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Muffs- Live At Rhino Pop Up Store, Los Angeles 2011
It's been about two and half years since Kim Shattuck of the Muffs passed away after a battle with ALS and I was thinking of her last week while listening to some Muffs. I always thought their first...
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The Replacements- Live at the Longhorn 1980
This past Record Store Day, I only made one purchase, The Replacements, Unsuitable Airplay: The Lost KFAI Concert which I was lucky to pickup at my local bookstore/vinyl record retailer. I know the...
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The Dickies- Live In Winnipeg 1982
I've always wondered why there wasn't more live albums or unofficial live recordings from my hometown of Winnipeg? It's not like this is a international hot-bed of a music scene, but I'm always hoping...
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Descendents- Liveage In Winnipeg 1987
Another punk show I missed back in the day was a show from the Descendents, when they came through town in 1987. They were already on my radar and I always enjoyed the band with their high energy...
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Costello Sings Lowe/Nick Sings Elvis- San Francisco, October 1, 2010: 16...
I have Elvis on my mind! No, not that ancient rocker who had a recent bio-pic about his life in theaters, the Elvis who's married to Canada's, Diana Krall! I saw (via social media), a friend of mine,...
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Brinsley Schwarz- Live Archive Vol. 3
Speaking of Nick Lowe, I came upon a great sounding Brinsley Schwarz live recording from the (unofficial) Live Archives series from Vogon in the UK. The two previous Live Archive volumes were from...
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Kathleen Edwards- Haddon Heights, NJ, August 24, 2022
For many performers, the pandemic proved to be difficult to stage live concerts with many artists turning to technology, such as live streaming to perform for their fans...and to make a living. A lot...
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Minus 5 Or Young Fresh Fellows? Live In Olympia 2022
When I started this blog over sixteen years ago, my goal was to share music that I loved, either by writing about new releases or posting samples of music that I found interesting. Through the years,...
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Grapes Of Wrath- "Just Concerts" CBC Broadcast 2001 (NEW Link!)
I had a request a few weeks ago to re-up the link for the Grapes Of Wrath show I posted in 2013. The link wasn't working, but it now works! So I thought I would re-post to remind you to listen to this...
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Liz Phair- Whitechocolatespaceegg Sessions
I used to consider myself not much of a reader, sure, I read the newspaper everyday and read articles in magazines and on the computer, but when I really think about it a lot of my day is spent...
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Zumpano Does Burt Bacharach 1999 (re-upload)
The other day, I was listening to my album of the day, (1001 albums you must hear before you die generator) Dusty Springfield's debut album, A Girl Called Dusty. It's a fine collection of songs, many...
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Gear Daddies- Rock For Karl Benefit 2004
In May 2004, Karl Mueller, bass player with Minneapolis band, Soul Asylum was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. A benefit concert, Rock for Karl was held to help with the medical bills and it brought...
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Bob Mould- Rock for Karl Benefit: Quest Club, Minneapolis 2004
Here's another set from the Rock for Karl benefit in 2004, with former Husker Du co-founder, Bob Mould, who performed a solo set. He played songs from his solo records as well as songs from his...
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Paul Westerberg- Rock For Karl Benefit, Minneapolis, 2004
Happy 2023! Yes, it's a new year and hopefully everyone is okay and ready for a new start, at least we can pretend. I'm sorry for the lack of posts for 2022, but as usual, I promise there will be...
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Golden Smog- Rock For Karl Benefit, Minneapolis- October 21, 2004
I don't believe this is backstage at the Quest Club. A set from Golden Smog featured an appearance by Paul Westerberg on the set opener, the Stones, Dead Flowers, as well as Dream Syndicate/Baseball...
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Soul Asylum- Rock for Karl Benefit 2004!!
We've come to the final set from the Rock For Karl Benefit concert from 2004, that helped support Soul Asylum's co-founding member, bass player, Karl Mueller. Money raised went towards medical bills...
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Today Is International Clash Day! Live In Chicago 1979
In case you weren't aware, today is International Clash Day! This is a day to sit back and enjoy their music and reflect on the influence and impact the band's music made on our lives through their...
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Ric Ocacek & Benjamin Orr- Pre-Cars Demo Sessions 1974-1975
Many years later, as members of a popular band called, The Cars. In the early days of this blog, a semi-regular feature called, "Before We Was Famous" (...Before He/She) featured recordings from...
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Tammy & The Amps- Maxwell's July 1, 1995
In 1995, after Kim Deal put her band, The Breeders on hiatus, she formed a new band, Tammy & The Amps. They played some shows and recorded and released an album, Pacer in October 1995. The band...
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Juliana Hatfield- Live at the Echoplex, Los Angeles, January 2020
Let's get back to concert-going! Would love to have been here! (photo by S. Lo)I broke my live concert shut-out streak and finally saw a live band two weeks ago. I haven't been to a live show (indoor)...
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