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Mr. Brightside
posted: February 27, 2012
Andrew Varner calls his music pop with a purpose, meaning it’s meant to provoke and inspire, not just show off his proficiency on piano. But there’s no hiding those skills”all of Varner’s songs contain expertly-wrought…
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SoundTrax: Running Free
posted: February 22, 2012
In the age of the playlist, everyone has access to collections of songs hacked together due to arbitrary similarities. But what does that accomplish other than aid our forever shortening attention span, while making the…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Richard Barone Regains His 'Cool Blue Halo'
posted: February 15, 2012
The rock world was getting ugly in 1987”the fresh fruit from the first half of the decade began to turn rancid as New Wave pioneers lost the plot and either fell apart or fatally tarted…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Mitch Ryder Keeps His Promise
posted: January 25, 2012
What we think of today as “classic rock” would probably still have existed in a world without Mitch Ryder, but it most likely would have sounded quite different. Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels ruled…
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The House of the Rising Star
posted: January 4, 2012
Truth: Tess Henley is big in Japan. The Seattle artist has a top selling album at Tower Records and JetSet stores across the country, which proves, if nothing else, that the Japanese have excellent taste.…
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Funk Soul Brethren
posted: January 2, 2012
You could say that the music of CoastalRise is fueled by a love of the life aquatic and a steadfast faith in a higher power. It’s beachy, yes, but never preachy, even if a…
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