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Continue reading →: New video: Static Jacks, ‘I’ll Come Back’
I’ve been beating my head against a wall for the last few weeks, trying to figure out what kind of music blog I want to write. (If you take into account the time that’s passed since my last true music blog, which I wrote at my last job, then it’s…
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Continue reading →: Streaming music is all wet
(This post also appeared at Medium.com.) If you want to know what music I like, just ask. I’m happy to tell you, and I don’t need Rdio, iRadio or any other misspelling of the word “radio” to broadcast my questionable tastes. When it comes to listening, it’s better to keep…
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Continue reading →: In concert: Lez Zeppelin plays Reverb in Reading
Many, many people in Berks County will get their jazz fix this weekend. Those with more rockin’ sensibilities still have options for live entertainment, however. The tribute band Lez Zeppelin, based in New York, comes to town Saturday for a show at Reverb. You can read my profile of the…
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Continue reading →: Future Bible Heroes to release their past, and present, music this summer
So you never heard of Future Bible Heroes, even though their second album, “Eternal Youth,” has been around for more than a decade. Or maybe you have heard of them and you’re wondering why I’m presuming you know less about them than I do. Forgive me. There are billions of…
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Continue reading →: Low releases new album, ‘The Invisible Way,’ continues North American tour
You can’t spell “slow” or “low-fi” without “low.” Both are apt descriptors for Low. If you haven’t heard of the Duluth, Minn.-based band by now, chances are you’ve been listening to louder music — for a long time. Low’s 10th album came out Tuesday on Sub Pop. Believe it or…
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Continue reading →: New release Tuesday: Alpha Rev, ‘Bloom’
You might have heard “Sing Loud” by Alpha Rev, the folk-rock band made up of several Texas natives. You might also have noticed that, befitting a mostly acoustic folk-rock band, that “Sing Loud” is actually a pretty quiet tune. The chorus gets a little rowdy, but with a song title…
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Continue reading →: Review: Caitlin Rose, “The Stand-In”
Nashville singer-songwriter Caitlin Rose is young. That’s unfortunate, because such a superficial detail makes it seem inevitable that she’ll be compared to someone like Taylor Swift. And she deserves better. On her sophomore album, “The Stand-In” (released March 5), Rose demonstrates a sensibility that makes her seem older than her…
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Continue reading →: Radical Dads unveil new single ahead of May 21 album release
I’m not sure what’s so radical about dads in general, or the Radical Dads in particular. Their new single, “Mountain Town,” is a standard-issue indie rock song, with wailing vocals and catchy guitar riffs. But it’s “standard-issue indie rock” in a good way: the kind that makes you want to…
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Continue reading →: New release Tuesday: Turbogeist, ‘Ancient Secrets’
The British hard-rock band Turbogeist has a solid classic rock pedigree: lead singer Jimmy Jagger is the son of another rock ‘n’ roll singer, Mick. Maybe you’ve heard of him. Don’t worry. This is not your father’s (or grandfather’s?) geezer rock band. Turbogeist plays punk rock that’s so fast, so…
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Continue reading →: The Menzingers perform in Reading — Review
On Sunday night, the punk band Menzingers headlined a show in Reading that marked their first visit to the area. How did they sound? Pretty good, according to one 42-year-old reviewer in the crowd (but thankfully not in the mosh pit). Here’s the link to my review, which appeared in…
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Continue reading →: Sunny Sunday music: Caitlin Rose, ‘Only A Clown’
First of all, an apology: The weather here in Pennsylvania is unusually pleasant (for March, at least.) So I have a hard time not thinking of bright, sunshine-y music this weekend. This brings me to Caitlin Rose, the 25-year-old singer has a sound that makes her sound mature beyond her…
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Continue reading →: Patty Griffin announces new album, ‘American Kid’
The last news I heard about Patty Griffin, she was performing guest vocals on Robert Plant’s fantastic “Band of Joy” album, back in 2010. But just two and a half short years later, she’s back. On Thursday came the announcement that Griffin’s new album, “American Kid,” will be released May…
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Continue reading →: Band profile: The Menzingers
This Sunday, the Philadelphia-based band The Menzingers comes to Reading, Pa., for their first show in Pretzel City. My interview with the band’s singer Tom May appears in today’s Reading Eagle. Read it here. Do you wonder how they sound? Check out the video below:
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Continue reading →: Building-sized mural
A mural on a building on Washington Street in Reading. Every once in a while, this is my view from the garage where I park.
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Continue reading →: Tuesday new release: Races, ‘Year of the Witch’
The band Races haven’t done themselves any favors by giving themselves a name that’s difficult to find in a Google search. Yes, their Bandcamp page ranks high on the list, but it’s still far below references to Tony Stewart. At least they didn’t call themselves “Santorum.” But if you like…
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Continue reading →: Truth, fabrication and consequences
“This American Life” took another, badly needed step on its road to correcting the record on Friday when it pulled three more audio episodes from its Web archive. Professional liar — I call him that because he got paid to make up stories and pass them off as factual —…
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Continue reading →: Grammar never goes out of style; well, sometimes it does
In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. So was Robert F. Kennedy. A Viet Cong prisoner was shot in the head by a South Vietnamese security official. Riots broke out in Chicago, as well as Paris. Richard Nixon won the presidency. The Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia. And the Associated…
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Continue reading →: The misunderstood copy editor
Do not pity the copy editor. Pity instead the reporter who thinks the copy desk isn’t important. A National Post opinion piece earlier this week heaped both pity and scorn on the “lowly copy editor,” the newsroom functionary whose job is never romanticized. Our value as a guardian against poor…
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