Paul McCartney is probably your favorite living Beatle (sorry, Ringo). Sir Paul himself recently got a full hour on the typically thirty minute television show The Colbert Report, in which he was both musical guest and the main interview. While we won’t be posting a full hour (I mean, other things happened on the show), […]
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WATCH: Paul McCartney On ‘The Colbert Report’
June 13th, 2013 
Dan Bogosian 
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Paul McCartney Performs With Nirvana Members At Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert, Records Song For Grohl’s ‘Sound City’ Documentary
December 13th, 2012 Brian Leak Take a second to absorb that lengthy headline. It’s a lot to think about. Featuring artists like the “Piano Man” Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, The Who, The Rolling Stones, and Chris Martin of Coldplay with Michael Stipe of REM, Wednesday’s 12/12/12 Concert For Sandy Relief was a massive success which not only resulted in a […]
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RUMOR: Nirvana Reunites with Paul McCartney
December 12th, 2012 James Shotwell Before we dig into this one, keep in mind the only sources so far are The Guardian and The Sun, both of whom have a questionable history when it comes to these kind of so-called exclusives. Rumor on the internet this morning is that Sir Paul McCartney will be joining the surviving members of Nirvana […]
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WATCH: Mumford And Sons Cover The Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends” In London
December 12th, 2012 James Shotwell It was bound to happen eventually, right? Mumford And Sons put on one hell of a homecoming show London’s 02 Arena last night, and today clips from the show have begun to pop up online. One of the more compelling pieces of footages to surface so far has been a stunning live rendition of The […]
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REVIEW: Ben Gibbard – Former Lives
October 19th, 2012 Dan Bogosian Artist: Ben Gibbard Album: Former Lives Label: Barsuck I always thought of Death Cab For Cutie as a Ben Gibbard experience. It made me wonder why he would ever need a solo album – so much of Death Cab is just one man, and so much of it is clearly just written by one guy […]
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MUSIC HISTORY CLASS: Paul McCartney
June 18th, 2012 Michael McCarron On this day in 1942 Sir Paul McCartney was born James Paul McCartney in Liverpool, England. The son of working class parents, Paul grew up modestly, but comfortably, in post-war England. His father, a jazz player and pianist, encouraged Paul to play music at an early age. In the spring of 1957, at the age […]
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May 1st, 2012 Michael McCarron On this day in 2005, United Kingdom alternative rock juggernauts, Coldplay, became only the second UK band to have a new song enter the Billboard Top Singles chart with their song, “Speed of Sound.” Coldplay’s first single off of their third album, X&Y, entered the charts at #8. What was the previous UK band to […]
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April 24th, 2012 Michael McCarron On this day in 1976, a reunion six years in the making took place; no, not a musical reunion, but rather a personal reunion. Six years after the The Beatles posthumously released what would be their last album, Let It Be, Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, visited John Lennon at Lennon’s apartment in New […]
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Taylor Momsen Discusses Albums That Changed Her Life
April 3rd, 2012 Grant Trimboli Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless took some time recently and sat down with our friends over at Alter The Press to discuss the albums that changed her life. She discusses the many influences that have shaped her musical career including The Beatles, Sound Garden, Oasis and Garbage. Do you enjoy some of her picks? […]
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REVIEW: The Shins – Port of Morrow
April 2nd, 2012 Josh Hammond Artist: The Shins Album: Port of Morrow Genre: Indie Rock Label: Columbia Records In life, there is a long ass list of things that people take too seriously. Religion, politics and The Shins new album top that list. The second that Port of Morrow hit NPR, masses of talking heads protested against its existence. Like a […]
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Motion City Soundtrack Cover “Here Comes The Sun”
December 3rd, 2011 Grant Trimboli All you Motion City Soundtrack fans out there get excited. The band released a cover of The Beatles “Here Comes The Sun,” and we have the stream for you! This cover is cheery and unique just like The Beatles original, I suggest you take a listen if you are a Beatles fan like myself. Motion […]
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November 4th, 2011 Melanie Modified artwork of The Beatles‘ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has an estimated value of £70,000/$112,161. What makes the value of this version skyrocket compared to the original? The original album art, done by by Sir Peter Blake, incorporated images of the legendary English rockers; however, the 1967 modification contains images of American music executives from […]
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