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Fontaines D.C. are gonna be big, or at least as big as a real rock band can be these days. And they’re making it all look effortless.
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On the same week that heavy prog-rockers Tool scored the No. 1 album in the country, it was great to see Jack White let down his wavy black hair, smile a bunch, and kick out the jams with his buddies.
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Carolyn Michel’s Rose is the sociable stranger on the bus who tempts you to miss your stop so you can hear her out to the end.
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The Waterboys has always existed as Mike Scott’s vehicle for his egalitarian musical vision.
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Any traditional notions of what does, or does not, constitute a book are challenged here — you will find yourself searching for a definition that fits.
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Nell Zink’s latest novel is vast, aspiring to epic stature — it’s a curious take on the times that have befallen us.
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Heard as a Miles Davis record pure and simple, Rubberband is one of the strongest from the comeback period.
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Looking at that photo now, soon after the anniversary of her death, Aretha’s shutter-snap of connection with me seems a blessing.
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Class pressures are exerting themselves, class fault-lines are emerging, and ancient demons are being released as a result.
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Rock Feature: Roger Daltrey of The Who — How Can He Afford to Tour?
If there is any theme that runs throughout the story of Roger Daltrey’s life as he tells it, it’s that he has always needed more money to – as he so folksily puts it – “pay the bills.”
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