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The Grateful Dead – All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection (2012)

There was something about a New Year’s Eve show and the Grateful Dead, as the forthcoming All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection so artfully illustrates. You May Also Like: Grateful Dead’s ‘Long Strange Trip’ Film Reminds Me Why I’ll Always Be a Deadhead

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About the Rolling Stones going into the studio? Ronnie Wood says: Never mind

Ronnie Wood, in between gathering accolades for his 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as a member of the Faces, has backtracked on whether or not the Rolling Stones are headed back to the studio. You May Also Like: How ‘Love is Strong’ Grew Into a Stone-Cold RollingRead More

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, "Out In The Street" (1980)

Part of the magic of The River was the masterful combination of emotional, spiritually meaningful songs placed right alongside the garage rockers and party anthems. But hey, this isn’t to say that there’s no emotion involved in the latter. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the InnocentRead More

Steely Dan Sunday: "(You Got) The Bear" (ca. 1977, unreleased)

Steely Dan Sunday: “(You Got) The Bear” (ca. 1977, unreleased)

There’s really no telling how many great Steely Dan recordings fell to the cutting room floor, as Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were notoriously picky.

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Forgotten series: Pelican – Australasia (2004)

I was saddened at the loss of Godflesh, but long before their dissolution Godflesh had ceased to be what interested me in them in the first place. You May Also Like: Pantera – ‘Power Metal’ (1988): Forgotten Series

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Shwa Losben – Good Times, Good Times (2010)

You don’t have to go too far back before the concept of “community” morphs into something completely different from current ideas. Much of this can be attributed to the Internet You May Also Like: Sorrows – ‘Bad Times Good Times’ (2010): On Second Thought

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Forgotten series: Secret Affair – Glory Boys (1979)

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, a hot and heavy Mod revival occurred in England. Instigated by the vision of the Jam, the scene may have been fertile, but the majority of participants proved to be pale imitations of their hip forefathers of the previous decade like the Who,Read More

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Dar Williams – In the Time of Gods (2012)

Dar Williams might be one of the few singer-songwriters around who could take the age-old fables surrounding Zeus and Aphrodite, and smartly connect them to our current state of affairs. You May Also Like: How Warren Zevon Found Drunken Brilliance With Hindu Love Gods Denny Zeitlin, with Buster Williams +Read More

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Memo to London Olympics organizers: The Who’s Keith Moon is still dead

Forgive 2012 Olympics organizers for wanting to get the most bang for their buck. Having already secured the services of surviving Who members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, London officials made a special request: Could Keith Moon sit in? Of course, Daltrey and Townshend still tour as the Who. ButRead More

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Top 5 bands not in Rock and Rock Hall of Fame include Kiss, Rush, Heart, Yes and Jethro Tull

A new list courtesy of Ranker.com argues that Kiss is the top act not already in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, followed by Rush, Heart, Yes and Jethro Tull. The rest of the Top 10 of eligible absentees includes Deep Purple, the Cure, Peter Gabriel, the Moody BluesRead More