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PATTERSON HOOD’S ROLLING STONES AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SHOWS: Post War Peace...
Patterson Hood, star of the Drive-By Truckers, has performed complete sets of songs written by the two opponents of Cover Wars Two, posted all this week. First, in 2006, he performed six Mick and Keef...
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THE GREAT eels GIVEAWAY!!!!!
I may have done more posts on EELS than any other single band. (Most recent post: here.) So, I am wicked excited to announce this giveaway. The eels are coming out with two retrospective albums. The...
View ArticleTHE SMASHING PUMPKINS MEET CHEAP TRICK!
Back in 1998, when they were still on the top of their game, The Smashing Pumpkins played a brief live set on what Mayor Richard M. Daly called “Smashing Pumpkins Day,” and were joined on stage by the...
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MARAH-“Angels of Destruction!â€
Perhaps in the spirit of Lil’ Wayne’s admonishments to “please say the baby,†Marah’s latest record demands your attention by not just telling you its name—but exclaiming it! Still...
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10 REASONS TO DIG TOM WAITS COVERS
1. Picture in a Frame-Pearl Jam. 2. I Don’t Wanna Grow Up-Cold War Kids. An illogical tune: Great song + Great band = Not so great cover. But cool for the curious or completist. For a great cover of...
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A to ZEVON (HAPPY BIRTHDAY WARREN!)
Warren Zevon is probably my favorite songwriter. I dig his classic hits, which always inject bitter humor, like “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” and “Werewolves,” but I also like his lesser known ironies,...
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THE AUTUMNS-”Fake Noise from a Box of Toys”
The Autumns claim as formative influences bands like the Smiths and Stone Roses, and both are obviously present here from the first cut, “Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into...
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ACOUSTIC CLASH!
Y’all know I’m a huuuuuuuuuge fan of the Clash. And by huge, I don’t mean I’m fat. I mean I love the ornery fuckers. So, I try not to let more than a month go by without doing something to pay tribute...
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DIACON-PANTHERS-”Make It Feel Better”
So, a few weeks ago I get this e-mail:”Diacon-Panthers is endearing southern indie rock from Knoxville, TN.” They give me a link to hear their new record. Here it goes . . . “Days of Wonder” starts out...
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THE SPIDER BAGS-”A Celebration of Hunger.”
“Thank the Lord for heroin, and thank him for your soul.” How did an album with a lyric like that get by me? And it’s not like that’s the only drug poetry on Spider Bags’ “A Celebration of Hunger,” a...
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