On stage, Fishbone performs like an aged fighter backed into a corner and down on points. At the High Noon Saloon in Madison on Friday night, the band reinforced their reputation as uncompromising musical pioneers and thick-headed stalwarts even as bar-band doom stares them in the face. Continue reading
Here’s a review of the most important songs every music fan should hear from Bob Dylan and the Band’s new “Basement Tapes” box set. Continue reading
Nearly 50 years after a batch of rogue home recordings transformed the pop-music world, Bob Dylan has finally released a box set of the legendary “Basement Tapes,” including nearly all of the songs set on tape with the Band in Woodstock, N.Y. area. After all this time, the only real surprise here might be taking in how important these recordings wound up being. Continue reading
Halloween celebrants everywhere, here’s a new song to add to any spooky playlist. Continue reading
There’s something wonderfully disheveled, maybe even chaotic about this Miles Davis performance from the early 1970s. Continue reading
The members of underground-rock trio Dinosaur Jr. might now sport gray hair (or none at all) and remain firmly ensconced on the oldies reunion circuit, but these guys remain a fierce live unit. Continue reading
Soundbytes remembers Al Aronorwitz, the so-called “the godfather of rock journalism,” who played a critical role in the careers of many ’60s music legends. Continue reading
Neil Young has completed “Silver & Gold,” yet another sequel to his ’70s country-rock masterpiece, “Harvest.” This new disc is mildly successful — if only because it seems that we’ve heard all this before. Continue reading
Read the second of a two-part series that examines the greatest albums in rock and hip-hop released during the 20th Century. Continue reading
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