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Hear The White Stripes’ First Show Ever From 20 Years Ago

Jack Whites Third Man Records recently shared The White Stripes First Show: Live On Bastille Day.Available on digital streaming services for the first time, the set documents Jack and Meg Whites first live performance, which took place at an open mic night at the Gold Dollar Detroit. The set took place on Bastille Day...

The Covers Of Karl Denson

Read closely for a chance to win tickets!Karl Denson's Tiny Universe hits Park West this Saturday (4/5), touring in Chicago for the second time behind his latest release New Ammo. The album features some hot new Denson compositions, but also finds a lot of it's life in a handful of covers, both obscure and beloved....

Music, Technology, Learning Converge: 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs Visualized

This is just so cool in so many ways. Let's start at the beginning and work our way to the end...1. Somebody identified what he considers to be the 100 most essential riffs of all time -- spanning seven decades of rock history2. This person can play every single one in a convincing manner3. He has...

Nineteen Bands, Songs & Albums Recreated As Lego Visual Puzzles + Answers

To celebrate 55 years of Lego, the company created fifty-five posters depicting popular culture vis a vis the reliable, interlocking toy brick. The complete list includes movies, stories and other elements, but I wanted to single out the nineteen music related ones here. They cover the gamut from bands to albums to songs, mostly playing on...

The 15 Greatest Muppet Musical Moments And Mashups

[fblike style="standard" showfaces="false" width="450" verb="like" font="arial"] The Muppets are back in theaters today.Despite what is sure to be an all out media blitz, I'll admit I just can't get enough. The simple fact is that Muppets are ridiculously appealing to fans of all ages and, from the beginning, Jim Henson's...

Happy Birthday Meg White, You're Alright

The big musical birthdays always seem to get all the play on blogs these days, so we thought we'd celebrate some of the great birthdays that go unnoticed. Meg White turns 36 today, which is as good excuse as any to look at this picture.We'll also celebrate with some kick-ass video of White Stripes performing "...