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Garbage – Not Your Kind of People (2012)

Garbage shows it can still swirl alt-rock, post-pop and electro-dance beats in a highball glass of lip-busting attitude on this, their first album in seven years. The difference here is the band’s newfound sense of angsty consequence. You May Also Like: Why R.E.M.’s ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, PartRead More

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Cowboy Junkies – The Wilderness (2012)

This is an album for people who still think Trinity Sessions stands as the Cowboy Junkies’ best recording, but also for those who want to hear how that sound has expanded and matured over the years. You May Also Like: Bobby Avey – Inhuman Wilderness (2016) Location Location Location [MichaelRead More

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Big Head Todd, Barenaked Ladies combine for upcoming 'Last Summer on Earth' tour

Big Head Todd and the Monsters are teaming up with the Barenaked Ladies for an upcoming series of concerts dubbed “The Last Summer on Earth” tour. Featured guests will include Blues Traveler and Cracker. You May Also Like: Todd Rundgren – ‘A Wizard, a True Star … Live!’ (2021) WhyRead More

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Fanfarlo – Rooms Filled With Light (2012)

This English group combines alt-rock, world-music polyrhythms and chamber pop into an amalgam that sounds like David Byrne sitting in with Philip Glass. You May Also Like: John Edwards, Evan Parker, John Russell + others – Making Rooms (2016) Bjork’s Vocal-Focused ‘Medulla’ is Still Filled With Countless Surprises How theRead More

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Sonic Youth – Dirty (1992): Half Notes

For years and years, Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation was the record I went to when the mood struck for some ugly & hypnotic guitar. Dirty now sits in that spot. Actually, it’s the second disc of the deluxe-edition set from 2003: full of b-sides and, more important, a ton ofRead More

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Check out the new interactive video for "Look Around," by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, off the road while Anthony Keidis’ foot heals up, have released an interactive version of the video produced for their single “Look Around.” Check it out here! You May Also Like: When John Frusciante Returned to Solo Work on ‘Shadows Collide With People’

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Kevn Kinney and the Golden Palominos, “Challenge” (2012): Something Else! sneak peek

Check out an advance track from the forthcoming collaboration between Kevn Kinney of Drivin’ n Cryin’ and Anton Fier of the Golden Palominos You May Also Like: Casey Golden – ‘ATLAS’ (2018) Casey Golden Trio – Miniature (EP) (2016)

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Ben Folds Five return to studio for first new full-length recording since 1999

A new tweet confirms that the Ben Folds Five are in the studio recording their first new full-length album since 1999. Folds, posting on his @BenFolds page, published a picture of the group at work on new music, with the message: “It’s happening fo sho. Day 1, in studio withRead More

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Death Cab for Cutie announces new North American tour — complete with an orchestra

If you wondered how Death Cab for Cutie was going to replicate the swelling strings found on its 2011 release Codes and Keys, here’s your answer: They’re bringing friends along on their just-announced tour. Lots of them. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Dave Navarro talks Jane's Addiction vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers in Twitter Q&A

A half-hour Q&A on guitarist Dave Navarro’s Twitter page inevitably focused on the two bands he’s played in — Jane’s Addiction vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers! You May Also Like: When John Frusciante Returned to Solo Work on ‘Shadows Collide With People’ Ed Roth – ‘Can’t Find My Way Home’Read More