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Austin Lounge Lizards – Home and Deranged (2013)

Missing longtime member Tom Pittman, but none of the knee-slapping fun, the Austin Lounge Lizards’ fizzy Home and Deranged takes on such typically topical subjects as airport patdowns, big-ego music stars, fat-cat bankers and government conspiracy theories. You May Also Like: Tom Shotton – ‘Forever Home’ (2021) Ed Roth –Read More

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Dan Hazlett – The Corner of My Eye (2013)

Midwesterner Dan Hazlett ambles out on The Corner of My Eye with a gently undulating cadence and an ever-so-comfy vocal on “The Alchemy of Fish,” beginning an album-long connection with every classic 1970s-era singer-songwriter type. You May Also Like: Jonathan Rowden Group – Skyward Eye (2017)

WTF?! Wednesdays: Mystery Bear, "Epicycle" (2013)

WTF?! Wednesdays: Mystery Bear, “Epicycle” (2013)

People who have a rigid conception of what music is (read: chords, harmony, melody) are often surprised to learn that musical inspiration can materialize from very unlikely sources You May Also Like: Dave Seidel (Mystery Bear) – ‘Involution’ (2021)

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Fleetwood Mac – Extended Play EP (2013)

The center point of this new Fleetwood Mac EP is a track thought lost from the Buckingham-Nicks era, a song that once might have just been about being in love but now billows with a very mature sense of acceptance. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Michael McDonald and Robben Ford, "Judgement Day" from Unfinished Business (2013): One Track Mind

Michael McDonald and Robben Ford, “Judgement Day” from Unfinished Business (2013): One Track Mind

Michael McDonald’s “Judgement Day” has a ballsy gumption that his smoothed-out pop hits and plasticine Motown remakes scarcely aspire to.

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‘It will be a grand jaunt’: The Band’s Garth Hudson, Sister Maud set for series of summer appearances

Even as Garth Hudson continues working on a new studio effort, the Band’s very busy multi-instrumentalist is prepping for a tour in Japan, to begin at the end of July. You May Also Like: Maud – ‘Maud’ (2021) ‘We Are Twisted F***ing Sister!’ (2014): Movies

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Sasha Papernik – Victory (2013)

Sasha Papernik isn’t the first person to attempt to untangle the verities of love in song. Yet Victory, a dark and dangerous piece of noir-inspired songcraft, lures you in anyway. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Almost Hits: The Monroes, "What Do All The People Know" (1982)

Almost Hits: The Monroes, “What Do All The People Know” (1982)

From San Diego, California came the Monroes, whose impossibly infectious “What Do All The People Know” stalled at the #59 spot on the national charts in the spring of 1982. You May Also Like: Huey Lewis and the News – ‘Picture This’ (1982): On Second Thought

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‘Feeling rejuvenated and inspired’: Journey’s Neal Schon at work on new music with Chickenfoot, Jan Hammer

Guitarist Neal Schon is returning to some familiar 1980s-era musical associations — though neither of them are Journey. Instead, he’s rekindling associations from the days of HSAS, and Schon and Hammer. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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One Track Mind: David’s Angels, “Rid Of You,” from What It Seems (2013)

The allure of Danish-Swedish quartet David’s Angels comes from their uneasy truce among chanteuse jazz, avant-Prog and indie rock, and the tension that creates You May Also Like: Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber – ‘Angels Over Oakanda’ (2021) Bad Company – ‘Desolation Angels’ (1979; 2020 reissue)