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Expanded reissue of Warren Zevon’s major label debut in stores today

November 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Warren Zevon’s classic 1976 self-titled major label debut gets an upgrade with a deluxe edition that hits stores and digital download today. The brand new two CD version of Warren Zevon, Zevon’s classic Asylum Records debut produced by friend Jackson Browne, is fattened up with a second disc that is loaded to the brim […]

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Tags: Albums Revisited · CD Reviews · Good Listening · New Releases

Metallica + Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins = pretty Fookin’ good stuff!

September 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Metallica’s Death Magnetic is now officially in stores, and seems to be getting high marks from fans and critics alike across the board.
Here are some reviews from blog friends o’ mine including Rob @ 1888 Media, TJ @ Viva La Mainstream, and Chris Akin @ Pitriff.com shares no less than 4 reviews, including his own […]

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Tags: CD Reviews · New Releases · Rock Your Face Off · Setlist · The 00s · The 80s · The 90s

Bruce Springsteen digital EP, Tesla live DVD available this week

July 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Just a reminder for you all that Magic Tour Highlights, the new digital EP release from Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band, was released on Tuesday.
The release features Danny Federici’s final appearance with the band from March of this year, and guest appearances from Roger McGuinn, Alejandro Escovedo (on a duet of […]

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Tags: Bruce Springsteen · CD Reviews · DVD Reviews · Good Causes · Good Listening · Good Watch · New Releases · The 70s · The 80s · The 90s

Celebrating 30 years of The Stranger by Billy Joel

July 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments

“All summer, I was just taking in a lot of things - friends who would be splitting up, and others who would be getting together. The reason I called the album The Stranger wasn’t just because of the song. Each song on it seemed to have some kind of strangeness, some kind of […]

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Tags: Albums Revisited · CD Reviews · Concerts · Downloads · Good Listening · Live Stuff · The 70s

It don’t take money…..

July 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

So I was catching up yesterday on about a month’s worth of Pop Candy, and came across the following link of greatness, brought to us by the fine folks at Stereogum.
It seems that Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen felt that Huey Lewis would have the goods to deliver a new soundtrack smash ala “Power of […]

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Tags: CD Reviews · Comedy · Flashback · Good Humor · Good Listening · Good Watch · Movies · Music · New Releases · The 80s

The Perfect CD Review: Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments

TJ @ Viva La Mainstream scores an unofficial “blog post of the week” award with his review of the new Offspring CD Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace. TJ takes what definitely qualifies as a good hard look at the band’s Bob Rock-produced album, long in the works, and finally available in stores.
And according […]

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Tags: CD Reviews · Good Reads · New Releases

CD Review: The Smithereens - Live in Concert

June 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments

When I pass on from this world, it is my hope that my next of kin will see within my musical collection, a large group of recordings from a particular group from New Jersey, called The Smithereens. If I have my way, curiosity will strike them, they’ll put one of the albums on, and […]

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Tags: CD Reviews · Downloads · Favorites · Good Listening · Live Stuff · New Releases · Pat Dinizio · The 80s · The 90s · The Smithereens