Paul McCartney, Ryan Adams, & Extreme
The week in new music and Dig Me Out Podcast
New Reviews
Guided by Voices - Styles We Paid For
Back with their third album of 2020, but the only one actually recorded in 2020, Robert Pollard and his merry band of lo-fi kings Guided By Voices finish off the year with Styles We Paid For.
Deftones - Black Stallion
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their genre-shifting masterpiece White Pony, the Deftones assembled an all-star remix crew to reimagine the album as Black Stallion.
New Releases
Ryan Adams - Wednesdays
Originally slated for release in 2019, it was delayed following abuse allegations against Adams. It was eventually surprise-released digitally through Adams's label PAX AM
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Paul McCartney - McCartney III
18th solo album by Paul McCartney, serves as a continuation to his first two solo albums, McCartney (1970) and McCartney II (1980).
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George Lynch & Jeff Pilson - Heavy Hitters
Dokken members collaborate on heavy covers of hit songs.
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Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
A unique cinematic journey through brotherhood and their ever-enduring musical accomplishments. Streaming on HBOMax.
💿 Amazon
The Lees Of Memory - Stay Freee / Grave Mistake - Single
Holiday-ish single by the former Superdrag singer/songwriter.
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Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Documentary explores the publication’s humble beginnings in post-riot Detroit.
💿 Amazon
New 90s Podcast
Extreme - Waiting for the Punchline
Extreme's 1995 Waiting For The Punchline album is full of pointed lyrics and gritty guitar licks that mostly went undeservedly unheard
As we've discussed previously with episodes on Mötley Crüe and Skid Row, the 1990s were a weird evolutionary period for '80s hard rock and metal bands tagged with monikers "glam" or "hair" to describe their look even if it didn't describe their sound. So much so, there's always a caveat to their '90s releases as to whether the band tried to update their sound to fit in with the new alternative and grunge landscape, or if they kept chugging along with only minor tweaks. In the case of Boston funk-metal band Extreme, their fourth (and until 2008, final) album Waiting For The Punchline ditched the big rock production for a more immediate style that gives the rhythm section more punch but still allows virtuoso guitarist Nuno Bettencourt room to dazzle.
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