Archive for May, 2014

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One Track Mind: Garbage with Brody Dalle, “Girls Talk” (2014)

A kick directly into the ass, Garbage’s “Girls Talk” finds Shirley Manson building — with teeth-clinched menace — toward a furious howl.

More Perfect Playlists: Aerosmith - Rocks (1976)

More Perfect Playlists: Aerosmith – Rocks (1976)

Aerosmith’s ‘Rocks’ is a contender for best album in their catalog, so why mess with it? The answer is actually another question.

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‘A bit of a nightmare’: For Jeff Beck, tour with Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson didn’t go as planned

To hear Jeff Beck describe it, his long-hoped-for tour last year with Beach Boys svengali Brian Wilson wasn’t the dream trip he’d hoped it would be. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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‘Not really interested in working with other people’: The real reason Pink Floyd might never reunite

The classic-era lineup of Pink Floyd last performed in 2005, as part of the Live 8 benefit concert.

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One Track Mind: Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, “Long Gone” (2014)

Charlotte Kemp Muhl and Sean Lennon’s Ghost of A Saber Tooth Tiger offered a revealing cover tune during a stop at a New York City radio station.

Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, "Silver Palomino" (2005)

Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “Silver Palomino” (2005)

The idea of the human spirit is one of those charged concepts, with it meaning different things to different people. For some there’s an afterlife that we inhabit. For others, the spirit of those who have left the earth is less of a ghostly being and more of a setRead More

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One Track Mind: Jeff Beck, “Why Give It Away” from Yosogai (2014)

The first thing that grabs ya’ about this new Jeff Beck tune is the gigantic groove Beck establishes from the get-go, and a soaring lead that brings this too-brief three minute funk-rock excursion to its end.

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On Second Thought: Joni Mitchell – Night Ride Home (1991)

Joni Mitchell ended her tenure at Geffen with the lovely and understated ‘Night Ride Home’ — an album that in many ways works in stark contrast to its predecessor.

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‘Do you want the truth?’: John Oates has a special ritual before Hall and Oates shows

You were expecting a handful of M&Ms — with the brown ones contractually removed?

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Paul Bley – Play Blue, The Oslo Concert (2014)

The Paul Bley who sits behind a piano in front of this live audience, with no accompaniment, is Bley in his purest form.