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CD Review: Have Mercy’s “Make the Best of It” – Best Isn’t Good Enough

Acclaimed emo band Have Mercy doesn’t deliver much that’s new on their latest LP.

By: Joseph Daley Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: emo, Have Mercy, Joe Daley, Make the Best of It, Pop-Punk, rock

Book Feature: The Decibel Diaries — A Journey Through Rock in 50 Concerts

A journal that is part travelogue, part music history, and part meditation on the evolution of our culture through the often-bloodshot eyes of one man.

By: Jason M. Rubin Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Carter Alan, Journey Through Rock in 50 Concerts, live music, rock, The Decibel Diaries, University of New England Press

CD Review: American Football’s “American Football (LP2)”

American Football’s new album would be a fine effort for anyone but American Football.

By: Joseph Daley Filed Under: Music, Review, Rock, Uncategorized Tagged: 2016, american football, emo, indie, Joe Daley, lp2, rock

Book Review: “Anatomy of a Song” — An Oral History of Pop Music

There is no doubt that Marc Myers is doing noble work — if only Anatomy of a Song was more exciting to read.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Anatomy of a Song, Marc Myers, Oral History, pop, R&B, rock

Fuse Book Review: “Real Life Rock”—Decades of Quick Hits from Greil Marcus

If Real Life Rock‘s page count seems daunting, fear not. There isn’t an entry you’ll want to skip.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Greil Marcus, Music Criticism, Real Life Rock, rock, Yale-University-Press

Film Interview: Director James D. Cooper on “Lambert & Stamp” — Creating The Who

Lambert & Stamp will resonate with musicians who have experienced the volatile give-and-take that is needed to sustain and nurture a rock and roll band.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: ‘Kit’ Lambert, Chris Stamp, documentary, Lambert and Stamp, rock, The Who

DVD/Blu-Ray Review: “A Hard Day’s Night” — Still Fun After Five Decades

A Hard Day’s Night stands as a landmark in rock history because it exemplifies the Beatles’s joyously innocent starting point — today it delivers an irresistible sonic joy that comes from listening to songs that still rock after fifty years.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: A Hard Day's Night, Matt Hanson, Richard Lester, rock, The Beatles

Fuse Album Review: The Black Keys Hold Their Hooks and “Turn Blue”

The Black Keys clearly wanted to write moody, trippy, mostly hookless tracks, and as far as moody, trippy, mostly hookless tracks go, the ones on Turn Blue aren’t so bad.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Featured, Review Tagged: Black Keys, Popular Music, rock, Turn Blue

Concert Review: Old-School Boston Rockers Revisit the Christmas Comfort Zone

At this time of year, a bit of silliness can be expected and even appreciated. The Fools doing a metal song about holiday-shopping stress? Of course.

By: Brett Milano Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: Brett Milano, Music, Regent Theatre, rock, Rock & Soul Christmas Revue, The Fools

Film Interview: Director Peter Miller on the Making of “AKA Doc Pomus,” The Story of a Master Songwriter

Despite the influence and the respect Doc Pomus still has in the music community, his name is not as well known to the public as that of some of his contemporaries.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Interview Tagged: AKA Doc Pomus, documentary, Peter Miller, rock

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