Daily Newsletter, February 20, 2025

Maybe some of these articles will cut the winter shoet in the Western Hemisphere

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Ljubinko Zivkovic
February 20, 2025

HOT HALF DOZEN 2.18.25

From blues to blues to corrido to alt country to…. A good week with Samantha Fish, La Santa Cecilia, Japanese Breakfast, and more

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Xgau Sez: February, 2025

Louis Armstrong and the Beatles in book form, 'Brat' but it's a lowish A but also still 'Brat,' Emmylou Harris and Wussy grades grubbed, and combating the evil which is going on.

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Review: LA psych band Triptides’ album ‘Leave Your Body Behind’

By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam Review: Triptides – Leave Your Body Behind – Release date: January 31, 2025 For years now, Triptides have been an intriguing fixture on the Southern California music scene. [...]

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Album Of The Week: Saya Gray SAYA

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25 Under the Radar Albums From 1975

A look at 25 underrated albums from 1975.

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The Beatles song too hard for George Martin to play

Although George Martin may have been more knowledgeable about music theory in Beatles sessions, he felt this song tested his limitations.

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15 American Top 40 gems from 1980s that didn't make it past number 30

Casey Kasem never announced these 1980s top 40 gems past number 30 and that is a shame.

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90s Indie Faves Of Montreal Prepare 20th Anniversary Reissue of ‘Sunlandic Twins’ » LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

In the '90s Of Montreal burst onto the scene, and their excellent, off-kilter album 'Sunlandic Twins' is getting an anniversary reissue.

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Hear the Jazz-Funk Musical Adaptation of Dune by David Matthews (1977)

Even if you've never read Frank Herbert's Dune, you may well have encountered its adaptations to a variety of other media: comic books, video games, board games, television series, and of course films, David Lynch's 1984 version and Denis Villeneuve's two-parter earlier this decade.

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Soul's New Era

Soul music has been in a constant state of evolution, from its 1950s beginnings to its culture-shifting impact throughout the ‘60s, ‘70s and beyond. Musicians from Black communities in cities includin

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