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This Week in Music, October 29, 2013: Arcade Fire’s “Reflektor” (or, the trials and tribulations of a rock critic, part 896)

Ken Richardson | Oct 29, 2013 |

Also: Humble Pie expanded, Jethro Tull remixed in 5.1, and much more. Plus: the return of Dorothy Wiggin. (She used to be a Shagg.)

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This Week in Music, October 8, 2013: Taking Miley Cyrus Seriously

Ken Richardson | Oct 08, 2013 |

Whatever you think of Miley Cyrus these days, she does have you thinking. In other words, she got your attention. Which, in the current era of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and elder shockwoman Britney Spears, is the first order of business, and I do mean “business.”

The thing is, what if she’d gotten our attention another way?

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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: The Best of Everything - The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection: 1976-2016

Mike Mettler | Jun 07, 2019 |

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When Tom Petty unexpectedly passed away in October 2017 following a triumphant 40th anniversary tour with The Heartbreakers that had wrapped up barely a week earlier in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, the outpouring of grief on an international scale was beyond palpable. Petty's loss at age 66 was a gut-punch, to be sure, especially considering the successive sonic triple threat of 2010's Mojo, 2014's Hypnotic Eye, and 2016's Mudcrutch 2.

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Top 5 Cool Music Box Sets You May Have Missed

Mike Mettler | Jan 31, 2025 |

Box sets are investments. Not just in terms

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of their usually lofty SRPs, but also in regard to the amount of time and attention needed/required to listen to, enjoy, and fully absorb the multiple hours’ worth of music they hold. Read music editor Mike Mettler’s combo deep-dive review of five recent, cool music box sets you may have missed, and find out why they all belong in your collection as soon as your wallet allows. . .

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Top 5 Dolby Atmos Tracks of 2024 Mike Mettler | Dec 19, 2024 |

the sheer volume of new-to-2024 Dolby Atmos tracks available on streaming services/online listening portals like Apple Music, Tidal, and Immersive Audio Album these days—not to mention the encouraging, increasing number of physical Blu-ray-with-Atmos options that are also out there, for us completist/collector types—but it’s one holy heck of a problem to have for those of us who truly cherish the immersive listening experience. Read on to see which songs made the 360-degree cut for S&V Music Editor Mike Mettler’s Top 5 favorite Dolby Atmos tracks of 2024 list. . .

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Tracking Surround | Nov 09, 2006 |

PETE TOWNSHEND & RONNIE LANE. Bob Pridden's surround treatment of Rough Mix (Hip-O; Music ••••, DualDisc Mix ••••, Extras •••) brings out the craftsmanship beneath the 1977 project's seeming casualness.

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Tracking Surround: Barenaked Ladies DVD Parke Puterbaugh | Jan 07, 2008 |