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Something Else! Interview: Larry Tamblyn of garage-rock pioneers the Standells

Decades after their biggest hits, the Standells are still creating garage-shaking rock.

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And now, an important message from Wilco guitarist Nels Cline …

Cline talks up Scott Amendola’s orchestral ‘Fade To Orange’ crowdfunding project.

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One Track Mind: Roddy Frame, “Postcard” from Seven Dials (2014)

It’s been eight years since Aztec Camera’s Frame last released a solo disc.

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Cagematch – Missing The End All (2014)

This nifty little sax/guitar/drums combo applies a rock poise and an electrified sonic din to avant-jazz structures.

Fred Phillips' Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Southern Rock and Country): Bob Wayne, Sturgill Simpson, Mat D, Jackson Taylor, Willie Nelson

Fred Phillips’ Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Southern Rock and Country): Bob Wayne, Sturgill Simpson, Mat D, Jackson Taylor, Willie Nelson

Sturgill Simpson? The genuine article. Bob Wayne? Back with his best ever.

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One Track Mind: Tweedy, “Diamond Light Parts I and II” (2014)

Another song emerges from Tweedy’s new solo album, along with a bonus track.

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John Russell, jazz guitarist: Something Else! Interview

“I’m not too much of a fan,” free-form legend John Russell admits, “of the ‘jazz’ label.”

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‘So laid back, and yet it’s so intense’: Deep Purple confirms new album for 2015, talks best ever

After eight years between releases, Roger Glover says “we can’t wait that long.”

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Quiet Riot – 10 (2014)

This is not how I want to remember a band that was so important in my life.

S. Victor Aaron’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Fusion Jazz): Nels Cline Singers, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jaco Pastorius

S. Victor Aaron’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Fusion Jazz): Nels Cline Singers, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jaco Pastorius

Everything from ambient post-rock to improvisational, to scattered rock-jazz.