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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

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Benoit David says he was informed of his ouster from Yes through news reports

Benoit David’s abrupt dismissal eerily mirrors that of his predecessor, Yes co-founder Jon Anderson.

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Ned Evett – Treehouse (2012)

You’re to be forgiven for expecting this to be a guitar record. First, there’s Ned Evett himself — a master of this specially created fretless version of the instrument. And his producer, gearhead Adrian Belew. You May Also Like: Adrian Belew’s ‘Side One’ Was a Journey Through His Rich MusicalRead More

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Tomahawk – Anonymous (2007)

Listening to Anonymous without knowing what Mike Patton project it was, those familiar with previous installments in the Tomahawk catalog might have been hard-pressed to pin the work specifically on them. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Don Byron’s New Gospel Quintet – Love Peace and Soul (2012): Half Notes

The debut of this soulfully swaying amalgam finds Byron – one of this era’s more intriguing jazz clarinetist/saxophonists – turning his attention to the layered musical legacies of Thomas A. Dorsey and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Dorsey, known as the father of black gospel, pioneered the combination of traditional Christian hymnsRead More