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It’s still June, so it’s still African American Music Appreciation Month, although we’d argue that every month qualifies as African American Music Appreciation Month ‘round the Rhino offices. But let’s not quibble about that, let’s just get to the appreciating...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of one of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest super-groups – Crosby, Stills and Nash, so there’s more than a small amount of appropriateness to the fact that we’re about to honor one...

25 years ago this month, the lead singer of legendary Minneapolis band The Replacements released his first official solo album. Co-produced with Matt Wallace, 14 SONGS wasn’t the first thing Paul Westerberg released under his own name. In fact, his...

Last year, Rhino began the process of celebrating the career of Brazilian thrash/death metal legends Sepultura by reissuing their classic albums CHAOS A.D. and ROOTS, and it’s finally time to get back to the celebration: as of today, fans of...

50 years ago today, Aretha Franklin released the album that opened with a song that she’d memorably perform in a feature film more than a decade later, stealing every single moment that she spent on celluloid. Talking a bit about...

For much of the world at large, the career of The Flaming Lips might as well have started in 1995, i.e. when they took to the stage of The Peach Pit After Dark for their performance of “She Don’t Use...

It was no surprise when Michael McDonald’s 1982 solo debut IF THAT’S WHAT IT TAKES landed in the Top Ten, yielded a Top Ten single (“I Keep Forgettin’”), and effortlessly went gold. His last records with the Doobie Brothers (MINUTE...

Kick off summer with the motherload of all music giveaways. We've teamed up with record stores all throughout Southern California to hook you up with 2 weekend (2-day) GA passes for Arroyo Seco Festival (June 23 & 24 in Pasadena)...

10 years ago this week, Coldplay released their fourth studio album, VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS, so we’ve decided to celebrate the occasion by delving into the secret origins of its title track, which went on...