Archive for February 20th, 2012

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One Track Mind: Bruce Springsteen, "Easy Money" (2012)

It has been announced that tracks from Bruce Springsteen’s forthcoming album Wrecking Ball will be streamed from various sites, one new song per day. Today sees the release of “Easy Money,” streaming at the News page at Backstreets.com. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Beach Boys about half finished with highly anticipated studio reunion project

After years of very public squabbles, the Beach Boys appear to be working in perfect harmony again. The reunited group — including founding members Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine, along with legacy members Bruce Johnston and David Marks — is about half finished on a long-waited new studioRead More

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Heart bursts into 2012 with new album, box set, autobiography and concert dates

After issuing just one album — 2004’s Jupiter’s Darling — between 1993 and 2010, Heart is now set to release its second studio project in two years. Frantic, due this fall, follows 2010’s Red Velvet Car. But that’s not all. You May Also Like: ‘Fanatic’ Rocked All the Way Out,Read More

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Santana/Journey cofounder Gregg Rolie to make appearance at New York City’s Iridium

Gregg Rolie, co-founder of a pair of multi-platinum supergroups in Santana and Journey, will make a two-night solo appearance at the famed Iridium in New York City in March. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Jack White prepares for busy March, with appearance on SNL and first solo headliner shows

March will be a busy month for Jack White, as he launches his solo career away from the White Stripes. You May Also Like: Were the White Stripes Actually a Bad Thing for Jack White? Jack Bruce and Robin Trower found new success with old sounds on Seven Moons

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Forgotten series: Girl – Sheer Greed (1980)

Often, when we do a Forgotten Series item on Something Else! Reviews, it focuses on an overlooked record from a band that most everyone is familiar with. You May Also Like: Ken Sharp, “Girl / Forget That Girl” (2020): One Track Mind Pantera – ‘Power Metal’ (1988): Forgotten Series

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Half Notes: T.S. (Sean) Bonniwell – Close (1969; 2012 reissue)

What a trip this is, the lone and long-forgotten album from Sean Bonniwell, or T.S., or whatever. Best known as leader of the 1960s American garage-rock band the Music Machine, he’d briefly established a reputation for fuzzy-guitared, Farfisa-organed sides like the Top 20 hit “Talk Talk.” You hear, in theRead More

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One Track Mind: The Squires of the Subterrain, "Idling in the Sun" (2012)

For the past two decades, the Squires of the Subterrain has been putting out some of the coolest sounds one could hope to experience. Not a band, but an individual artist, who also frequently records under the name Christopher Earl, the Rochester, New York-based multi-tasking musician has often and deservedlyRead More

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Sinead O’Connor – ‘How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?’ (2012): Half Notes

Sinead O’Connor’s ‘How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?’ featured return-to-form originals that are both offbeat and powerful – sometimes all at once.

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, "Prove It All Night" (1978)

The themes of struggle and redemption are so strong on Darkness that on every song I want to say that this song is the album’s emotional center. The reality is that each and every song get their fair share of the responsibility. You May Also Like: Night Songs by ElvisRead More