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Interview: Carlos Santana
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 29, 2010  | 

To borrow Mick Jagger’s growl from the Rolling Stones’ feisty Tattoo You track “Neighbours”: labels, labels, labels, labels, LABELS! People feel like they have to label just about everything, especially when it comes to music. So whenever I’m asked to describe what Carlos Santana’s music sounds like, my answer is quite simple: “It sounds like Carlos Santana.” In the case of the 63-year-old guitar guru, his name defines his sound. “The majority of the music I play is still African music,” Carlos explains. “I honor that. And it comes through the Delta, and Mississippi.

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Interview: OK Go on the Rebirth of the Music Video
James K. Willcox  |  Sep 24, 2010  | 

If YouTube page-views were currency, the members of OK Go would be very rich men.

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10 Great Music Documentaries Streaming on Netflix
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 02, 2010  | 

In the heyday of Blockbuster, music documentaries and concert videos were tough to find unless you were willing to settle for musty oldies like the Three Tenors or musty newbies like Britney Spears. But the rise of video-streaming technology - and in particular, Netflix's Watch Instantly streaming service - has made music-video content of all types easier to access.

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Review: Logitech Squeezebox Touch
Grant Clauser  |  Jun 18, 2010  | 

Logitech's latest addition to its Squeezebox family of network music players is the Touch, a small LCD touchpad that taps into your wired Ethernet or 802.11b/g Wi-Fi network and connects to your audio receiver. It resembles the company's Harmony 1100 remote and, like the remote, brings multiple systems, or in this case multiple services, easily under your control. 

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Exclusive Interview: Tom Petty on Recording 'Mojo'
Mike Mettler  |  May 31, 2010  | 

Here's the thing about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' stunning new album, Mojo: While you've never quite heard the band play this way before on record, the songs sound like you've known them all your life.

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CD Review: The Flaming Lips' Embryonic
Rob O'Connor  |  Jan 07, 2010  | 
Embryonic (Warner Bros.)
Music •••• Sound •••••

Wayne Coyne envisioned Embryonic as an old-fashioned double album whose 70 minutes would meande

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Vinyl LP Review: Mark Knopfler's Get Lucky
Mike Mettler  |  Jan 02, 2010  | 

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CD Review: Brand New Eyes
Jaan Uhelszki  |  Dec 17, 2009  | 
paramore
(Fueled by Ramen)
Brand New Eyes Music •••• Sound ••••½

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Review: The Beatles Remastered CDs
Ken Richardson  |  Nov 03, 2009  | 
Key Features
THE BEATLES IN MONO 13 discs, $300 • Includes every remastered CD from Please Please Me to The White A
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Music Review: Pearl Jam's "Backspacer"
Billy Altman  |  Oct 05, 2009  | 
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Pearl Jam
Music •••• Sound ••••

One usually thinks of the spring rather than the fall as the pr

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Use care when operating CD player
Jeff Perlah  |  Jun 22, 2009  | 
Shady/Aftermath/Interscope
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"Push down & turn." That's what you'll see etched onto the CD when you crack open
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Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown
Jaan Uhelszki  |  May 28, 2009  | 
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Reprise
Music ••• Sound ••••½
It's been 5 years since Green Day sounded the alarm wit
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All Dolled up and someplace to go
Jaan Uhelszki  |  May 19, 2009  | 
Atco/Rhino
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Rarely has a reunion been as successful as the 2004 reconstitution of the New York Dolls.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!
Rob O'Connor  |  May 18, 2009  | 
Dress Up/DGC/Interscope
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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' third studio album is another major advancement in the Manhattan-hatched trio's so
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Bob Dylan: Together Through Life
Billy Altman  |  May 04, 2009  | 
Columbia
Music •••• Sound •••½
Before delving into anything pro or con about Bob Dylan's latest album - a collection that, right out of the
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