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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Eno's Art Rock Era On DVD
posted: April 27, 2011
Let’s face it, Brian Eno is the kind of guy who can make you feel bad about yourself. Now, don’t blame poor old Eno, it’s not really his fault. After all, he’s not setting out…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Clientele Crooner Explores Amor de Dias
posted: April 20, 2011
Ball games and Fourth of July picnics be damned” if you really want to feel outlandishly American, try talking to Clientele mastermind Alasdair MacLean and offering up your Yankee pronunciation of his longtime band’s moniker,…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Crystal Stilts: Falling In Love With Oblivion
posted: April 13, 2011
When Crystal Stilts‘ first album, Alight of Night, appeared in 2008, it announced the arrival of a gang of New York City psychedelicists who owed as much to the fuzz-drenched, ˜60s-informed sounds of ˜80s bands…
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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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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: CBGB Survivor Ivan Julian And The Art Of Spleen Reveal
posted: March 30, 2011
Ivan Julian‘s name has been attached to so many high-profile projects over the last three-and-a-half decades, from Richard Hell & The Voidoids‘ milestone debut album, Blank Generation, to The Clash‘s Sandinista! and Matthew Sweet‘s Girlfriend,…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: When Rockers Go Bluegrass
posted: March 23, 2011
It seems there’s a worrying trend these days wherein more and more veteran rockers seem to be turning to bluegrass. We’re using the term turning to bluegrass here in the interest of fairness, since the…
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