Daily Newsletter, January 7, 2025

Holiday lull is definitely overm things getting back to daily routine, including music and releases

Ljubinko Zivkovic
January 07, 2025

12 obscure psych-rock songs from the 1960s that deserve a revival

Psych-rock might not be for everyone, but these 12 songs deserve another look.

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Review: Detroit band Visitor’s single ‘Hollywood Kid’

By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam Review: Visitor’s single “Hollywood Kid” -Release date December 13, 2024 Since the late sixties and the times of MC5 and The Stooges, kids from Detroit devoting themselves to [...]

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The Rebirth of The Record Store: Why Your Humble Local Music Shop Is Thriving Despite Streaming Sites Like Spotify

The indie record store is making a comeback, and vinyl sales are up year after year, showing that digital media can't tick all the boxes.

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Jazz January: Ralph Towner, Sun Ra, Keith Jarrett & More

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Shibuya-kei: Japan's reinvention of sunshine pop

While the initial era of sunshine pop didn't last much beyond the 1960s, a small selection of bands in Japan three decades later were intent on reviving its sound.

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L.A.’s Morrison Hotel, Immortalized By The Doors Album Cover, has Burned Down » LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

L.A.'s iconic Morrison Hotel, the site and namesake of arguably The Doors' best album, suffered a tragic fire this holidays.

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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: Japan’s psychedelic rock powerhouse

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a legendary Japanese experimental rock band formed in 1995 by guitarist and producer Kawabata Makoto. The ba

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The Making of Al Green and the Hi Records Sound - Best Classic Bands

Al Green producer Willie Mitchell: "The main thing is, Al could sing in tune. Once he got a hook on a song, it was hard to beat him."

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Every solo song John Lennon wrote for The Beatles

While songwriters never really stop, John Lennon felt that these demos from the Beatles days were worth fleshing out into full songs.

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Remembering Elizabeth Cotten on the 132nd anniversary of her birth.

At age 65, she released her first album and changed American folk music forever.

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Two Albums By the Legendary Jazzman Jimmy Smith Get Vinyl Reissues » LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Jimmy Smith, probably the most iconic jazz organist, is getting his 2 albums 'The Cat' and 'Root Down' reissued on vinyl.

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20 absolutely unmissable films coming out in 2025

The next 12 months has it all

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