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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Shoes Are Back on Their Feet Again

posted: July 4, 2012

When the rolls of power-pop royalty are read, before one can go back to early-˜70s ur-power-pop bands like Big Star and Badfinger, you have to hail the genre’s late-˜70s/early-˜80s heyday. Among the handful of acts…
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Riff, Rants & Rumors: The Smithereens Strike Back

posted: April 6, 2011

There are few clichés in the rock world as hoary and dust-laden as the return to form, a phrase that’s most often employed by artists well past their expiration date desperately trying to recapture their…
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