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He’s doing it “Reynolds style.” Author/collector Tom Hamling suffers from a condition that drives him to hunt down the very most obscure in vinyl records. Granted, this in and of itself would describe half of my friends, but Hamling strictly hunts only the horrible, wretched, thing that is celebrities cutting […]

Heads up: Next week we are giving away tickets to the Robert Plant/Allison Krauss (June 23/24) show taking place at one of my very favorite summer venues — the Greek Theatre, here in Los Angeles. This week, though, we have a pair of tickets to giveaway to an AD reader for the upcoming Rilo […]

Like Thurston Moore and Rob Sheffield before him, AD contributor j. neas reflects on, and laments, the art of the (actual) mixtape. Now, raise your hand if you’ve created a muxtape (yes, I’m guilty). Part two of two. You can read part one, HERE - AD
I never want to own a car without a cassette […]

Between travel, and gearing up for sxsw later this week, things have been busy around the AD camp, of late, but I would be remiss if I failed to get a little something up here regarding Buddy Miles passing, at the age of sixty, late last month. Without a doubt, the man had soul […]

Doom and gloom, baby. It is well documented that we Americans live in a country forged in strife. Since the very beginning our history has been bound to various disasters, calamities and murder. Hell, it still is. The Tomkins Square folks know this well and have dutifully compiled the extensive box set […]

Interview with J Spaceman and Sonic Boom concerning the dissolution of Spacemen 3

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AD contributor, J. Neas, weighs in on the recent companion soundtrack to filmmaker Todd Hayne’s new, and loose, Dylan biopic, “I’m Not There.”
Tribute albums are always tricky; Bob Dylan tributes even more so. When you set out to cover someone with as distinctive a voice - lyrically, vocally and musically - it’s guaranteed to be […]

We do our best to keep tabs on the latest Numero Group happenings, as they rarely fail to deliver. The latest news to come out of their Chicago shop is the recently launched Asterisk imprint which drops not one, but three albums on us this month.
The story goes that, apparently, while the label’s resident […]

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Nina Nastasia & Jim White’s collaborative LP, You Follow Me, is one that is made up of night time songs — languid folk flanked by an experimental, jazzy, backbeat. Clocking in at just a touch over 30 minutes, if you’re in the right headspace, the album is just about perfect in its execution.
Nina Nastasia […]

“The city hasn’t changed as much as real estate agents would have you believe,” Steve Earle explains about his adopted hometown of New York City. “Specifically, my neighborhood hasn’t changed that much. I point people in the right direction so that they can take their picture like the cover of Freewheelin’ all the time.” — […]

Athens, Georgia resident singer-songwriter, Jim Willingham, returns November 6th with his second LP The Captain’s Table.
Recording and performing under the nom de plume Ham 1, Willingham, when not performing his duties as a schoolteacher, likes to lay down tracks with his Athens buddies…who just happen to include, but not limited to: Liz Durrett, former members […]