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CD reviews: The Stooges, The Frames (Northwest Herald) Generally, it?s not a good idea for a band to take a multi-decade hiatus between albums. See: The Who?s ?Endless Wire,? Steely Dan?s ?Two Against Nature? and whatever mediocrity might result from this summer?s Police and Genesis reunion tours. New York Doll Follows The Strange, Final Days Of Bassist, And Mormon Convert,... How?s this for a weird story: a Mormon fresh out of film school is looking for a subject. One day, at the LDS church in Pasadena, he meets a man in his 50s who works as a clerk in the genealogical research library ? a tall, balding, anxious guy in a tie who travels to work on the bus. Coaching troubled Idols: Don grades Gina (USA Today) Again, repeating the premise for this week's coach panel: Each coach picked an Idol who had potential for growth but also has been exhibiting notable, correctable flaws. Don Waller chose Gina. Here are his his serious coaching tips -- plus,... Music with Mario (The Greenville News) I was recently adopted by the warm, generous foster parent that is "Guitar Hero II." Television movies for the week of March 18 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Read this article ] Sounding Off: The Stooges ?The Weirdness? (Advance Titan) If there?s anything to be learned from the music industry over the last five years, it is that ?classic? bands are more popular than new bands. Tours by the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Madonna have sold millions of tickets and made hundreds of millions of dollars. Television movies for the week of March 11 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Read this article ] Music Review: Mott The Hoople - Introduction to Mott the Hoople (Blogcritic... For many years after they broke up, Mott the Hoople was distinguished from other acts of their caliber and level of success - lack of bootlegs of their studio outtakes and live performances. Over the last few years, however, former band members, particularly drummer Dale Griffin have been going through the vaults and releasing high quality recordings that help flesh out the recorded history of ... CD reviews: Arcade Fire; The Stooges; Fat Freddy's Drop; Vieux Farka Toure (R... "Neon Bible"; Merge Records Get out for Wednesday (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) The Boston-bred band was among the first to sign to Little Steven Van Zandt?s garage-rock record label, Wicked Cool. ?Strange Magic,? its label debut and third full-length CD, was released last month and is scoring high marks with critics and fans. |