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Brent Johnson’s Lost Songs: Wire vs. Elastica

Brent Johnson - May 25, 2011

brent johnson digs up up a pair of lost treasures from Wire and Elastica that some say sound mighty similar ... If a riff...

Review: ‘Born This Way’ by Lady Gaga

Brent Johnson - May 24, 2011

jason stives shows us he was Born This Way ... It’s a cruel world coming up in the pop music landscape. Never ceasing to amaze...

Brent Johnson’s Lost Songs: ‘Hong Kong Garden’ by Siouxsie & The Banshees

Brent Johnson - May 18, 2011

brent johnson digs up another lost treasure, this week from Siouxsie & The Banshees ... It was 2006, and I was sitting in a movie...

Interview: Root Glen

Brent Johnson - May 17, 2011

brent johnson chats with up-and-coming New Jersey rock band Root Glen ... Two things you're bound to find at a Root Glen show: funk-tinged rock...

Brent Johnson’s Lost Songs: ‘Simple Twist Of Fate’ by Bob Dylan

Brent Johnson - May 11, 2011

brent johnson digs up another lost treasure, this week from Bob Dylan ... Sometimes, there isn't much to say about songs. Sometimes, they're just beautiful,...

Brent Johnson’s Lost Songs: ‘The Bitch Of Living’ from Spring Awakening

Brent Johnson - May 4, 2011

brent johnson digs up another lost treasure, this week from Duncan Sheik's Tony-winning musical, Spring Awakening ... It's the kind of single you don't hear...

Brent Johnson’s Lost Songs: ‘Cleveland Rocks’ by Ian Hunter

Brent Johnson - April 27, 2011

brent johnson digs up another lost treasure, this week from Hoboken Arts & Music Festival headliner Ian Hunter ... If you happen to be one...

Brent Johnson’s Lost Songs: ‘Fred Jones Part 2’ by Ben Folds

Brent Johnson - April 20, 2011

brent johnson digs up another lost treasure, this week from XPoNential Music Festival headliner Ben Folds ... Once every summer, with the Philadelphia skyline rising...

Lost Songs: ‘Would You Believe?’ by Billy Nicholls

Brent Johnson - April 13, 2011

jason stives fills in for brent johnson again for lost songs ... Anyone who knows my taste in music knows I have a very strong...

Pop-Break Live: Peter Tork & Shoe Suede Blues

Brent Johnson - April 7, 2011

pop-break visits a Pennsylvania brewpub to see a Monkee play the blues ... Words by Brent Johnson | Photos by Veronica Slaght The famous riff sounded...

Brent Johnson’s Lost Songs: ‘Randy Scouse Git’ by The Monkees

Brent Johnson - March 30, 2011

brent johnson digs up another lost treasure, this week from The Monkees ... Ask music junkies about 1967, and they'll tell you all about the...

Hidden Stages: Music On Main Street

Brent Johnson - March 29, 2011

brent johnson introduces a new series to pop-break: Hidden Stages, about unusual, sometimes unknown, venues to see live music ... Walk through downtown Woodbridge, N.J.,...

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