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They Beat Their Own!
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 01, 2012  |  1 comments

This eclectic instrumental group combines synth, drums, guitars, bass and cello to produce a hard driving, propulsive percussive sound that's  rich with scraping, edgy textures one minute and warm, inviting and lagoon-like the next—though almost always with strong forward motion.

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Discographies
Remembering Gene Clark
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 31, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  1 comments
This updated feature originally ran in Listener magazine and was re-published here in 2004. We brought it back to accompany Sundazed's reissue of Gene Clark—ed.

Gene Clark simply didn’t fit in. While a member of The New Christy Minstrels during the early ‘60s, the young mid-westerner heard “She Loves You” on a jukebox and realized his place wasn’t in a folksploitation group. He quit and headed West where he joined up with McGuinn and later Crosby at Doug Weston’s famed Santa Monica Blvd. folk club, The Troubador.

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Album Reviews
Blues Breakers: Another Sonic Viewpoint
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 29, 2012  |  1 comments

  Randy Wells' recent review of this Sundazed reissue may have seemed thorough and matter-of-fact to most of you and judging by the emails, well appreciated, but the folks at Sundazed were anything but pleased, which kind of surprised me, though Wells did prefer the Audio Fidelity release so perhaps I should not have been surprised.

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Album Reviews
Early Rock Veteran Still Has The Blues
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 04, 2012  |  0 comments

I picked up The Best of Laurie Volume 1 (LES-4003) at a garage sale the other week and it includes “He’s So Fine” by The Chiffons, “A Little Bit O’ Soul” by The Music Explosion, “A Little Bit of Soap” by the Jarmels and “Hushabye” by The Mystics, among other tunes.

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Album Reviews
Taylor's Midlife Crisis
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  1 comments

Dad did love his work, more than his family and marriage to Carly Simon, or more accurately put,  forced to choose between the two by Simon, he chose the road and his career.

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Album Reviews
Not At All Like The Dallas Symphony's Version
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  0 comments

This performance and recording with Eiji Oue conducting the Minnesota Orchestra emphasizes the "symphonic" while downplaying the "dance" aspects of Rachmaninoff's composition.

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Album Reviews
Legendary Beach Boys Album Finally Released
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  1 comments

First of all the back cover photo doesn't include Brian Wilson! What's that all about?

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Album Reviews
Seventh Heaven
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  3 comments

Does it have to sound this bad fellas? We all love your brand of fist pumping, T-Rex boogie, rhythm guitar riffing rock.

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Album Reviews
White's Sixth Chosen For AAA Reissue
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  1 comments

I’ve heard and read complaints about the unadventurous reissues coming from Analogue Productions, especially now that the parent company Acoustic Sounds owns its own pressing plant, Quality Record Pressing.

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Concert Reviews
" Just a Little Lovin' " Finally Gets Some
Andre Marc  |  Feb 29, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 31, 1969  |  3 comments

Like Steve Earle, Ryan Adams and other distinctly American artists, Shelby Lynne finds it difficult to settle down musically in one place.

Since releasing I Am Shelby Lynne in 2000, she’s been a moving target for her fans and critics alike. Though she won a “Best New Artist” Grammy® Award for that album, in fact, it was her sixth record! Go figure.

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