Holy smokes, folks, the holidays are upon us and it’s that time of the year again when we dive into the latest batch of rock ‘n’ roll and assorted music hooch from reissue house Norton Records. Headquartered in Brooklyn, Norton …
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Neko Case The Tigers Have Spoken Anti 86740-2 Over the course of three independent solo albums, one EP, countless compilation appearances, a collaboration with Canadian Carolyn Mark as one half of the Corn Sisters duo, and as part of the …
Seems with every passing day that DVDs are becoming as much the medium of choice for music-related releases as their audio counterpart the compact disc. It also seems that labels, mostly those from the independent side of the tracks, are …
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This week is the second installment of what is planned as a multi-part roundup of country reissues. Last week the focus was on Coxsackie, New York-based reissue house Sundazed Music and its new “Truckstops, Broken Hearts & Honky Tonk Heroes” …
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Country reissues are once again in the spotlight. Over the next month or so, we shine the Compact Capsules spotlight on a slew of country-and-then-some reissues and hits packages that have come out since the summertime. We begin in this …
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