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June 11, 2024
Previously Unreleased Album by Alan Vega Initiates a Rightful Resurrection of the Suicide Frontman’s Certain Legacy
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March 29, 2024
The Mercurial Musical World of John Lurie Is Illuminated Anew on ‘Music from the Series (Painting with John)’
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January 30, 2024
Vinyl Reissues of Three Butthole Surfers Albums Celebrate a Band Who Rode the 1980s Psych-Punk Undertow
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January 17, 2024
Deluxe Reissue of Lou Reed’s Final Ambient-Drone Release is an Object Lesson in Creative Closure
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December 19, 2023
Thurston Moore’s Memoir, ‘Sonic Life,’ is a Worthy Trip Through the 20th-Century Alt-Music Experience
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December 11, 2023
Unearthed Bill Evans Live Recordings from 1964 Are Absolute Jazz Gems
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December 1, 2023
New Lou Reed Biography Offers the Ultimate Narrative of the Vicious NYC Rock Romantic
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November 14, 2023
New Flamenco Compilation Features a Haunting Performance from Obscure Troubadour, Juanito Mojama
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November 6, 2023
The Beatles’ “Now and Then” is a Wistful Curiosity, 45 Years in the Making
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October 27, 2023
‘Stop Time,’ A Crucial Archival Release of Barry Altschul, David Izenzon and Perry Robinson Live Performance Documents a Peak Moment of NYC Free Jazz
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October 12, 2023
Violent Femmes Self-Titled Debut Gets 40th Anniversary Reissue
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October 6, 2023
‘Fountain,’ Beloved Album By Duval Indie Rockers Common Thread Gets 30th Anniversary Reissue
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October 4, 2023
New Max Roach Documentary on PBS Highlights the Music and Life of Pioneering Jazz Drummer
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September 26, 2023
Five Crucial Salsa Albums from the Genre’s Golden Age
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September 22, 2023
Cue Up These 5 Breeders’ Songs in Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Band’s Breakthrough Album, ‘Last Splash’
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September 15, 2023
Do the Reissue Creators Have a Master Plan for Forthcoming Pharoah Sanders Box Set?
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September 8, 2023
Head East with Forthcoming Bob Dylan Box Set That Reframes the Rock Bard’s Live Seventies Release
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September 3, 2023
Five Jimmy Buffett Ballads you Shouldn’t Ignore
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August 28, 2023
Double Space is the Place | New Compilation Celebrates the Intergalactic Verse of Sun Ra
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August 24, 2023
Daptone Records Drops a Heady Reggae Collab Between Sugar Minott and Victor Axelrod
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August 17, 2023
Posthumous Jazz Is Dead Release Reinforces the Legacy of Influential Drummer, the Late, Great Tony Allen
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August 16, 2023
The Sunset of Sonic Youth | An oral history of the band’s final U.S. show
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August 11, 2023
Neil Young’s “Powderfinger,” from the Newly Unveiled Lost Album ‘Chrome Dreams,’ Reveals a Singer-Songwriter at the Height of His Powers
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August 2, 2023
New Book from Alan Paul Tells the Epic Story of the Allman Brothers Band’s 1970s Era
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July 27, 2023
The Kids Are Alright in Weirdly Fun Comp of 20th-Century French School House Rock
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June 13, 2023
Paul McCartney’s Photos of Early Beatlemania are in a Book and on Display in London
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April 17, 2023
Record Store Day 2023 | Here’s What To Expect on RSD in Jax
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November 29, 2022
This Record Changed My Life
JME Contributors on the albums that turned them on their ears
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March 11, 2022
Crate Diggin’ | Re: Reissues
The JME team proudly explores the least pretentious of music purchases: the vinyl reissue.
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December 29, 2021
Crate Diggin’ | Birth-year records
What classic album dropped the year you were born?
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October 29, 2021
Hot Off the (Re)Press | Joni Mitchell at Carnegie and R.E.M. at their peak
Two great re-pressings from iconic artists
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October 6, 2021
Hot Off the (Re)Press | John Prine’s 2005 masterwork and ‘Jazz is Dead 001’
Two great albums get a vinyl reissue this week
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August 16, 2021
Crate Diggin’ | Spin it Live
JME Contributors wax on their favorite live albums of all time
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July 29, 2021
Crate Diggin’ | Guilty Pleasures
JME contributors own up to their embarrassing listening habits
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June 14, 2021
Crate Diggin’ | Remote Work Rotation
When working from home, these are the records JME contributors like to spin
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June 8, 2021
Crate Diggin’ | Record Store Day Drops
Here’s what local record shops are rolling out for June’s RSD.