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  White Whale Swims Again in RSD Exclusive Psych Pop Compilation

  August 17 at 4 a.m.

  One of the biggest COVID-Casualties in the music biz has been the cancellation of Record Store Day. The annual event celebrates independent stores and their music head/crate digger customers. They descend upon real brick-and-mortar buildings to snap up what are now hundreds of exclusive and limited edition RSD releases each...

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  1973: It Was a Very Good Year for Rock...and Other Genres

  Monday, December 2, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  1973: Rock at the Crossroads By Andrew Grant Jackson 448 pp. $29.99 Thomas Dunne Books Andrew Grant Jackson has a thing for dates. His previous rock book, 1965, argued how that trip around the sun was just as important in music as its closer and more celebrated cousins 1966 and...

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  Go to Paisley Park While It's Still in Your Heart

  Friday, November 1, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Matt’s, a 1950s era bar and grill in midtown Minneapolis, invented the culinary delight known as the “Jucy Lucy.” It’s a grilled all-beef patty stuffed at the center with gooey and delicious cheese. They serve ‘em simply as they did when they first concocted 'em. The Chatterbox Pub is right...

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  John Mayer Rocks Toyota Center - Summer Tour 2019

  Monday, September 9, 2019 at 9:16 a.m.

  John Mayer Toyota Center September 8, 2019 There's something supremely genuine about a John Mayer concert. You won't be bombarded with lasers or sexy back-up dancers or mosh pits during his show. Everything surrounding the performance hits the sweet spot, from the overall volume to the on-stage banter, the set...

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  Peter Noone's Busy Schedule is Hardly Hermit-Like

  Monday, June 10, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Peter Noone has heard it for years: “You should write a book!” After all, the lead singer of British Invasion band Herman’s Hermits certainly has a lot of stories he could tell. About hanging out with members of the Beatles and the Stones in swinging London clubs like the Ad...

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  Emily King Floats to the Top of Music Fans' Playlists With Scenery

  Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5 a.m.

  Emily King is a New Yorker, through and through. She grew up in Manhattan’s East Village and when she decided her life and the music informed by it needed a change, she packed up and moved upstate, where she pieced together Scenery, arguably the best work of her career. The...