Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:14PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
A classic in every punk-rock sense of the word, The Clash’s London Calling is turning 30 this month. What better time to re-release one of the greatest, most influential albums of all-time!
London Calling: 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition will hit shelves Dec 14th; the package features a remastered version of the 1979 album, a DVD that includes Don Letts’ documentary The Last Testament: The Making of London Calling, three music videos and home movies of the band recording the album in London’s Wessex Studios.
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Monday, November 16, 2009 10:08AM - By Krystal Clark
Whoever said the best things in life are free was right. One of the most influential musical acts of our time is The Clash, and according to StrangeGlue, the band’s founder Mick Jones is giving away free copies of his new album with his new band. The Carbon Bubble, was made available via the internet – cover artwork, booklet and all – on Saturday November 14th.
Check out the track listing below…
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:40PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Perhaps somewhere Joe Strummer is smiling.
Former members of The Clash, Mick Jones and Nicky “Topper” Headon, have ventured into the recording studio together for the first time in almost 30 years.
The occasion? The duo reworked a version of the band’s 1978 song “Jail Guitar Doors” for the charity of the same name. Jones and Headon were joined in the studio by folk singer/activist Billy Bragg and four former prison inmates.
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Friday, October 10, 2008 10:00AM - By Brian McConnell
Welcome to week three of “Top 5.” For anyone just tuning in, the game is quite simple: a topic is chosen and then the top 5 songs, albums, artists, that most appropriately fit within the scope of the chosen topic are ordered 1 through 5. If there is an song, album and/or artist that didn’t make the list you think should have, let us know. If you have an awesome idea for a top 5, give us a holla!
The current events this week are both literally and metaphorically down in the dumps. So it seems most appropriate to stay away from such melancholy news and keep it about the music this time around. This weeks top 5 is a list of those albums that everyone, everyone, and I mean everyone who claims to be a music enthusiast absolutely, without a doubt, 100% loves.
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