The Occasion, 'The Occasion' (Say Hey)
By Spin Staff 11.29.04 4:00 AM
The cover of the Occasion’s self-titled debut album shows the buttes and sagebrush of a barren desert scape. The small mounds of lonely dirt languishing under a searing blue sky are appropriate for the music that lies within this spare and rather morose CD. It’s the kind of music I’d play for a cowboy’s funeral.
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U2 in Brooklyn: Under the Bridge
By Peter Gaston; Spin Staff 11.23.04 4:00 AM
U2
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
Brooklyn
November 22
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Peel Slowly and See: Five Essential Sessions Recordings
By Spin Staff 11.22.04 4:00 AM
The Damned, Sessions of the Damned (Strange Fruit, 1993)
If you ever heard "New Rose" and wondered how these losers got credit for making the first punk record, check out the 1976 version-and keep a bucket handy to catch your face.
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The Futureheads Kick Out the Jam at NYC's Canal Room
By Peter Gaston; Spin Staff 11.19.04 4:00 AM
The Futureheads
Canal Room, NYC
November 3rd
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Ol' Dirty Bastard: 1969-2004
By Peter Gaston; Spin Staff 11.16.04 4:00 AM
Ol' Dirty Bastard once took an MTV News crew along for a ride in a limousine--to collect food stamps. In this instance, among many priceless others, ODB truly represented the struggle between fame, fortune, and his far less glamorous roots as a welfare child. The man born Russell Jones died Saturday evening in a Manhattan recording studio; he would have turned 36 yesterday.
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