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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Putting ZZ Top's Fuzzy Past in Focus
posted: November 7, 2012
What’s underneath those beards, anyway? Anyone who has ever lent an ear to the legacy of long-lived boogie rock legends ZZ Top can tell you that there’s a fair share of Texas blues in the…
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Exclusive Q and A: The Hives Build a Solid Comeback
posted: June 19, 2012
Fans can be forgiven if they thought the Swedish garage rockers The Hives had faded away. In truth, the band’s five-year absence was spent making their 5th studio album Lex Hives that was just released…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: The Fleshtones Are Too Wired To Retire
posted: June 15, 2011
These days, every other band with a fuzzbox and a copy of Nuggets can cop the garage-band tag; at this point, there’s plenty of precedent established for assimilating the spartan-but-searing sounds of ’60s garage rockers…
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Holiday In The Sun: All Aboard The Bruise Cruise
posted: August 17, 2010
A funny thing happened on the way to the dive bar. Yes, the Black Lips, Vivian Girls, DJ Jonathan Toubin and others will be performing on the first-ever “Bruise Cruise Festival,” a luxury line headed…
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Manic Impressive
posted: August 4, 2010
Jetson Black (badass name and 100% real) may sound pretty aloof when he sings, but make no mistake, there’s serious fire beneath the surface. As guitarist and lead vocalist for the Asheville, NC, band The…
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Royal Crush
posted: July 21, 2010
What do you get when you put a band of impassioned Aussies in a van, and send them trekking across the outback and through cities? In the case of Royal Chant, you get something feral…
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