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Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Experience Hendrix/Legacy by David Chiu Promo image: Marjut Valakivi [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons 1968’s...
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard The Story So Far: The Best of UMe by David Chiu (Promo photo by Kevin Nixon) The timing of this new Def Leppard compilation couldn’t have arrived at a better time this year as the band was...
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David Bowie
David Bowie Glastonbury 2000 Parlophone/Rhino by David Chiu It is no wonder that David Bowie’s performance at Glastonbury in 2000 has since been touted as legendary. At age 53, the Thin White Duke was...
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Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten Remind Me Tomorrow Jagjaguwar by David Chiu (Photo by Ryan Pfluger) If her most recent single, “Comeback Kid” was any indication, Sharon Van Etten’s new and fifth album, Remind Me...
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Big Star
Big Star Live on WLIR Omnivore Recordings by David Chiu (photo by Omnivore Recordings) In the context of Big Star’s history and discography, Live on WLIR, now reissued by Omnivore Recordings, is an...
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Maggie Rogers
Maggie Rogers Heard It in a Past Life Capitol by David Chiu Photo credit: Olivia Bee Twenty-four-year-old singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers has been the “it” musician ever since the now-famous viral...
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J.S. Ondara
J.S. Ondara Tales of America Verve Forecast by David Chiu There has been a lot of buzz surrounding folk singer-songwriter J.S. Ondara, and justifiably so. Originally from Kenya, Ondara came to...
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Ex Hex
Ex Hex It’s Real Merge by David Chiu We’re just a quarter of the way into 2019, but indie rock trio Ex Hex’s sophomore effort It’s Real already has my vote for one of this year’s best album....
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The Dream Syndicate
The Dream Syndicate These Times Anti- by David Chiu (promo photo by Linda Pitmon) It’s one thing to release a new album after a 30-year hiatus, but it’s another to put out a follow-up record so quickly...
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Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks Stand Back: 1981-2017 Rhino by David Chiu (Promo photo: Ralph Arvesen [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) Stand Back is the most comprehensive, career-encompassing...
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