Addicted To Vinyl

Seventeen years ago today, Pearl Jam released their debut album Ten. As of 2003, the album has been certified twelve times platinum in the United States, and remains the band’s best selling album.
So you might find it hard to believe that the album wasn’t an immediate success, and took nearly a year to reach […]

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Thanks to the good Captain over at Captain’s Dead for this:
A Living Colour cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Talkin’ Bout A Revolution,” who knew?
Hear it for yourself.

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This is part two of promised posts to “rock your weekend.” I had to pull the Black Keys post that was up earlier offline (hopefully temporarily.)
So we’ll skip ahead to the second planned post.
It was practically Jam Band Week here in Cleveland - The Black Crowes were at the House of Blues for two […]

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I’m on the Counting Crows email list, so I’m not quite sure how I missed this, but the Counting Crows have partnered with LiveDownloads.Com to launch an official concert download site.
To celebrate the launch of LiveCountingCrows.Com, the band are offering a free download (for the first 10,000 fans) of their Charlotte, NC concert, recorded only […]

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1980s-era Chrissie Hynde would kick 2008 Chrissie Hynde’s ass if she heard this song.
From the new Pretenders album Break Up The Concrete, in stores on September 23rd. Check out a free MP3 from the album via the official website.

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A drunk, an atheist and a poet walk into a bar. They’re all the same guy, and there is no punchline. Welcome to Del Amitri!
And so begins the long overdue Popdose Guide to Del Amitri, written by David Eastman.
I’ve had a Del Amitri post brewing since a stray mention caught the attention of site regular […]

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In these digital times, things move quickly and before you know it, your favorite band has a new CD due for release.
Such is the case with Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders (same difference, right?) who have a new CD, Break Up The Concrete that will be in stores and at digital outlets on […]

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You can always count on Heather Browne to bring the awesomeness to your ears.
Today’s awesome is spelled W-I-L-C-O.
But it’s not your everyday standard issue Wilco - we’re talking a full disc (disc one of two) of Wilco covering other people’s songs!
You’ll hear covers of songs by Petty, Ramones, Replacements……just check it out already!
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This morning, my Ipod was shuffling away, and hit on some Hall and Oates. That made me think of the Hall and Oates playlist that I had made for the Ipod, and I quickly navigated towards it.
Within that playlist is one of my all-time favorite musical segues that happens in the opening moments of […]

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My good comrade Chris Akin and I have been involved in the entertainment scene for over 10 years. As all music fans do, we’ve had many musical arguments, but we are musical brothers in arms on many things like Journey, Night Ranger, and Bruce Springsteen.
Chris first nabbed my respect by knowing that Survivor […]

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