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The Beach Boys To Finally Release SMiLE Box Set This November
A few months back The Beach Boys announced plans to release a massive box-set of ALL of the elusive SMiLE sessions, thought to have been hidden away and relegated to bootlegs and old-man Brian Wilson’s 2004 re-recorded version.
New Music Releases: Red Hot Lil’ Wayne Crows
Picking up slightly as we ease into a new school year, August 29th sees the return of several familiar faces including Weezy F. Baby, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Counting Crows, and Mike Doughty.
Live Shows? Don’t Go Out This Weekend. Stay Safe From Irene.
The bottom line is: It’s A hurricane, it’s going to hit us, but we’ll make it out alive. So be smart this weekend and don’t go out. Show Irene you’re not a dummy and be safe, not stupid.
Watch GZA Perform “Liquid Swords” Backed By Wavves
Honestly, the performance was OK and, the be fair, GZA was the one who kind-of didn’t put as much heart into it as you’d think. But I could be wrong. What do you think?
RIP JERRY LEIBER
Earlier this week, legendary songwriter Jerry Leiber passed away, he and his partner Mike Stoller gave us so many rock and roll classics, Springsteen has covered numerous of their songs througout the years including a great version with U2 of "Stand by Me" that didn't...
Comparing Black Flag’s Version Of “Police Story” To The Dirty Projectors’
In the mid-Aughts, the, decidedly more mellow, band Dirty Projectors chose to do an album where they reinterpreted Damaged in it’s entirety from memory. The result was interesting and pretty warmly received by the music press at the time, with it’s lush production and complete 180 turn in style.
The Songs Of The Muppets Should Stay The Muppets’ Songs
You know that feeling where completely irrational partisanship takes over and you almost don’t even give a remake or, in this case, a collection of cover songs, a chance? This is an album that almost falls into that category.
That Lou Reed And Metallica Album Now Has A Title And Release Date
Hyperbole aside, this album has a lot to live up to. Two icons in their respective crowds colliding to flesh out songs Reed wrote for the play Lulu, an adaptation of stories from the German author Frank Wedekind.
New Music Releases: The Muppets, The Game, And The Jicks
This week sees a week of light August releases (typical for this time of year) but not without two albums specifically that will bring the nostalgia-joy. Various artists, including Weezer, My Morning Jacket, and OK GO, have all recorded covers of some of the more popular Muppet songs from over the years.
Tally Hall To Play Bowery Ballroom Tonight
Tally Hall are a lighthearted band of melody-makers not yet given their proper due. They’re the kind of band that dresses up proper for a live show and delivers catchy hooks and 60s-style harmonies mixed with a cohesive flair that would have gotten them more play in the earlier half of last decade.
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