CD reviews (Kinston Free Press)

Mudcrutch is the name of the band Tom Petty was in before he formed the Heartbreakers. Petty has reformed the band and recorded a loose Roots ‘n’ Roll album that has the looseness of his foray into Traveling Wilbury-land.

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Coming soon on CD and DVD (The Kansas City Star)

Neil Diamond has told interviewers “Home Before Dark” is his most personal album to date and perhaps his best. He’s working again with producer Rick Rubin. A deluxe edition comes with a bonus DVD.

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Jack White and Raconteurs rock the house (The Kansas City Star)

How many Kansas Cities are there?” Jack White asked the big crowd in front of him. There are only two, he was told.

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Old friends and new fans (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

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Eric Clapton brings his Slowhand to the Ford Amp (Creative Loafing Tampa)

By Eric Snider.The buzz among the classic-rock intelligentsia is that Clapton has something to prove — namely, that he can put on a show that isn’t mostly dull. The 63-year-old artist, one of the original rock guitar gods, has plowed plenty of career terrain with a satchel of stock blues licks; so have a lot of other players, but here’s the difference: In the ’60s with Cream, Clapton’s playing …

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Pimpin’ with New Wave Hookers (Creative Loafing Charlotte)

DJs host themed dance parties for the indie set… By El Diablo.On the first Saturday of each month, in one of the least likely venues in town, a couple of indie rockers are doing their damnedest to bring dance back into the DIY mix by subverting the doctrinaire ethos and playlists of most dance music parties. This Saturday, May 3, the New Wave Hookers crew presents their fourth themed party — …

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For My Friends (Creative Loafing Charlotte)

CD Review: Blind Melon… By Jeff Hahne.The Deal: Underappreciated band from the ’90s gets new singer, releases first studio album in 13 years. The Good: Fans were crushed when singer Shannon Hoon was found dead of a drug overdose and overjoyed when they found out the band was reuniting. New singer Travis Warren does a good job filling Hoon’s shoes as For My Friends fits in nicely with the rest …

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Dark Meat Drags Underground Rock Below the Mason-Dixon Line (Seattle Weekly)

On first glance, Georgia’s Dark Meat fits snugly into underground rock’s current zeitgeist. Like Feathers and Espers and all them other hairy freak-folkies, they’re a large quasi-hippie ensemble wrapped in a cultish aura.

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Album Review: Portishead, “Third” (Island)

(LiveDaily.com) Ten years in the wake of their previous release, experimental trip-hop trio Portishead [ tickets ] are making a comeback with “Third,” a collection of melancholy reflections, psychedelic drifting and aggressive dance beats…. continued

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Alleged porn film of rock star to released (Belleville News-Democrat)

In a twist on the recent string of sex tapes of Hollywood’s young stars, Vivid Entertainment plans to release what it says is a film from the vaults of classic rock: a sex film supposedly of Jimi Hendrix.

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