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Suns of Thyme – Fortune, Shelter, Love and Cure (2013)

Suns of Thyme have built a harmonious bridge between the psychedelic rock of the ’60s and the dark excesses of indie rock of the ’80s and ’90s. You May Also Like: How I Belatedly Learned to Love the Cure’s ‘Wish’

Forgotten series: Q65 - Nothing But Trouble: The Best of Q65 (1966-68)

Forgotten series: Q65 – Nothing But Trouble: The Best of Q65 (1966-68)

Were these guys the real deal or what? I just love the tough garage sound seeping from all of the tracks here. Q65 combined the best aspects of the Pretty Things and their main competitors the Outsiders You May Also Like: The Everly Brothers – Two Yanks in England (1966):Read More

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Billie Joe Armstrong + Norah Jones – ‘Foreverly’ (2013)

Billy Joe Armstrong, lead instigator of Green Day, teams up with Norah Jones to revisit the Everly Brothers? C’mon, you’re kidding me, right?

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‘She is the real deal’: Paul Stanley on the unlikely connection between Kiss and Lady Gaga

Color Paul Stanley impressed. Lady Gaga didn’t just travel cross country to see Kiss on their most recent U.S. tour. She showed up wearing the singer’s signature footwear. You May Also Like: Pete Townshend wrestles with the Kiss phenomenon: ‘Not quite sure about it’

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‘You don’t get bigger than that’: Sammy Hagar wants Journey in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Ask inductee Sammy Hagar who he thinks should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his answer comes quickly: “Journey; I want to stick up for Journey,” says Hagar, inducted as a member of Van Halen in 2007. You May Also Like: The conflicted history of SammyRead More

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‘Hopefully there’s more to come’: Early setback turned into great things for Adam Lambert

Something that at first seemed like a setback ended up becoming a pivotal moment in the rocket-ride career of singer Adam Lambert. After all, on the same 2009 night in which he finished second on American Idol, Lambert performed for the first time with Queen. You May Also Like: Queen’sRead More

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Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe (2013)

Glasgow’s Chvrches (pronounced as “churches” for those scoring at home) draws from a deep well of accessible pop cool on their debut The Bones of What You Believe. You May Also Like: Every Copy of Rush’s ‘Roll the Bones’ Reveals Something New

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Stan Getz, Tito Puente, Herb Alpert, others – It’s a Scream How Levine Does the Rhumba (2013)

At first, this idea of Latin-Jewish music might seem exotic. Who mixes congas and kugels — much less bagels and bongos, right? The truth is, it’s been with us since at least the 1930s You May Also Like: Songs About Fights, Games People Play by Rolling Stones, B-52’s + Others:Read More

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Big Star – Playlist: The Very Best (2013)

Big Star is a band that you know, at least by sound and structure, even if you never knew them, you know? Roundly ignored across two early-1970s releases, their’s was the sound of the college-rock scene of a decade later. You May Also Like: Those Pretty Wrongs (feat. Big Star’sRead More

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Mick Turner – Don’t Tell the Driver (2013)

With Don’t Tell the Driver, Mick Turner presents a vocal and instrumental song cycle focusing on loss and the passage of time. You May Also Like: ‘Bachman and Turner’ Resurrected the Spirit of Bachman-Turner Overdrive How Bachman-Turner Overdrive Pushed Back Against Prog With ‘Not Fragile’ Ruby Turner – ‘Love WasRead More