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A little advance warning, here. In the next couple of weeks, we’ll be posting extracts from the upcoming 33 1/3 volumes on Slint, Radiohead, Johnny Cash, Nine Inch Nails, and Ween. Consider yourselves primed! Also, Michael Gray will be hosting, in November, further Dylan-themed weekends at his home in the beautiful French countryside. Details: Dylan […]

I have assembled the panel of judges, and we’re receiving a steady stream of great entries for the contest (guidelines can be found here). Current unrepresented genres include hip hop, noise/avant garde/sound collage, R&B, bluegrass, new age, salsa, hymns, reggae, dub, metal, and pretty much anything that does not prominently feature a guitar…Keep ’em coming!

Contest info is below, but first, a little background… We recently published a great book called Understanding Records: A Field Guide to Recording Practice. Understanding Records explains the musical language of Recording Practice in a way that any interested reader can understand. Drawing on readily available hit records produced since 1945, each section of this

Allow me to bring this website to your attention. Comedy gold therein.

Van Dyke Parks himself will be performing at this year’s Pop Montreal festival on Thursday, September 30th. Not only will he be performing, but he’ll be hosting a song-writing workshop earlier in the day so that the masses might get a chance to imbibe some of his knack for crafting catchy melodies. Our very own

Bryan Charles will be talking about Pavement on Newtown Radio on Monday, September 20th from 8pm to 10pm. Also on hand will be Matthew Perpetua from Fluxblog, Wowee Zowee cover artist Steve Keene, and Joseph D’Agostino of the band Cymbals Eat Guitars. They will be talking about the band, playing their favorite Pavement songs, and

Let this Onion AV Club feature serve as a reminder about tomorrow’s 33 1/3 event at Quimby’s in Chicago tomorrow night. Friday, September 17th, 7pm! More info here! Some particularly nice words about the series from the intro to the AV Club piece: “In 2003, Continuum launched a book series that any music critic and

The New Yorker‘s Talk of the Town section has a nice piece by Dan Kois, on the harrowing logistical nightmares faced by Pavement fans who’ve been hanging on (or not) to their reunion show tickets for pretty much a whole year now. Here’s a taste: * “It’s so rare that you hold on to a

Three albums, three books, three authors… One event! Friday, September 17th, 7pm – Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave, Chicago Joe Bonomo – AC/DC’s Highway to HellJoe Bonomo strikes a three-chord essay on the power of adolescence, the durability of rock & roll fandom, and the transformative properties of memory. Why does Highway To Hell