Some Beatles tracks forged new sonic territory, and others just rocked hard. “Hold Me Tight,” a track off 1963’s With the Beatles, harkens back to their beginnings in Hamburg and Liverpool You May Also Like: The Beatles, “Please Mister Postman” from With the Beatles (1963): Deep Beatles The Beatles, “IRead More

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How appropriate that the Emporers of Wyoming, a Butch Vig band more than three decades in the making, has fashioned a folk-reverie out of the Afghan Whigs’ crunchy “Rebirth Of The Cool.” You May Also Like: David Philips, “Home” from Winter (2017): Something Else! sneak peek

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