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Lindsey Buckingham – One Man Show (2012)

Lindsey Buckingham, on a brilliant new live acoustic album, redefines what’s at stake in his own songs — helping us not just to hear them in a new way, but to feel them in the same new way. You May Also Like: How Lindsey Buckingham Balanced It All on theRead More

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The Whammies – Play The Music Of Steve Lacy (2012)

Throughout his career Steve Lacy paid tribute to Thelonious Monk, and even dedicated numerous albums to Monk’s music. A lot of great jazz musicians feted Monk and were clearly influenced by the master pianist/composer, too, but perhaps not with the zeal of Lacy. You May Also Like: The Flake [PhilRead More

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Roger Earl, co-founding Foghat drummer: Something Else! Interview

Formed in 1971 in London, England, Foghat ultimately became one of the hottest acts of the 1970s. Roger Earl has remained the constant.

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As Eddie Van Halen continues to recover, Van Halen resets concert dates in Japan for 2013

Recent positive reports of Eddie Van Halen’s recovery from surgery following a nasty case of diverticulitis have proven true: Van Halen has rescheduled the Japanese shows that were postponed in the wake of the guitarist’s health scare. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Something Else! sneak peek: Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite, “I Don’t Believe A Word You Say” (2012)

Stream “I Don’t Believe A Word You Say,” part of the forthcoming collaboration from Stax/Concord between Ben Harper and blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Brian Eno – ‘Lux’ (2012)

Brian Eno returns to the long-form sense of suspended animation that made 1975’s ‘Discreet Music’ forefather to an ambient movement nobody knew was coming.

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Mayday Radio – Don Quixote (2012)

In an often numbingly disengaged world bereft of protest songs — from the left, right or center — Don Quixote is welcome, indeed. As Mayday Radio, singer-songwriter Jeff Ting pushes buttons, and boundaries, that have grown dusty from inattention. You May Also Like: Buggles’ ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ PredictedRead More

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Something Else! sneak peek: Björk – bastards (2012)

Steam a track from bastards, Björk’s forthcoming remix of her recent album Biophilia. Death Grips’ reimaginging of “Sacrifice” is part of a series of tracks that Björk has handed over during the past year to superstar mixers and producers You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Desert Island Discs: Canadian Bands Edition

In a pitched battle for Canuck supremacy, Neil Young edged out Rush by just one mention, as we imagined what being stranded on an island just off the coast of Canada might be like. You May Also Like: How the Holocaust Shaped One of Rock’s Signature Bands Canadian Brass –Read More

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Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio – Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio (2012)

Cuban-born drummer Dafnis Prieto never makes two albums alike. So yeah, it’s a given that album #5 wasn’t going to be a retread of #’s 1,2,3 or 4, but who could have predicted this? You May Also Like: Roberto Occhipinti – Stabilimento (2017) Aruan Ortiz, with Andrew Cyrille + MauricioRead More