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Last October J.J. Cale fans saw their hero’s vaults unlocked with the release of Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings, which collects 14 previously unavailable tracks. For an artist whose songs have famously been covered for decades, it’s great to see Cale, himself, work his way around other artist’s work. Here are two of the highlights: […]

Next Tuesday your local retail shelves will see the return of Bob Mould with his 7th (and counting) solo release, District Line. I’ve fallen off the Bob Mould train a couple of times in the past (see: 2002’s electronica flirtation Modulate), but, between hearing a few tracks, and having read numerous early reviews, and […]

I was originally turned on to the late British bluesman, Long John Baldry, via his 1971 LP, It Ain’t Easy. Initially, it was Baldry’s take on The Faces “Flying” that stopped me in my tracks, as, until hearing his reading of the song, I could not imagine anyone else other that Rod Stewart’s […]

Sure, there may be numerous covers out there of Don Dryant’s “99 Lbs,” but Ann Peebles’ version solidly remains my favorite. In fact, she owns it in a way the original only hints at. I have blogged about the compilation this track is culled from, Original Funk Soul Sister: The Best of Ann […]

Earlier today Billboard announced that Neil Young’s latest plan, per his much delayed Archives project, is to release the set in a multi-media format, exclusively on Blu-Ray and DVD. Yup, you heard him: no compact discs. Share you thoughts on this news in the comments.  I imagine a number of us will be […]

Those of you who read Patterson Hood’s Off The Record, last week, may have noted that Hood lists his all-time favorite Athen’s, GA release as The Glands self-titled second album. High praise, indeed. While I cannot make the same claim (R.E.M. owns that accolade), the album certainly ranks up there with the best […]

Super excited for tonight’s AD Presents show. Come on out to the Silverlake Lounge for a night of music with some of our favorite LA artists (yup, Blair is now a card-carrying Angeleno after relocating from New Orleans).
Here is the artist lineup, most of which, regular AD readers have read about time and again: […]

Other than being an interesting project in its own right, the Cowboy Junkies Trinity Session Revisited has, personally, sparked an entirely renewed interest in the Junkies original recording (1987’s The Trinity Session). While I had in no way forgotten the strength of the original album, it had been a couple of years since I […]

Come March 4th, Whiskeytown’s second album, 1997’s Stranger’s Almanac, is getting the deluxe, two disc, reissue treatment. This marks the first Whiskeytown release since the post-humous 2001 release of Pneumonia, the band’s final studio album. No Depression dot net has the details — check it out:
“Disc One of the two-disc set will feature […]

If you’ve followed the AD blog over the past few years, you’re aware I am somewhat of a Black Crowes freak. Granted, I grew up in Georgia, which means I may very well be pre-disposed to the condition. Nevertheless, the recent news of the band gearing up to release, Warpaint, their first album […]

Don’t let anyone ever tell you that good blogging ain’t a two way street. It is. One recent example are the reader comments from an AD post, on R.E.M., from last Fall (REM :: Wrangling In The Monster). It was because of these comments that I placed my, post-Bill Berry, skepticism […]