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Music & Film Reviews: A Paisley Underground Anthology, plus ‘Elvis ’56,’ the Light Crust Doughboys, and Sam Lewis

If you’ve never heard of the Paisley Underground, it’s not surprising. This rock subgenre—which emphasized psychedelia, electric guitar interplay, and vocal harmonies—flourished mostly just in Southern California and only from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Moreover, it produced just one band—the Bangles—that broke through nationally and achieved substantial commercial success. But you don’t […]

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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Movie and Music Reviews: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,’ plus Pavlov’s Dog and the Dream Syndicate

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, plus Pavlov’s Dog and the Dream Syndicate Like the recent A Complete Unknown, which limns only the first chapter of Bob Dylan’s career, a new film about Bruce Springsteen doesn’t try to tell its subject’s entire life story. Instead, it zeroes in on one pivotal period, which it uses to […]

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