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Happy Mother's Day! In honor of all of the awesome moms being celebrated today, here are seven moms who just so happen to be amazing alt-rock musicians as well. -
7 Classic Albums That Would Improve with Different Production: Paul Simon, Oasis and more
Though I wrote a list a few weeks ago about classic albums that sound awful, I wouldn’t change a thing about the way any of those albums were produced. When I sit down and listen to Raw Power, I want it to be rough and fuzzy, because that’s the kind of music the Stooges made. These seven albums, however, would have greatly benefited from a production overhaul. -
6 Bands Who's Final Album Was Its Worst: The Clash, Led Zeppelin and more
When R.E.M. released its critically panned 2004 album Around the Sun, the band considered breaking up, but realized that they couldn’t end their career on such a failure, which prompted them to release two acclaimed albums before calling it a day in 2012. That was R.E.M., though. Not every band is able to control its legacy so gracefully. Here are six bands that broke up after their weakest albums. -
Eight Totally Bizarre Guitar Solos: Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, and more
The most renowned guitar solos in rock history are soaring and highly melodic, like David Gilmour’s ethereal passages in “Comfortably Numb,” or the epic guitar duel between Don Felder and Joe Walsh at the end of “Hotel California”. These eight solos listed here are way too strange to ever get such recognition, but they’re definitely worth checking out anyway. -
Who Should Be Stephen Colbert's Bandleader?
We can all stop speculating: today it was officially announced that Stephen Colbert will be taking over for David Letterman when he retires from The Late Show next year. Now we can begin speculating about something else: who will be Colbert’s bandleader? Based on all of the great musical guests he’s had on The Colbert Report, he’d probably make an excellent choice. Here are five musicians who would be interesting bandleaders on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. -
Seven Great Songs That Are Homages to Other Bands: The Clash, Talking Heads, and more
There are plenty of artists who love to wear their influences of their sleeves, but instead of covering songs by artists they love, sometimes they’ll write a song by blatantly taking another band’s sound and putting their own spin on it. Here are seven great songs that were homage to other bands. -
Listen to the unreleased Talking Heads song from a live show at CBGB in 1976
An unknown, previously unreleased Talking Heads song has surfaced online. The Talking Heads fan site reports that the 5-minute-long song being called "Theme" is an instrumental piece that was only recorded live when the band opened two sets for the band Television at New York City's famed club CBGB on July 30, 1976.
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