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Posted January 03, 2018in The Sound

The Wailers

Bob Marley’s legacy lives on It has been 36 years since Bob Marley passed away, but his band The Wailers is still going strong. In fact, it was Marley’s dying [...]

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Posted December 06, 2017in The Sound

Jewel

Still saving souls In 1995, an Alaskan named Jewel Kilcher released her debut album “Pieces of You.” The songs “Who Will Save Your Soul” and “You Were Meant for Me” [...]

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Posted October 19, 2017in The Sound

David Crosby

Deja Vu all over again Over the last four years, David Crosby has released three solo albums. The latest of which, “Sky Trails,” came out in September. Nash wasn’t hesitant [...]

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Posted October 04, 2017in The Sound

Har Mar Superstar gets personal

“Personal Boy,” the titular song on Har Mar Superstar’s new EP is epic. Like eight-minutes-long epic. It’s like a mini “Lemonade” by a chubby white boy from Minneapolis, though Beyonce [...]

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Posted September 06, 2017in The Sound

Listen to the clown

Slipknot unleashes new concert film For the last three months, M. Shawn Crahan, better known as Clown from Slipknot, has been living on a houseboat with his family. When you’re [...]

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Posted August 02, 2017in The Sound

Get spoiled by Foxygen at Hinterland

Ryan Adams, alt-J, Gary Clark Jr., The Head and the Heart, Dwight Yoakam and others will descend on St. Charles this month for the third annual Hinterland Music Festival. Among [...]

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Posted July 05, 2017in The Sound

The secure attachment of Matthew Sweet

For fans of iconic alt rock singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet, it’s been a long wait for new original music since his 2011 album “Modern Art.” During that time, he moved back [...]

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Posted June 01, 2017in The Sound

Avenged Sevenfold brings astrophysics to a Metallica show

Avenged Sevenfold is a big band, but when a band like Metallica comes knocking, it’s easy to see why they would take an opening gig slot. The California metal band [...]

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Posted May 03, 2017in The Sound

The dream of the 90’s is alive in Everclear

Take a deep breath, calm down, and accept that the music from when you were in high school is now essentially oldies. For five years, mid-to-late-’90s upstarts Everclear hosted an [...]

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Posted April 05, 2017in The Sound

Dressy Bessy returns to tell its own story

Eleven years ago, the Denver band Dressy Bessy was labeled “up and coming” due to the buzz regarding its album “Electrified.” The problem? “Electrified” was Dressy Bessy’s fourth album, and [...]

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