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Mike Mettler  |  Dec 07, 2010

And in an instant, lo, a hole in the sky appeared, and then it hit me like (bang bang) Maxwell's Silver Hammer when "Get Back," the Beatles? 1969 classic song to roller-coast by, cued up on my iPod during one morning's commute. As Paul McCartney's lead vocal embraced the song's galloping melody line, a great revelation emerged: I can sing Black Sabbath?s "Paranoid" to the same tune! Black Sabbath, the dark lords of melody . . . revealed!

Mike Mettler  |  Jan 20, 2011

So I've been basking in the sounds of Cake's new chart-topping album Showroom of Compassion (Upbeat Records; cakemusic.com), and have to say that I'm really loving it.
Oh good. That would be horrible if it was a nightmare for you. [chuckles]

And it's a great album to listen to on vinyl. The bass lines on "Got to Move" and "What's Now Is Now" have real impact.

Jaan Uhelszki  |  Feb 28, 2011
 
Interscope
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Call me naive, but I think album titles should mean something. When the Black Eyed Peas unleashed their poptastic The E.N.D.

Billy Altman  |  Feb 28, 2011
 
Roc-A-Fella
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Jeff Perlah  |  Feb 28, 2011
 
Elektra
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Steve Simels  |  Mar 02, 2011
 
Tall Girl
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Brett Milano  |  Mar 02, 2011
 
Yep Roc
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Jeff Perlah  |  Mar 02, 2011
 
Top Dog/Atlantic
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Brett Milano  |  Mar 02, 2011
 
Mercury
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Parke Puterbaugh  |  Mar 02, 2011
 
Discipline
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The latest reissues in King Crimson’s 40th Anniversary Series capture the band at difficult junctures in Phase 1 of its quixotic history.

Stan Horaczek  |  Mar 03, 2011

It was kind of a big deal with The Beatles finally made their way onto the ever-growing digital music behemoth that is iTunes, but we find this news just as, um, satisfying. Starting this week, 27 Stones records will be finding their way onto the audiophile music service, HDTracks.com. The tracks have been pulled from remasters that were originally created for and released on SACD in the early 2000s.

Parke Puterbaugh  |  Mar 03, 2011
 
Discipline
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Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson's multichannel mix of Islands detangles some of their album In the Wake of Poseidon's

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