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One to One: John & Yoko is a fine archival documentary on the couple’s turbulent first 18 months in New York.
The Twilight Sad’s masterpiece reissued.
Investigating the roots of shoegaze in the 1960s.
Peter Gabriel's breakthrough and the real meaning of "Solsbury Hill."
What chances would Eric Satie have if he were around today as an unknown?
On Chris Barnes, death metal pioneer and noted "cookie-monster" vocalist.
Ron Howard's Beatles '64 documentary isn't revelatory, but it's enjoyable celebration of the greatest band of all time.
Skeptical curiosity about A Complete Unknown and revisiting Bob Dylan’s 1974 tour.
The Kinks were a great, somewhat unheralded band in the mid-1960s. After mass popularity hit, they hit the skids. What year is it (#527)
Pat Conte’s Atlas of Instruments: Fiddles Vol. 1 is a cosmopolitan triumph.
My father’s “system” was sacred.
The soul-crushing whistle of Leonard Cohen during the best performance of his life, "One of Us Cannot be Wrong" at Isle of Wight 1970.
The clairvoyance of a true poet.
Perhaps music is adaptive, its purpose soothing fussy babies (and their parents).
Radiohead meets Bill Evans and Thomas Merton.
Doechii is changing the game.
The ring is set: hip-hop’s current showdown.
The best of the worst songs for the season.
Interlopers and songbirds, rookies and hurtin' Albertans: they all helped make this a great year.
The greatest hits afterparty with Graham Nash, Quaaludes, and Polly.
The music of my youth could’ve been worse.
Four and half hours of unedited tapes from the former Beatle's infamous interview with Rolling Stone.
Full album by the late jazz-funk musician.
The first recordings by the late singer songwriter.
Full album by the late singer/songwriter.
Overlooked exotica album presented in its entirety.
Full show from Washington, DC on November 6, 1996.
20-minute track from Sanders' 1974 album Love in Us All.
Full live album by the late songwriter.
One of the greatest soundtracks of the 1970s, later used by Quentin Tarantino in Jackie Brown.