Archive for July, 2014

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‘So laid back, and yet it’s so intense’: Deep Purple confirms new album for 2015, talks best ever

After eight years between releases, Roger Glover says “we can’t wait that long.”

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Quiet Riot – 10 (2014)

This is not how I want to remember a band that was so important in my life.

S. Victor Aaron’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Fusion Jazz): Nels Cline Singers, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jaco Pastorius

S. Victor Aaron’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Fusion Jazz): Nels Cline Singers, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jaco Pastorius

Everything from ambient post-rock to improvisational, to scattered rock-jazz.

‘We were at the piano, banging it out’: Steve Cropper’s big break didn’t come from Stax Records

‘We were at the piano, banging it out’: Steve Cropper’s big break didn’t come from Stax Records

Instead, a friend’s dad took Cropper’s very first song to another legendary label.

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Something Else! sneak peek: King Crimson, “Venturing Unto Joy, Pt. 1” (2014)

Fripp and Levin tussle with a nervous energy, while Harrison and Rieflin make a simply glorious racket.