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Robert Smith of The Cure celebrates his birthday this weekend, but since we’re going to be busy with Record Store Day and, you know, just generally not being at work, we wanted to take a moment in advance of Smith’s...

If you’re reading this right now, please stop doing so at the end of this sentence and go see if you have April 21 circled on the calendar. Now that you’ve done so, see which of these best applies to...

If Todd Rundgren’s 1972 album SOMETHING/ANYTHING? had set certain expectations with listeners — namely, that he was a cool new hit maker, albeit one with an eccentric streak — he spent the next several years disabusing them of that notion...

30 years ago this month, Neil Young released his 16th studio album, an LP which found him raging against commercialism while being backed by a horn-laden new band called The Bluenotes. Recorded at Studio Instrument Rentals in Hollywood and co-produced...

37 years ago this month, Chris Squire, Alan White, and once-and-future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page laid down some demos for a band that never really came to fruition, but if you think that lineup is perfect for a “oh...

On this week's episode of THE RHINO PODCAST, we talk about the remastered and expanded editions of The Cars’ CANDY-O and PANORAMA albums. Compilation Producer John Hughes goes deep with Ric Ocasek to find out why the two albums are...

31 years ago this week, Aretha Franklin found herself atop the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time in her career due to her duet with George Michael, “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” which seems like a good...

45 years ago today, the Eagles released their sophomore album, and while it certainly didn’t exactly soar to the top of the charts like, say, the animals that provided the band with its name, it did serve as a cornerstone...

12 years ago today, Daniel Powter sat atop the Billboard Hot 100, making this a good day to do a Single Stories piece on “Bad Day.” Written by Powter and produced by Mitchell Froom and Jeff Dawson, “Bad Day” was...