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Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis

Producer T-Bone Burnett, the mastermind behind the bluegrass soundtrack to the Coen Brothers’ 2000 film O Brother Where Art Thou, reunited with the directing duo to work on their new film Inside Llewyn Davis, a fictional accoun...

 
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Dream Syndicate (c) Juan Carlos Quindos
Dream Syndicate (c) Juan Carlos Quindos
Dream Syndicate (c) Juan Carlos Quindos

After playing a few dates last year in Spain, The Dream Syndicate, the L.A.-based garage/punk rock act fronted by singer-guitarist Steve Wynn, has booked a handful of dates in the US. Those dates will mark The Dream Syndicate’s...

 
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Joseph Arthur by Danny Clinch
Joseph Arthur by Danny Clinch
Joseph Arthur by Danny Clinch

Singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur made quite an impression with his 2000 full-length debut Come to Where I’m From. One of the year’s best reviewed albums, it ended up on a number of Top 10 lists. The incredibly prolific Arthur, a...

 
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Metric
Metric
Metric

On last year’s Synthetica, the Canadian synth pop band Metric explored the postmodern condition in songs essentially about the fine line between what’s real and what’s not. Guitarist James Shaw phoned in from a tour stop in Vir...

 
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Ed Kowalczyk
Ed Kowalczyk
Ed Kowalczyk

When he was still in middle school, Ed Kowalczyk formed the spiritually-inspired rock act Live. The group would go to sell millions of albums in the ’90s before it came to an ugly end in 2009 and band members filed a lawsuit ag...

 
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Fitz and the Tantrums
Fitz and the Tantrums
Fitz and the Tantrums

It didn’t take long for the neo-soul band Fitz and the Tantrums to pick up steam. The band practiced only once before playing its first gig.  The group’s full-length debut, 2010’s Pickin’ Up the Pieces, yielded the infectious s...

 
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Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr
 

Godlike (Guitar) Genius Johnny Marr

 
October 31, 2013



A founding member of the Smiths, Johnny Marr is a phenomenal guitarist whose retro-sounding style of playing defined the British band’s tunes as much as Morrissey’s vocals did. After stints with The The, Modest Mouse and the Cr...

 
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Langhorne Slim: Photo by Todd Roeth
Langhorne Slim: Photo by Todd Roeth
Langhorne Slim: Photo by Todd Roeth

Langhorne Slim’s first album, The Electric Love Letter, came out nearly a decade ago and he’s been touring and recording steadily ever since. Even though his most recent release, The Way We Move, came out last year it continues...

 
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Nils Lofgren at Music Masters
Nils Lofgren at Music Masters
Nils Lofgren at Music Masters

Whopperjaw HQ is in Cleveland, which is also home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That’s why we’ve been lucky enough to attend the Museum’s annual Music Masters over the last several years. A week of events...

 
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Matt Nathanson
Matt Nathanson
Matt Nathanson

Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson released his first album 20 years ago and has been going steady ever since. His new album, Last of the Great Pretenders, is an introspective affair that begins with the spirited “Earthquake Weat...