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25 years ago this month, Danny Wilde and Phil Solem – known collectively as The Rembrandts – released their second studio album, one which answers the question, “When is an album that has a title still untitled?” Wilde and Solem...

On September 23, David Bowie’s “Heroes” will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its original release, and to honor the occasion, we're continuing our ongoing Bowie picture-disc series by reissuing the song as a limited-edition 7” single. In this instance, “Heroes”...

What to do after you make an inescapable album—one that spent nearly eight months at Number One, sold a kajillion copies and basically made you the biggest band in the U.S., if not the world? You make one that sounds...

25 years ago this month, Stone Temple Pilots released their debut album, CORE, so today we thought we’d take a look back at the second single from that LP. Recorded in Canoga Park, California at Rumbo Recorders, “Plush” – which...

41 years ago today, Ringo Starr released his fifth studio album and the final one to feature active contributions from all three of his fellow Beatles. Recorded at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles and Atlantic Studios in New York, RINGO’S...

Today we celebrate the birthday of Nile Rodgers, whose work with Chic is legendary and whose skills as a producer have been utilized to great effect by everyone from Duran Duran to Sister Sledge. Still, for as much as you...

This Friday, Rhino will release PLAYBACK: THE BRIAN WILSON ANTHOLOGY, the most substantial anthology ever compiled of the beloved Beach Boy’s solo career, offering up 16 tracks culled from his studio and live recordings, along with an addition two previously-unreleased...

In February 1986 at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey, The Replacements famously – some would say infamously – turned in a performance for the ages. Over the course of 29 songs, the band mixed up album tracks, singles, B-sides, and...

40 years ago this week, Talking Heads released their self-titled debut album, an effort which put the NYC-based band on the map straight out of the gate. Recorded at Sundragon Studios in New York City, TALKING HEADS ’77 may have...