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MAD PAINTER Bring DME’s Lyrics To A Split LP With KING GIZZARD

October 5, 2026

Never one to blow my own trumpet, I still feel a tad stoke by the news that four of the songs I co-penned, as a lyricist, with , the leader of MAD PAINTER, who preserved them from posterity, will be … Continue reading →

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Steve Ellis Released A New Album With Paul Weller In Tow

October 3, 2026

Eight years form a huge gap in an artist’s discography, especially when the artist in question is a septuagenarian, yet it makes their new album an event of sorts. Not that Steve Ellis is touting his latest platter so much, … Continue reading →

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THE PRETTY THINGS Chart Alternative Trips In Massive Box Set

October 1, 2026

When THE PRETTY THINGS transitioned from their original rhythm-and-blues to fanciful psychedelia of “S. F. Sorrow” in the late ’60s and then heavy glam of “Silk Torpedo” in the following decade, they more than ensured the ensemble’s immortality, and yet … Continue reading →

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Billy Joel Expands “Turnstiles” For Its Anniversary

September 29, 2026

By 1976, Billy Joel was a star; in 1976, he surpassed that status. “New York State Of Mind” may have never been released as a single, but this number gave a mighty heft to the “Turnstiles” album it arrived on, … Continue reading →

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Members Of FAUST Release Simultaneous Solo Albums

September 27, 2026

It doesn’t happen too often – but it does happen. All of YES members issued solo platters back in 1975-1976, and then everyone in KISS put out their eponymous individual debuts in 1978, but none of those seemed as experimental … Continue reading →

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