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Side A 1. The Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the City I couldn’t think of a better way to start off a mix of...
The Band: Jimmy Eat World The Song: “The Middle” I can’t speak for everyone, but when I was twelve years old, sincerity wasn’t high...
Kelan Phil Cohran is a jazz musician currently in his mid eighties. Born in Oxford, Mississippi he grew up in St. Louis, Missouri where,...
“Do it ‘cause you love it or for cash, that’s your decision.” In the last ten years, rap music has taken over an increasingly...
As Chris Isaak puts it, he grew up incessantly listening to his parent’s record collection as a child in Stockton, CA. It wasn’t an outrageously huge...
2012 marks the 40th anniversary of nineteen year old John Maher (he changed it to Johnny Marr to avoid confusion with Buzzcocks drummer, John...
The Band: Crazy Town The Hit: “Butterfly” The best thing to come out of Crazy Town’s “Butterfly” is a scene in the movie Orange...
Psychedelic Rock by its usual connotation, conjures up effects laden productions, replete with swirling overdriven guitars, echoed vocals, feedback squalls, Eastern model musical scales and exotic instrumentation...
While he touches on several subjects, Atlanta’s Killer Mike is mostly known for the sociopolitical commentary in his lyrics and is often referred...
The Band: Chumbawamba The Hit: Tubthumping It’s not uncommon for a “one-hit wonder” artist to get their only hit by covering another artist’s song....
Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack Jr. is better known to the world by his stage name, Dr. John. Indeed, his aptly named persona (taken from a...
The soundtrack to Return Of Gringo has indeed become one of the finest recent releases garnering heavy rotation here at Mystery Box HQ. However,...
Okay, so to TOTALLY skipped the 75 hours of RED CARPET COVERAGE on E! – mostly because I just could not sit through everyone...
The Mothership touched down a few nights ago here in Providence, RI. Legendary “King Funkateer” George Clinton, brought his mighty Parliament-Funkadelic tour (now known as The P-Funk All Stars) to the...
As if thirty years had never even happened. Howard Devoto and his band Magazine, reformed for live shows in 2009, and have just released...
Surf Music. For folks who have heard of this musical genre, often what immediately comes to mind is the early music (and often album...
Here at The Mystery Box HQ, Halloween is a special and favorite time of the year. Not only is the kitsch factor at an all time high, but...
Over the last decade or so, independent labels that have been releasing World Music have grown, flourished and unearthed some incredible, once forgotten or...
James Brown has been known by more nicknames than any other musical legend in history… An incomplete list would include, “The Godfather Of Soul,”...
Hello friends! I’m really looking forward to this years show for a few reasons; Eminem got the most nominations, 10! Did any of you...
Hello friends! I hope that this rant finds you happy and healthy as the holidays approach, and one ends (MAZEL TOV to my Jewish...
This past year the longtime British—or should I say “Britpop”—since they will forever be associated with that genre—chart-topping rock band Supergrass broke up due...
“Life ain’t nothin but bitches and money…” Ice Cube, “Gangsta Gangsta Apparently, Ice Cube’s classic quote still rings true in terms of commercial hip-hop....
Here at The Mystery Box HQ, I have been delightedly anticipating one of my favorite times of the year – Halloween. While I realize...