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The latest album by veteran country musician Paul Burch is a different sort of record–a concept album based on the life of Jimmie Rodgers. It’s a years in the making labor of love, and is easily the finest album in Burch’s career. In this first of a two-part interview, we discuss the making of that… Read more
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We sit down with electronic composer Wolfgang Flür, to discuss his new solo collection and his role in helping to define electronic music in the new millennium. Read more
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We have an interesting, insightful discussion about fame and the final years of The Knack, a band known for one hit, but one that had so much more to offer. Read more
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We have a little chat with Eric Matthews about his fantastic cover of this early Brian Wilson track. Read more
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We have a long, enjoyable, enlightening chat with noted rock critic Jessica Hopper. Read more
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The recently released omnibus of the complete recorded works of Pixies frontman Frank Black’s band The Catholics gave us the opportunity to talk to him about this era of his vast, interesting career. Read more
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Toad The Wet Sprocket’s third album, Fear, wasn’t expected to be a massively successful record. We have a lengthy discussion with leader Glen Phillips about the making of the band’s masterpiece, and the price of sudden and unexpected success. Read more
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Toad The Wet Sprocket’s third album, Fear, wasn’t expected to be a massively successful record. We have a lengthy discussion with leader Glen Phillips about the making of the band’s masterpiece, and the price of sudden and unexpected success. Read more
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Guest Author: The American Analog Set’s Andrew Kenny: “Dim Stars” was an important song for the American Analog Set. Before the band began, we drug our instruments and the recently purchased 1/2 inch 8-track up to my family’s lake cabin for a long weekend. It was a lot of goofing off, but we also wrote… Read more
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Guest author Eric Matthews: “Yes, Everyone,” that’s a good one to talk about. Someday I will get the demo version of the song, so you can hear the original intent. That said, the released version is a stunner. The song is very dark lyrically. I was reading Revelations and stuff about the coming Anti-Christ, the… Read more
