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Counterbalance: Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Imperial Bedroom

Jason Mendelsohn and Eric Klinger / 5 February 2016

History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats. Keep your finger on important issues, and keep listening to the 275th most acclaimed album of all time. A 1982 masterpiece is this week's Counterbalance.

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Bruce Springsteen, ‘The Ties That Bind’, the Working Class, and Authenticity

Robert Loss / 4 February 2016

As we use the term today, authenticity allows no truth from art, only from artists. It visits art the way one visits a subway station or an airport: to get to somewhere else.

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Rock Pioneer Lloyd Price Has a Couple of Stories to Tell

James A. Cosby / 3 February 2016

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and rock pioneer Lloyd Price’s life has been much more interesting than yours or mine, from writing hits with Fats Domino to playing an influential role in the Rumble in the Jungle. Yet Price still has many more yarns to spin even now.

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Fame, Faith, and a Meaningful Life: An Interview With Ruth Pointer

Christian John Wikane / 2 February 2016

Why is Ruth Pointer so excited? Her new memoir celebrates three decades of sobriety and a lifetime of survival.

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Various Artists: Sam Phillips, The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll

Steve Horowitz / 7 January 2016

Not a greatest hits collection, nor organized chronologically or thematically, these are idiosyncratic favorites.

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Howard Eynon: So What If I’m Standing in Apricot Jam?

Jonathan Frahm / 10 December 2015

A psychedelic resurrection for lovers of waggish wonder.

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Finding Success Before “Fame”: Robin Clark and Carlos Alomar Trace Their Uptown Roots

Christian John Wikane / 4 December 2015

Robin Clark and Carlos Alomar, who actually lived "Uptown Funk", retrace their uptown roots, their breakthrough at the Apollo Theater, and how they brought funk to Sesame Street.

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The Waiting Was the Hardest Part: Warren Zanes on Rock Icon Tom Petty

Megan Volpert / 25 November 2015

Tom Petty biographer and respected musician Warren Zanes speaks on heroin headlines, playlist gems, and playing the long game in rock music.

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It Looks Like Most Rock Docs and Feels Like Most Rock Docs — It’s ‘I Am Thor’

Valeriy Kolyadych / 24 November 2015

He’s a tank that keeps on plowing through the fields in the face of opposing forces, and it’s somehow admirable and inspirational that he hasn’t given up.

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Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 – Live at Royal Albert Hall

Megan Volpert / 18 November 2015

This home turf 70th birthday show on DVD+2CD does posterity a favor.

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Good Christian Bad Girls: Britney Spears and Lana Del Rey

Genna Rivieccio / 15 October 2015

Britney Spears and Lana Del Rey walk the line between virgin coquette and sexual object, they walk the fine line of the good girl gone bad.

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Van Halen’s Hard Rock Party Is Not to Be Outdone

William Carl Ferleman / 12 October 2015

Van Halen, helmed by a vivacious David Lee Roth and a steady Eddie Van Halen, put on a fine, festive old-school hard rock party not to be outdone. The good times have not gone anywhere!