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Entries Tagged as 'Rocking Rock'

Kick-ya-in-yer-pants Jazz/Soul

May 20th, 2010 1 Comment

Need a hopping new band to listen to? Check out Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears. I highly doubt you’ll be disappointed.
Their latest album, Tell Em What Your Name Is!, was released over a year ago, but I still haven’t gotten tired of it yet. The well deserved crowd favorites are Gunpowder [...]

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No ones going to take them alive

September 5th, 2009 No Comments

“I can’t take credit for discovering them. I can only take credit for hearing what the rest of the world heard” – Perry Watts-Russell, A&R man responsible for signing Muse to Warner Bros
Continuing my writing about somewhat obscure, already well established bands that I think you should know about, but probably don’t, brings us to [...]

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The Hold Steady: Who says 37-year-olds can’t Rock?

May 3rd, 2009 No Comments

I know this band is nothing new to the music scene, but I have to blow their horn for them to my 3-4 readers (every new fan counts).
They are The Hold Steady, and they currently hail from Brooklyn New York. Most of the members were apart of the band Lifter Puller, based [...]

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