2009

Televised Tune: On The Tube This Week

On July 13, 1985 the world’s best rockers got together to help raise funds to feed the hungry in Africa. The Day The Music Changed The World tells the tale

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Volume 19: Andrew Bird

In 2001, when I was overly busy following Ryan Adams and Cowboy Junkies around the Midwest, I was first introduced to a guy and his violin. This particular person could also whistle clear enough to give you chills, create imposing fractured patterns on guitar, and draw you into his music because it changed in similar ways your feelings do when you’re first in love. Of course, the guy I’m referring to is Andrew Bird.

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Peter Doherty’s First Solo Album Due

The first solo album by singer-songwriter PETER DOHERTY (Babyshambles, The Libertines) is complete, and scheduled for North American release on Astralwerks on March 24, 2009, the label announced today. The

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Bob Mould Releasing Life And Times

Bob Mould is arguably one of the most influential musicians of the alternative rock era, first for his early work with post-punk rabble-rousers Husker Du, followed by the college-rock-defining pop

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Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns

It’s hard to fathom that back in the ‘90’s Snow Patrol, a student band from Scotland, was teetering on thin ice.  So thin that frontman Gary Lightbody had to sell his record collection to meet his monthly nut.  Yet in the next 14 years, they not only reached land, but crossed over the universe…a story that unfolds through their albums, particularly the last three

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Friday’s Leftovers: Macca + Stern = BFF

SIRIUS XM Radio will broadcast a Howard Stern-Paul McCartney special this weekend on SIRIUS XM’s Howard 101 channel, featuring their joint interview from earlier this week plus highlights of Stern’s

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