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When Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance and Robin Guthrie of The Cocteau Twins decided to double headline we thought it only appropriate to send a fleet of reporters out to cover the event: one for each headliner and one for both! Seen at Belly Up at their San Diego CA...The Cynics: Spinning Wheel Motel
While it would be tempting for me to start by saying “The Cynics are the best band you’ve never heard of,” a quick use of a the Music Enthusiasts Secret Decoder Ring would reveal that I was actually saying “The Cynics are a band that never hit stride in a...Director Gorman Bechard on "Color Me Obsessed: The Potentially True Story of The Replacements"
Who hasn’t spent untold hours debating the finer points and weaker albums of favorite bands? In honor of The Replacements, the pastime gets 120 minutes of cinematic glory in “Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements.” Novelist and...
Retroreview: Prince, Live at The Forum – Inglewood, CA 2011
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ALBUM IMPORTANCE If you’re anywhere north of 30 years old and can’t sing along with at least part of “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” then it’s quite likely you’re a spy, space alien or had Amish parents. Most everyone has at some point in their lives...Indie Touring 101:
Bill See first came into the public eye in the late 80’s as the charismatic frontman for LA band Divine Weeks. In his new memoir, “33 Days: Touring In A Van. Sleeping On Floors. Chasing A Dream” See chronicles his band’s first North American tour in a beat up...
10 Tips for Tats from Master Tattooist Chris DeBarge
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New Jersey. Love it or hate it there is something in the water there that makes great American rock bands. Case in point: The Smithereens – the seminal college rock band who brought us the landmark albums “Green Thoughts”, “Beauty & Sadness”and...Echo & the Bunnymen: Crocodiles & Heaven Up Here – Live
Following the success of their recent “Ocean Rain” shows, during which Echo and the Bunnymen performed the surging sweep of their entire 1984 string-laden masterpiece , the band returned to Boston to re-visit their first and sophomore albums, respectively “Crocodiles”...
