Kate Pierson Echoes B-52’s on Solo Debut
Guitars and Microphones is a slightly smoothed over version of the B-52’s kitschy mix of surf, girl group and dance party sounds
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John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers Live in 1967
A recording was discovered of the influential blues revivalist with future Fleetwood Mac stalwarts Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood + John McVie, and cuts loose
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Juliana Hatfield Three Matures on Latest Album
The Boston-based alt-rock artist & her original bandmates ease from the ’90s into 2015 to work in this era yet bring along their original sound.
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Resurrected Blues Magoos Mix Old & New
One of the great bands of the psychedelic music and garage rock eras have reunited and issued a new LP with old favorites and new tunes
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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: City Tales
Freedom Tower is kind of the JSBX version of Lou Reed’s New York – tales and jams loosely around the city singer-guitarist Spencer
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Brian Wilson’s Newest Solo Disc
Brian Wilson’s 11th solo album is ” as cheery as [its] punny title suggests, but also deeply moving and life-affirming.”
Read MorePink Floyd’s Final Notes
Pink Floyd goes out “with more a whisper than a bang for a last album” that is “not quite for fans only and not quite an album.”
Read MoreWorthy Kinks Kollection
“Rather than another half-baked rehash, this five-CD, 140-track collection is the authoritative retrospective that the Kinks’ watershed years have long deserved.”
Read MoreVan Makes Duets Sing Wonderfully
“Duets is a worthy addition to his estimable catalog, and underscores how Van’s pipes and how he uses them are a true gift from God.”
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