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Pixies Unearth Four Archival Tracks, Including Albini Version of “Dig for Fire”
Pixies have put four previously vaulted tracks on streaming for the first time: an early Steve Albini-recorded "Dig for Fire" from the late-1987 Surfer Rosa sessions, "Go Man Go," "Brackish Boy," and "Punk Loop." They had only appeared last month on bonus 7-inches bundled with limited Dinked editions of the remastered Bossanova and Trompe le Monde. The most tangled history belongs to "Go Man Go," co-written by Black Francis and Kim Deal and recorded by both Pixies (Bossanova era) and The Breeders (Last Splash era) without making either album, while "Brackish Boy" is an early take of a song Frank Black re-recorded for his 1993 debut, and "Punk Loop" comes from the 1991 Trompe le Monde sessions. The piece also notes the band's upcoming South American run and spring 2027 US arena tour with Queens of the Stone Age, May 1 to 24.
Franklin Pierce by The Two Man Gentlemen Band on Apple Music
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Song · 2010 · Duration 2:47
The 200 Best Rock Songs of the 21st Century
Rolling Stone's ranked list of the 200 best rock songs of the 21st century so far, framed as a rebuttal to anyone claiming rock is dying and as a companion to its "Reasons to Love Rock" feature. It deliberately spreads across pop-punk, emo, metal, indie, garage revival, Latin rock, Tuareg desert blues, country-rock, and crossover acts like OutKast, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, and Olivia Rodrigo. Each entry is a short blurb mixing backstory and artist quotes, and the rule of mostly one song per artist is bent only for a few legends (Radiohead, Muse, Foo Fighters, the Strokes, and others). It builds to a top ten that includes the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army," the Killers' "Mr. Brightside," and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Maps." The argument throughout is that rock stays healthy because it keeps mutating, so the list works as a wide-ranging survey of the era rather than a narrow canon.
Feeling Good — Nina Simone
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Nina Simone
Jack White — The Fillmore Charlotte, Fri 13 Nov 2026
A Jack White concert at The Fillmore in Charlotte on Friday, November 13, 2026.
Stuck Between Stations — The Hold Steady
A saved link to the song "Stuck Between Stations" by the rock band The Hold Steady, hosted on MusicBrainz.
Just a Little Talk with Jesus by Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis & Johnny Cash on Apple Music
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Song · 1990 · Duration 4:14
Dixie Fried by Carl Perkins on Apple Music
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Song · 1956 · Duration 2:24
shriekback
Home page of shriekback, an alternative group from london
Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Was a Hit but This Grunge Album Is No. 1 - Parade
A Parade article comparing Nirvana's hit album Nevermind with a grunge record that topped the charts.
The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time
Consequence magazine released an updated version of its "100 Greatest Albums of All Time" list, 12 years after the original 2010 edition, reflecting significant shifts in musical culture, taste, and available recordings. The new list was compiled through extensive debate among staff members (only two of whom worked on the original), weighing factors like an album's impact at release, retrospective significance, influence on evolving musical trends, and the pure joy it brings to listeners. The publication acknowledges that readers will inevitably disagree with placements and omissions, but stands by the selections as a thoughtful assessment of musical greatness rather than a claim to objective truth.
The Banality of Genius: Notes on Peter Jackson's Get Back
Ian Leslie argues that [[Peter Jackson]]’s decision to present [[Get Back]] as an eight‑hour chronicle transforms what could have been a tidy highlights reel into an anthropological study of creative life. By lingering on the drab [[Twickenham]] studio, the messy, windowless basement and the quotidian rituals of [[The Beatles]] — flaccid toast, mugs of tea, cigarettes, hangovers, lunchtime routines and offhand jokes — the film compels us to attend to microscopic social signals: looks, smiles, a sigh. That patient, sometimes boring attention produces intimacy; as viewers we start to inhabit the band’s rhythm and feel their small joys and tensions with unusual intensity. Leslie suggests that this banality is the mechanism through which genius is revealed, and that prolonged reportage can reawaken creative urges in audiences and collaborators alike.
Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger on Apple Music
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Song · 1998 · Duration 3:37
Best of Bootie 2006
I can see this is a page describing Bootie's 2006 annual mashup compilation with bonus tracks, but the content provided doesn't include the actual article text or arguments that would typically be saved. The page appears to be primarily navigation and structural elements for a music download platform, showing sections for tracks, bonus tracks, videos, monthly top 10 mashups, and themed albums. Without the substantive content of what was actually saved, I cannot write an accurate summary explaining why this particular piece was worth keeping.
God Shuffled His Feet by Crash Test Dummies on Apple Music
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Song · 1993 · Duration 5:10
Silencio by U2 on Apple Music
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Song · 2026 · Duration 2:35
Grateful Dead Streaming - Listen to Live Concerts & Vault Recordings | Play Dead
Play Dead is the official Grateful Dead streaming service launching with over 20 previously unreleased complete shows, plus two new vault recordings added weekly, all in high-resolution audio quality. The service provides access to the band's entire official discography including Dave's Picks box sets and archival releases, organized chronologically by performance date for the first time. At $9.99/month or $99.99/year, it also integrates with the nugs platform for access to related artists like Dead & Company and Phil Lesh & Friends.
The Magic Number by De La Soul on Apple Music
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De La Soul's 1989 debut *3 Feet High and Rising* revolutionized hip-hop by embracing eccentric, genre-agnostic production that drew samples from Schoolhouse Rock, Steely Dan, Johnny Cash, and obscure sources rather than the standard James Brown and Funkadelic fare, creating a playful, boundary-pushing sound that established them as alternative-nation thought leaders. The album's stream of consciousness lyrics, loopy slang, and whimsical skits wrapped in cultural commentary about self-expression and individuality became a blueprint for decades of alternative rap, influencing everyone from Arrested Development to Gorillaz. The group's catalog was kept off streaming services for years due to copyright clearance issues stemming from their aggressive sampling, making the recent release particularly bittersweet following member Trugoy's death in 2023.
These 27 albums changed the world – how many have you listened to? — HistoryExtra Magazine
From Broadway cast recordings to K-pop, the blues to Britpop, Jonathan Wright tells the stories behind the LPs that have helped shape history
Penn Station by Old Crow Medicine Show & Felice County Fair on Apple Music
Song · 2026 · Duration 3:15