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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:23:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY ERIC SCHUMACHER-RASMUSSEN
&nbsp;
On Glen Campbell's last two albums - his final ones, he
says, as he's been diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's - he covered songs by
Paul Westerberg, Guided by Voices, Green Day, Foo Fighters, and a handful of
other artists. And while those albums were universally well-reviewed in all the
right hipster places, those reviews haven't necessarily translated into a full
embrace of his music by the Pitchfork set.
&nbsp;
More's the pity, but it ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY JUD COST
&nbsp;
Matthew Sweet, his name synonymous with the early-'90s
rebirth of the power pop genre, and one of the few artists who didn't consider
the term to be pejorative (the Posies and Tommy Keene never liked it much) had
a special reason for touring in 2011. And it wasn't just the recent release of
his fine new album, Modern Art (Missing Piece). "We thought about supporting the new record," he
told a rapt full house at Yoshi's in
San Francisco's
Fillmore district. " ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
This was the
show of the year a far I was concerned. Also on the bill was Portland
legends Pierced Arrows, featuring Fred and Toody Cole from Dead Moon, but
unfortunately I was not able to get there in time to catch them. Years ago I
caught Scratch Acid at a club in Philly called Revival, on April 29, 1987. On
that evening vocalist David Yow was sick as a dog and asked if anyone in the
crowd had any antibiotics (no one did) and with that launched into an
i ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

&nbsp;
&nbsp;
BY FRED MILLS
&nbsp;
Gov't Mule, Phil Lesh
&amp; Friends, Los Lobos, Bela Fleck, Jackie Greene, Kevin Kinney Planet of the
Abts and plenty others heated up Asheville on a chilly pair of nights, Dec. 9
and 10. Watch video clips to accompany the text, below.
&nbsp;
The musical symbolism was as obvious as the calendar date
was proximate: for the 23rd annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam, held
this past weekend in Asheville,
 NC, the spirit of the Beatles
clung rea ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
Both of these
bands originally hail from Springfield,
 Missouri and had
apparently met in their formative years and have been friends and occasional
touring partners ever since. In Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin you've
got three of the most normal looking dudes ever to grace a college campus, plus
a rhythm guitarist who looks like he walked out a&nbsp; Kyuss video. Their pop sound is both generic
and completely unique, sometimes both qualities poppi ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ BY LEE ZIMMERMAN
&nbsp;
At age 70 Paul Simon belongs to an elite but aging artistic
fraternity whose membership also includes Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Kris
Kristofferson, singer/songwriters whose work is ingrained in the very fiber of
popular culture. These are artists whose revered reputations and esteemed
pedigrees elevate any encounter beyond that of mere entertainment and into
realms reserved for great masters who have the power to enthrall, inspire and
evoke memories and emotion ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY
JUD COST
&nbsp;
Waiting
out the opening act tonight (December 4) in the lobby of the Warfield Theatre,
stuck in a narrow strait between the always mobbed bar and the long line for
the merch table, I had to endure a single-file parade of what must have been
the most, shall we say, unattractive rock 'n' roll audience ever assembled in
San Francisco. It easily eradicated the previous benchmark at the same venue
for Motorhead a few years back. A large crowd of people over 50 in ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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By
JUD COST
&nbsp;
You may think California's all about swaying palm trees
and endless summer. But the Jigsaw Seen, representing greater Los Angeles, and Allen Clapp &amp; His
Orchestra, wearing the colors of the San Francisco Bay Area, are here to tell
you to think again, pal. Both aggregations have new albums (Jigsaw's Winterland on Vibro-phonic and Clapp's Mixed Greens on Minty Fresh) that rank
among the best material they've ever recorded. And there's not a surfboard,
go-ka ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
I wanted to get
there early enough to catch Portland's
Mean Jeans (Dirtnap Records) but did not make it. Arrived a bit after Total
Control had hit the stage. This punishing 5-piece, who hail from Australia and feature members of UV Race and
Eddy Current Suppression Ring, hit hard with a 2-guitar attack, a rock-solid
rhythm section and a vocalist who actually emotes. At different points in their
set I turned to my pal and stated "This song sounds like Missio ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY
JOSE MARTINEZ
&nbsp;
At
this stage in my fogeydom, nothing makes me feel and look like a youngster more
than going to a classic rock concert, in this case, Sting. And while Sting's
fans haven't aged as gracefully as the 60-year-old musician, who, performing
the first of three sold out intimate dates at the Wiltern, looked too damn fit
in his tight jeans and equally tight t-shirt revealing quite the buff physique.
That's just wrong. The man indeed has it all.
&nbsp;
Curren ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY STEVE PICK
&nbsp;
So
Beautiful or So What, Paul Simon's release earlier this year, is a
front-runner for best album of 2011. Filled with songs of insight, beauty,
humor, and vivacity, So Beautiful or So
What is on the short list of records that stand with the best of an artists
career nearly 50 years after they first recorded. On tour to ostensibly promote
this achievement, Paul Simon somewhat perversely chose to play only four of his
new songs in concert. However, there ca ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

TEXT/PHOTO BY MICHAEL PASSMAN
&nbsp;
In a short diversion from The Norton Anniversary, I took a trip
uptown early Saturday night to catch the newly reformed Left Banke at Drom, a
below ground eatery/venue in Manhattan.&nbsp;
Newly reformed, the band now consists of:
&nbsp;
&nbsp;1. Paul Alves - Guitar
2. George Cameron - Vocals
3. Charly Cazalet - Bass
4. Mickey Finn - Keyboards
5. Tom Finn - Guitar / Vocals
6. Mike Fornatale - Guitar / Lead
Vocal
7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Ri ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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By Lee Zimmerman
&nbsp;
Festival
fanatics take note - there's a new gathering in town... well, just to the south
anyway, in Orlando Florida specifically. Aptly dubbed Orlando
Calling and still in its infancy - the first event took place the weekend of
November 12 and 13 - it attracted a roster that may well be the envy of rival
musical events that have been around far longer. Go here on the BLURT site to
see photographer Tony Landa's full gallery of images from the festival. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
So you all know
about this Wild Flag band. Two-thirds of Sleater-Kinney (Carrie Brownstein and
Janet Weiss) join forces with Helium's Mary Timony and The Minders'
keyboardist/vocalist Rebecca Cole and voila! You have a supergroup that no one
wants to call a supergroup (lame term, I know).&nbsp;
They had played one (from what I under completely packed) gig at Doug
Fir earlier this year, made a splash at SXSW and then recently went on a long
tour and here th ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ BY
JUD COST
&nbsp;
It
was one of those perfect rock 'n' roll days you never could have planned this
well in advance. It just unfolded. A tiny notice in the Sunday pink section of
the San Francisco Chronicle said that
Tav Falco, fronting the latest edition of his Panther Burns band, would be in
town to appear in not one, but two storied venues last week, on Wednesday, Nov.
9.
&nbsp;
Falco
would do a 6:00 p.m. reading from his recent book, Mondo Memphis, at the revered City Lights Book ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY
JUD COST
&nbsp;
It
felt like a different kind of evening right from the start when the pre-show
program of pop/rock nuggets blared out through the PA of San Francisco's
venerable Fillmore Auditorium. While the Bangles were putting on their makeup
backstage, "Hey Joe" by the Leaves, "Him Or Me - What's It Gonna
Be" by Paul Revere &amp; the Raiders and "Go All The Way" by the
Raspberries bounced off the rafters of the ancient hall that once considered
itself way too hip for  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ BY TIM HINELY
&nbsp;
Terrific double
bill on this Sunday night.&nbsp; I had missed
Slumberland's recent signings form New Jersey, Big Troubles, a month or so ago
when they came through with Pains of Being Pure at Heart so I was glad they did
the victory lap and they put on a fine, fine set. The two guitarists switch off
singing while the rhythm section was rock solid and their tuneful noise pop on
sophomore effort Romantic Comedy has
really caught my ear. It must be said, however, that  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY TIM HINELY
The place looked empty when Ganglians
played, but my friends and I were on the other side of the bar so we might as
well have been standing outside. Ganglians trippy pop sound wasn't necessarily
bad, but didn't pique my interest enough to head on in. 
&nbsp;
By the time U.K.'s Still
Corners came on stage, the place was still fairly empty, but slowly started
filling up. I had heard a few early singles that I really liked, but their
debut full-length for Sub Pop, C ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;

BY DAVID CHIU
&nbsp;
Duran Duran's recent performance at New York's Madison
Square Garden was a testament to the group's ongoing popularity and longevity
since the self-titled debut album from 1981. Whereas some of their
contemporaries from the early &lsquo;80s have come and gone, Duran Duran have matured
from their photogenic boy band years to being an influence in terms music, art
and fashion. One can trace the band's impact on several of today's electronic
pop and alternativ ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;
&nbsp;
By
JUD COST
&nbsp;
Unlike
last year when it rained all-day on Sunday, pleasant temperatures in the
high-70s helped make the 25th edition of Neil and Pegi Young's Bridge School
Benefit Concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre, a real treat. As always, rain or
shine, the genre-bending music, most of it acoustic, was nothing short of
inspirational.
&nbsp;
After
a brief welcoming spot from Neil and Pegi Young that included "Sugar
Mountain" and "I Am A Child," Devendra Banhart, a ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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