VINYL FORMAT. Until now, guitarist-singer Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney of the Black Keys took an extreme do-it-yourself approach to record making, hunkering down in a basement studio or setting up equipment in one of the abandoned factories of their native Akron, Ohio Their modus operandi was more séance than session. With a minimal set of tools, they conjuredup a big, swaggering blues-rock sound, seemingly drawn from some distant time and place yet too weirdly original to ever be called retro ...   [ read more ]

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Paul Rodgers' tribute to Muddy Waters is not a return to Waters' electric Chicago blues, but a continuation of the blues-rock of Rodgers' old bands, Free and Bad Company. Taken on those terms, Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters works only when Rodgers is matched with a good blues-rock guitarist. Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, and Gary Moore all play well, while Richie Sambora, Neal Schon, and Trevor Rabin all sound a bit lost; the rest, including David Gilmour ...   [ read more ]

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By condensing the sonic explorations of "Meddle" to actual songs, and adding a lush, immaculate production to their trippiest instrumental sections, Pink Floyd inadvertently designed their breakthrough, "Dark Side of the Moon." What gives the album true power is the subtly textured music, which evolves from ponderous, neo-psychedelic art rock to jazz fusion and blues-rock before turning back to psychedelia. It's dense with detail, but leisurely paced, creating its own dark, haunting world.

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