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Listening booth — The Darkness, “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us”

Chris Holmes
posted on February 2, 2012
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The Darkness are back after a long hiatus, and here's the first single from their upcoming album. It's "Nothing's Gonna Stop

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Bruce Springsteen has a new song and I kinda dig it

Check out "We Take Care of Our Own," the lead single from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming 'Wrecking Ball' album. I did, and I like

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Pop Culture Capsule — January 5-11, 1992

Chris Holmes
posted on January 6, 2012April 17, 2012
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A look back at the biggest movies, songs and books for the week of January 5-11, 1992 - a time when the stench of the '80s still hung in the

Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth at Cafe Wha?, 1/5/2012

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So this is the new Van Halen song I guess. (“She’s the Woman”)

Chris Holmes
posted on January 6, 2012
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Van Halen debuted a new song at the Cafe Wha? last night, "She's the Woman." The thing is the song is actually about as old as I

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Album Cover of the Week: Space Age Santa Claus

Chris Holmes
posted on November 28, 2011February 10, 2015
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This week's featured album cover is a delightful slice of mid-century Christmas cheer called Space Age Santa

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So fresh: 10 Black Sabbath songs that will never get old

Chris Holmes
posted on November 14, 2011February 28, 2013
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Last Friday the original, legendary Black Sabbath lineup — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward — announced that they are reuniting once again for a tour and a 2012

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Listening booth — Field Music, “(I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing”

Chris Holmes
posted on November 1, 2011November 1, 2011
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I now have a reason to stay alive until February 2012, because that’s when the next Field Music album — Plumb — will be released. More specifically, February 13 in the U.K. and

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Sunday Jazz: My favorite Satchmo songs

Chris Holmes
posted on October 23, 2011October 22, 2011
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Because it’s never a bad time to play Louis Armstrong, here’s a handful of my favorite Satchmo tunes. (Spotify users — you can listen to these and other featured Sunday Jazz songs by

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Listening booth — The Roots, “Make My” (feat. Big K.R.I.T.)

Chris Holmes
posted on October 19, 2011
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The first single from Undun (which the Roots say will be a concept album), "Make My," was just dropped. Check