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Bruce Springsteen: The Promise

The poignant first strike of the piano on “Racing in the Street" immediately made my hands and shoulders tense. It was the same involuntary reaction I get when I notice the faint call of a train whistle in the distance—that quiet anticipation for the beast of a machine climbing over the hill, a surging cacophony that will soon surround me like the smoke pouring from its innards....  read more

Mark Ronson and the Business International: Record Collection

Everything and the kitchen sink For his first album of original material, DJ/producer Mark Ronson has added a new element to the mix: his voice. He gamely takes the lead on the fame-ruminating, pop/hip-hop mélange of “Lost It (In The End)," and while most definitely Auto-Tuned, he isn’t half bad. Ronson’s strength has always been in surrounding himself with like-minded artists, both burgeoning and established, and that’s largely true on Record Collection, a typically ambitious if uneven effort. Every track aims to be an anthem (even the Q-Tip enhanced “Bang Bang Bang,” a riff on the French nursery...  read more

Bruce Springsteen Releases Darkness on the Edge of Town Box-Set

Columbia Records promises to make this Nov. 16 a very patriotic, blue-collar-rockin’ day with the release of the remastered Darkness on the Edge of Town Story box-set....  read more

Seventy-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