2008

Qtrax: Standing on the Shoulders of Pirates

The theft-endorsing version of Napster’s gone. The white-collar pigs shut down OiNK, presumably for good. Fuck, it’s a bad time to be a music freeloader. But all that [supposedly] changes

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Bob Marley & The Wailers: Exodus – 30th Anniversary Edition

Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Exodus has previously been afforded the Deluxe Edition treatment. With a previously-released two disc set including extra studio tracks and live recordings from the original release period of 1977, the real necessity of an ‘Anniversary Edition’ comes into question since this latest release adds no new music and only little except in terms of its packaging: a faux grain slip-sleeve and slightly more ornate jewel case.

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Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: Mogollon Brewery, Flagstaff, AZ 1/25/08

Roots rockers from upstate Vermont must have felt quite at home landing a gig in a Flagstaff, Arizona brewery in late January: laid back town, snowy mountains, pony tails and appreciative music fans. After all it was just a little over three years ago Grace Potter and the Nocturnals were regulars at cozy dining/drinking holes like Halvorsons and Nectars in their hometown of Burlington.

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The Week That Was: Bring On The I-tals

Ringo Starr recently kicked off his hometown Liverpool’s year as the European Capital of Culture with a live performance of Liverpool 8 in front of 20,000 people. Coincidentally, this week

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Televised Tune: On the Tube This Weekend

New York Doll brilliantly tells the story of legendary New York Dolls bass player Arthur “Killer” Kane from his days as a genre-bending rocker to his conversion to Mormonism to

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Briefly: Coachellown’d: Vineland Pushed Back

We’ve been closely following the New Jersey Festival Turf War between the promoters of Coachella (All Points West) and ACL/Lollapalooza (Vineland). Well, it appears Vineland folks have blinked. Our favorite

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David Lee Roth: Isolated Devil Noises

We just came across possibly the best thing on the Internet this year: an isolated vocal track of David Lee Roth screeching, yelling and singing Runnin’ With The Devil. You

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Friday Mix Tape: Don’t Watch Where I Go

Seriously, if you don’t enjoy this week’s installment of the Friday Mix Tape, I’ll be reporting you to the authorities on suspicion of Communism and/or terrorism. Just try me, motherbitches.

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