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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Stirring The Soup Of The Psyche With The New York Dolls
posted: March 16, 2011
When the surviving members of the New York Dolls first reunited back in 2004 at Morrissey‘s behest”for a performance at the Meltdown Festival that the former Smiths singer and lifelong Dolls obsessive was curating in…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: John Popper Travels Beyond The Blues
posted: March 9, 2011
Blues Traveler frontman John Popper has just released his first proper solo album in a dozen years, John Popper & The Duskray Troubadours, and there’s a whole subculture of people who already know far more…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Beady Eye Finds Life After Oasis
posted: March 2, 2011
Fame is seldom more of a double-edged sword than when you’re trying to sneak your way around it. Such is the dilemma faced by Beady Eye, the band that was created when the chronically fractious…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Robbie Robertson's Rootsy, Rockin' Return
posted: February 23, 2011
Those whose hearts palpitate in time to the songs of Robbie Robertson”both his Band-era milestones and solo hits such as Broken Arrow and Somewhere Down The Crazy River” have had to endure a long period…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: The Cars Are Coming Back!
posted: February 16, 2011
Look, this is 2011 after all”you’d think it would be safe to assume that every ’80s band with an inclination to reunite would have done so by now. After all, over the last year we’ve…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Mike Watt – From Minutemen to Rock Opera
posted: February 9, 2011
Like almost everything else Mike Watt does, even his way of answering the phone is full of endearingly offbeat humor and quirky charisma; the first ring is barely over when the alt-rock icon picks up…
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