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Kraftwerk: 12345678 The Catalogue
Germany’s Kraftwerk—despite portraying themselves as cold, clinical, precise machinery—was also vague and indeterminable enough to be everything to everybody... read more
Found in: MusicAC/DC's Back Tracks Box Set: Also a Working Guitar Amp
AC/DC told us that rock 'n' roll ain't noise pollution, and they made a decent (if somewhat lyrically repetitive) case in 1980. But the Aussie rockers are going to have a much harder time defending that claim when they're throwing gasoline on the metaphoric flames: Their recently announced rarities box set Back Tracks will be packaged inside a working guitar amplifier.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to Woody Guthrie's "Bad Repetation" from the My Dusty Road Box Set, Out Today
Before countless singer-songwriters from Bob Dylan to Wilco and Feist covered his work, Woody Guthrie's songs stood alone, a massive repertoire crucial to the development of modern American music. Now, 54 Guthrie songs recorded in the 1940s have been rescued from storage in a Brooklyn basement and remastered across four discs for the box set My Dusty Road, out today.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSeventy-One Disc (!!!) Miles Davis Box Set Coming in Nov.
When it comes to boxed sets, there are the ambitious (Nada Surf's box of reissued vinyl), the self-indulgent (Neil Young's 10-disc, $300 collection of live sets) and then the downright incredible, WTF-were-they-thinking moments.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKraftwerk to Release Eight-Disc Reissue Box Set
The German electronic kingpins of Kraftwerk pretty much invented modern dance music. Four decades of their mighty minimalism spawned techno, electronica, and every other computerized music genre on the continuum from bedroom dancing to all-night raves. And they perfected the freaky-band-uniform deal when Devo was just a glimmer in Mark Mothersbaugh's eye. Now, Kraftwerk's oeuvre is available in a career-spanning reissue box set of albums remastered by the band, titled 12345678: The Catalogue.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSinatra: New York Box Set Due In November
The steadfast legacy of Ol' Blue Eyes continues to unfold as Reprise preps Sinatra: New York, a five-disc box set of live Frank Sinatra performances due Nov. 3. These previously unreleased recordings are pulled from Sinatra concerts in legendary New York City venues between 1955 and 1990, captured on four CDs and a DVD.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLos Campesinos! to Assemble "Record Box" for U.S. Tour
As previously reported, Welsh twee-punkers Los Campesinos! recently wrapped up an album and have a U.K. tour in the offing. Since then, more details about their tour plans have come to light, namely that the sextet is planning a string of shows in the U.S. And they've got one other surprise in the works that'll have fans jumping out of their cardigans: a box chronicling that tour with a hand-picked curation of records from each city the Campesinos visit.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPixies Announce Doolittle Tour, Minotaur Box Set
The Pixies have been playing games with our hearts since they originally disassembled in 1993, reaching a fever pitch five years ago with those rumors of a reunion, new material and multiple tours. Now, just months after the Pixies began to make appearances on the festival circuit, they've announced a European tour coupled with a box set release. ... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsNPR Streams Björk's Voltaic Box Set
Iceland isn't a monarchy, but they have a queen nonetheless. Two years after the well-received release of Volta, Björk will release a new box set. Voltaic hits shelves tomorrow (June 30), but if you aren't ready to throw down the cash, you can check out the music online, thanks to NPR.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWoodstock 40th Anniversary Celebrated with Box Set
There's a lot to look forward to this summer in the way of Woodstock commemoration. Packed into one historic week in August, there's Ang Lee's comedy Taking Woodstock, the Heroes of Woodstock anniversary concert in Bethel, N.Y., and now, for the completists/purists, a six-CD boxed set of Woodstock recordings, featuring 38 previously unreleased tracks.... read more
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