2008

Tour Dates: Winwood Keeps Rolling With It

It’s been quite the year for former Spencer Davis Group/Traffic/Blind Faith member Steve Winwood – reuniting with Eric Clapton for a string of shows, turning 60, releasing a new solo

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Ryan Adams Covers The Foo Fighters

After a whirlwind end of October in New York City featuring a stealth show, rocker Ryan Adams and the Cardinals jetted off to Europe to start an extensive tour of

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Televised Tune: On The Tube This Week

Way back in In 2006, post-rockers Sigur Rós played a series of unannounced concerts around their homeland during the endless magic hour of the Icelandic summer. The resulting film, Heima,

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Ryan Adams & The Cardinals: Cardinology

Cardinology isn’t the strongest Ryan Adams release to date, not even close, but it flows as a cohesive song cycle, perhaps a step forward for an artist who has recently struggled with those inner demons.

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Matthew Sweet: Sunshine Lies

Arguably one of the architects of alternative rock, Matthew Sweet is nevertheless a pop traditionalist of the highest order. His watershed 1991 album Girlfriend, like more diverse productions such as In Reverse and Living Things, is centered on the work of a compact rock and roll combo and so too is Sunshine Lies.

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Jersey City Councilman Pisses on DSO Fans

If you’ve ever been to Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club you’re probably familiar with the extremely zealous security at the venue. You can’t get away with shit…or apparently piss as Jersey

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Briefly: Introducing The Gene Ween Band

The Gene Ween Band featuring Gener with Ween bassist  Dave Dreiwitz, Scott Metzger of RANA and the American Babies as well as drummer Joe Russo of the Babies and The

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