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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.
CD Review: American Football’s “American Football (LP2)”
American Football’s new album would be a fine effort for anyone but American Football.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.