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Wilco’s Nels Cline on Room, his new Julian Lage collaboration: Something Else! Interview

We interview Nels Cline, who is set to release a guitar summit meeting with Julian Lage called ‘Room.’

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Dennis DeYoung opens up about his hearing problem: ‘I’ve never heard any rock performance I have ever done’

He can joke about it now, and does. But Dennis DeYoung admits his hearing has never been the same since a sudden mishap.

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How Bob Dylan inspired Lloyd Cole to a stirring comeback: ‘That gave me some momentum’

Lloyd Cole just released his best album in 30 years. We have Bob Dylan to thank.

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Queen’s Brian May comes to Adam Lambert’s defense: ‘He’s not an imitator’

As Queen prepares another round of shows, Brian May continues to frame Adam Lambert’s contributions.

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Micky Dolenz on Monkees misconceptions: ‘It wasn’t a rock ‘n’ roll band’

Did Charles Manson audition for the Monkees? Was one of them up an iconic Jim Carrey role? Were they even a rock band? Micky Dolenz explains.

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Jimmy Page remembers first dates as the New Yardbirds: ‘It was pretty radical’

Some vestige of the Yardbirds name may have remained, but Jimmy Page was headed in a new direction now — toward Led Zeppelin.

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The Who’s new remasters for iTunes and HDTracks hold a special surprise

Best of all, these don’t appear to be remasters of the Who’s 1996 remixes, either, but of the original mixes.

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Vintage Suns, “Garbage” (2014): Exclusive video premiere

Here’s an exclusive premiere of “Garbage,” the new video from San Francisco-based Vintage Sun.

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It wasn’t the country music that made a key ‘Blues Brothers’ scene so difficult

Steve Cropper grew up around the sounds he was asked to play during a memorable ‘Blues Brothers’ segment at a country bar. That wasn’t the issue.

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Kait Dunton announces exciting new trio, album: Something Else! sneak peek

Here’s an exclusive advance preview of the upcoming album from Kait Dunton’s newly formed trioKAIT.