal, soundcheck, and studio session…
Ken Shane
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“There are so many of these indie-rock shows that you go to that are so joyless. I just want people to feel this joy and celebratory nature of rock and…
Dw. Dunphy
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When I first heard that the new Doves album, Kingdom Of Rust, hearkened more toward their first album, Lost Souls (2000), than their most recent, Some Cities, even though that…
Taylor Long
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As the frontman for blues rock duo the Black Keys, Dan Auerbach is known for his raw, powerful rock ‘n’ roll songwriting and guitar playing. But on his first solo…
Dw. Dunphy
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I still feel bad about Kelly Clarkson. Weird, no? All I Ever Wanted has been out awhile now, the first single, “My Life Would Suck Without You,” is the big,…
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed’s Bottom Feeders series has reached the end of the letter J, and you know what that means — Grace Jones sighting!
Dw. Dunphy
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I can’t say I’m a huge Dave Matthews fan. I have his solo disc because the song “Gravedigger” struck a chord with me, and I picked up Stand Up (2005)…
J.A. Bartlett
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April 15, 1990, is Easter Sunday. The nuclear-armed nations of India and Pakistan remain nose-to-nose over the disputed province of Kashmir. At Cape Canaveral, preparations continue for the April 24…
Rob Smith
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Wouldn’t it be cool to be Cheap Trick’s Robin “The Voice” Zander?Á‚ I mean, the guy’s, like, 85 years old and looks the same as he did on the cover…
Zack Dennis
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In “There’s No Secrets this Year,” the first song on Swoon, the Silversun Pickups come out swinging for the fences.Á‚ If the band has been bothered by frequent comparisons to…
Ann Logue
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Different countries are…well, different. They have different laws and languages, funny stamps, and candy that you can’t get at home. We usually think that part of being a distinct country…
John C. Hughes
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Now, I know what you’re thinking.Á‚ How can one of Devo’s most famous songs outside of “Whip It” be Lost in the ’80s?Á‚ How can a song whose video was…
Taylor Long
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The album art for Bitte Orca, the Dirty Projectors’ upcoming fifth album, shows band members Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian, their faces painted over in connecting red and blue circles….
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE By the early “Ëœ90s, there was a real fracturing of the musical landscape when it came to pop music.Á‚ To me, the popularity of rap,…
Bob Cashill
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No Doubt about it: writer-director John Patrick Shanley’s commentary track makes his film of his hit play a more satisfying experience the second time around. Not that it was entirely…
Scott Malchus
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The IT Crowd: The Complete First Season (2009, MPI Home Video) purchase this DVD from Amazon: DVD I love when a new show meets all expectations — and surpasses them,…
Will Harris
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This is how the history of Dave Wakeling goes: The English Beat, General Public, solo career, then back to General Public, and then to bring it nicely full circle, back…
David Medsker
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Below are magnified fragments of album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep…
Jon Cummings
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Leonard Cohen has been referencing his own mortality in his lyrics for decades now, and on his current world tour the first such hint arrives about a half hour into…
Peter Chakerian
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Your 21st Century Digital Boy has had quite a weekend: ham, potato salad, green bean casserole and plenty o’ gleaning and gossip on the boobtube front. In lieu of a…
Rob Smith
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In Bull Durham, Kevin Costner’s character Crash Davis chides Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) for his laziness and lack of focus on the game of baseball. “You got a gift,” he…
Matchup Monkey
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…Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.Á‚ So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the…
Ann Logue
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Wednesday was our last night in Iceland and the second-to-the last night of the Reykjavik Blues Festival. It was a great show to end on, too. Willie “Big Eyes” Smith…
Kelly Stitzel
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Pull up a carpet square, kids — it’s story time. Today I’d like to tell you a tale about one of the most frightening nightmares I’ve ever had. It’s a…
Robert Cass
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Near the beginning of The Woman in Red, a 1984 comedy written and directed by and starring Gene Wilder (it’s a remake of a French film whose title translates to “An Elephant Can…
Jeff Giles
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Bob Seger – Train Man from Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (1968) Martin Sexton – Purple Rain from Solo (2008) Marshall Crenshaw – There She Goes Again from Marshall Crenshaw (1982) Mark…
Jack Feerick
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Rock ‘n’ roll and Gospel music have a long and contentious history, traditionally operating at odds to one another; and while it’s tempting to view that divide as entirely racial,…
Jason Hare
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Hi, everybody! This week’s CHART ATTACK! takes us back a whopping 22 years, and wow, do I feel old, considering I remember hearing just about every single one of these…
Tom Werman
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[Editor’s Note: Earlier this week, a large chunk of this installment was lost in one of the Internet’s many tubes. We’ve since expanded it to its intended length, and are…