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Houndmouth – From the Hills Below the City (2013)

This isn’t about singles, isn’t about a moment in time — a passing thought. No, Houndmouth’s From the Hills Below the City is an experience, expressed through the currency of relationships not encounters, constructed as a narrative. You May Also Like: Greg Brown’s ‘In the Hills of California’ Finally ReproducedRead More

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Please don’t call Cream’s Ginger Baker a rock drummer: ‘I’m a musician who plays music’

“Where did they get the rock drummer bit from?” Ginger Baker asks, both dismissively and rhetorically.

Steely Dan Sunday, "Book of Liars [Live]" (1995)

Steely Dan Sunday, “Book of Liars [Live]” (1995)

At first, Steely Dan’s inclusion of a Walter Becker solo track might seem like an unusual choice – but not really.

Best of May 2013: The Band, Deep Purple, the Beatles, Toto, Steve Hackett/Ray Wilson, John Frusciante

Best of May 2013: The Band, Deep Purple, the Beatles, Toto, Steve Hackett/Ray Wilson, John Frusciante

May was dominated by both the Band and the Beatles — two titans of the 1960s whose legacies continue to intrigue and delight successive generations of music aficionados. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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The Nth Power, “Spirits” from the Basic Minimum Skills Test EP (2013): One Track Mind

Like The Endangered around this time last year, I came across a EP from a band just getting off the ground that stands out from the current crop of emerging acts You May Also Like: Mike Dillon & Punkadelick – ‘Inflorescence’ (2023)

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George Benson – Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole (2013)

George Benson’s chart successes in the 1970s and ’80s as a breezy R&B crooner have largely obscured his initial promise as a boss jazz guitarist with a intelligent, liquid tone — an heir to Wes Montgomery’s throne. You May Also Like: Harry Benson – ‘Paul’ (2022): Books Paula Cole –Read More

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Something Else! sneak peek: Black Water Rising, “Show No Mercy” from Pissed and Driven (2013)

Black Water Rising’s self-titled debut album was one of my favorites of 2009, and one of the best pure hard rock records that I’d heard in a long time at that point. You May Also Like: How Black Sabbath’s Self-Titled Debut Invented a New Genre of Music Why Black SabbathRead More

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On Second Thought: Brain Eno – Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010)

The celestial tones of “Emerald and Lime,” the opening track on Brian Eno’s Small Craft on a Milk Sea, would fit snugly on Music for Films or Another Green World. It feels like familiar ground You May Also Like: How Brian Eno Made a Triumphant Return to Rock With ‘NerveRead More

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Ryan Michael Galloway – All Dressed Up (2013)

Ryan Michael Galloway’s All Dressed Up returns us to the underrated 1970s musical milieu, a period when folk- and country-inflected rock stars dug deep into their own emotional wellspring You May Also Like: How the Isley Brothers Made Seals and Crofts’ ‘Summer Breeze’ Their Own How ‘Crosby Stills and Nash’Read More

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Pink Floyd, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Dr. John, the Byrds – The Dutch Woodstock (2013)

As a 17-band menu of bands gathered for the three-day Holland Pop Festival in June 1970 outside of Rotterdam, Bob Hite of Canned Heat summed things up perfectly: “I feel less uptight here than I ever have anywhere.” You May Also Like: No related posts.