Steely Dan Sunday, “Mr. Sam” (1975, unreleased)
It’s everything one would expect from a song of the mid-Jurassic period of Steely Dan.
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Interstatic – Arise (2014)
The rougher edges of the guttural ‘Arise’ revisits the period when jazz and rock collisions created explosive music and rekindles the old magic with new vigor.
The Beatles, “I’ll Cry Instead,” A Hard Day’s Night (1964): Deep Beatles
This song shows where John Lennon would go as a Beatle, and as a solo artist.
Bobby Broom – My Shining Hour (2014)
Steely Dan opening act Bobby Broom releases a terrific set of jazz standards.
Bruce Springsteen road songs, including ‘Thunder Road,’ ‘Racing in the Street,’ ‘Born to Run,’ others: Gimme Five
He uses these metaphors as a foundation for deeply revealing character studies.
One Track Mind: Peter Frampton, “Friendly Fire” from Hummingbird In A Box (2014)
A song as topical as it is musically complex.
Exclusive stream: Zebrina with Ben Goldberg, “The Desert Speaks” from Hamidbar Medaber (2014)
This Miles-meets-Mosada alchemy offers Interesting new twists.
Gary Numan, “I Am Dust” from Splinter (2014): One Track Mind
With “I Am Dust,” Gary Numan exchanged proto-goth black-nailed dystopia for something new.
‘We just thought that would be fun’: The Yardbirds’ lasting connection with 10cc’s Graham Gouldman
They scored an early hit with a Gouldman song. But it didn’t end there.
‘Something’s got to trigger’: Micky Dolenz on the best Monkees song you’ve never heard
One of their most trenchant late-1960s protest songs took a circuitous route.
