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THE BEST OF FINE TUNING, VOL. 2
The latest Playlist of artists featured on Fine Tuning.
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Matt Fogelson
Jan 29, 20172 min read
T-BIRD AND THE BREAKS
T Bird and the Breaks blend all kinds of styles to create what the band calls “chunk” music: equal parts funk, hip-hop, and rock ‘n’ roll.
Matt Fogelson
Jan 10, 20172 min read
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features David Crosby, the Seratones, Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey, and the Rolling Stones.
Matt Fogelson
Dec 12, 20165 min read
THE 2016 MEMORIAL PLAYLIST
This Playlist compiles songs by some of the rock musicians who died this year. Sadly, 2016 was an unusually active year for untimely deaths.
Matt Fogelson
Nov 1, 20161 min read
THE BEST ROCK 'N' ROLL POLITICAL SONGS
Mercifully, the 2016 presidential campaign is coming to an end. As a not-so-fond farewell, here's a playlist of the best political rockers.
Matt Fogelson
Oct 17, 20161 min read
THE BEST OF FINE TUNING, VOL. 1
This Playlist includes tracks from the artists featured on Fine Tuning over the blog’s first six months.
Matt Fogelson
Oct 17, 20163 min read
HOLLIS BROWN
Hollis Brown is a new band with an old sound. Any band naming itself after a Dylan song and covering an entire VU album is worth hearing.
Matt Fogelson
Sep 20, 20163 min read
SLOBBERBONE
Slobberbone’s hard-driving rock sound softened with a whiff of country twang is just what I needed to re-acclimate to the U.S.
Matt Fogelson
Sep 20, 20161 min read
SONGS OF HOME
This playlist includes tracks I listened to on the flight home to California after spending seven months abroad in South America.
Matt Fogelson
Jun 22, 20168 min read
PATAGONIAN PUNCH LIST: BANDS FROM CHILE AND ARGENTINA
It's difficult to write about any aspect of Chilean culture without making reference to the Pinochet dictatorship. And so it is with music.
Matt Fogelson
May 18, 20168 min read
BRAIN DAMAGE: A PINK FLOYD TUTORIAL IN CHILE
Seeing the Chilean cover band was like taking a university course on Pink Floyd. I was stunned how thin my knowledge was of the Floyd.
Matt Fogelson
Mar 29, 201610 min read
THE ROLLING STONES IN URUGUAY
For the Uruguayans, the Stones’ first-ever concert in Uruguay was about more than the music.
Matt Fogelson
Mar 16, 20165 min read
Dispatch From Chile: The Rock En Concé Festival
Prior to the REC festival, my knowledge of Latin American music could be summed up in three words: Miami Sound Machine. I've evolved mucho.
Matt Fogelson
Dec 28, 20152 min read
LUCERO
My latest musical obsession is Lucero, a band from Memphis that has been around since the early 2000s but that I discovered only recently.
Matt Fogelson
Dec 4, 20152 min read
NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE: LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST
I've always been a Neil Young fan, but this record gave me an entirely new appreciation of his artistry and place in the rock canon.
Matt Fogelson
Nov 18, 20152 min read
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Cory Branan, the Wood Brothers, Shovels & Rope and John Fullbright.
Matt Fogelson
Oct 21, 20151 min read
SHINYRIBS
If you're stuck in a musical rut check out Shinyribs. Their eclectic blend of sounds will surely light up some part of your auditory cortex.
Matt Fogelson
Oct 7, 20153 min read
THE FINE TUNING BASEMENT TAPES, VOL. 1
This Playlist consists of songs I've intended to write about for a while but for whatever reason have yet to make it out of my notebook.
Matt Fogelson
Sep 21, 20152 min read
JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS
I was unmoved when the Clash broke up, believing Joe Strummer had nothing left in the tank. Man alive was I wrong.
Matt Fogelson
Sep 9, 20152 min read
BLACKBERRY SMOKE: HOLDING ALL THE ROSES
Gregg Allman says that Blackberry Smoke “is gonna put Southern Rock back on the map.” With their latest, the band may have proven him right.
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