All posts by Chris Gerard
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George Michael releases tepid new live album “Symphonica”
George Michael hasn’t released a new studio album in a decade, and it seems fans yearning for one will need yet a little more patience....
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Cat Dail explains the collaborative magic behind “The Wonder”
The latest CD by NYC-based Indie-rockers Cat Dail & The Magnets, The Wonder, most definitely lives up to its name. Dail is a veteran of...
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Flashback: Top 10 singles this week in 1990
This week 24 years ago the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart was an eclectic mix of rock, pop and R&B. The...
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Classic album revisited: Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” turns 25
Twenty-five years ago this March, after months of feverish anticipation, one of the most successful pop albums of the ‘80s hit stores with a whiff...
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Flashback: Cold War songs of the ’80s
With the escalating tensions between Russia and the US and Europe over the developing situation in Ukraine, thoughts of the Cold War surge back into...
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25 Great Albums from the new Millennium that you might not have heard (but you should!!)
There have been some outstanding albums released since the turn of the new millennium, and many have become at least reasonably successful. But, as in...
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Boy George coming to D.C. on upcoming tour
Boy George has announced Spring tour dates for the US and Canada on his website, which includes a stop in Washington, D.C. He will perform...
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Classic album revisited: Fine Young Cannibals “The Raw and The Cooked”
Twenty-five years ago this week, British trio Fine Young Cannibals released one of the biggest surprise hits of the decade. “The Raw & The Cooked,”...
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Sweetlife: A Music + Food Festival Announces 2014 Lineup
The musical line-up for the Fifth Annual Sweetlife: A Music + Food Festival has just been announced, and it’s impressive. The event will take...
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Flashback: Top Ten from this week 20 years ago
Twenty years ago this week, The Top 10 was a mix of upbeat pop songs, hip-hop and syrupy pop ballads… but has it’s hard to...
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50 Years of The Beatles: Ranking their Albums from 13 to 1
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — names forever etched into the world’s collective consciousness. They are the best-selling band in history...
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George Michael Returns with New Video, “Let Her Down Easy”
Pop icon George Michael is back with “Let Her Down Easy,” a cover of a Terence Trent D’arby track from his outstanding 1993 album “Symphony...
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20 Great Stoner Albums
Since Metro Weekly’s most recent print edition was “The Pot Issue,” it seems a perfectly opportune time to explore some great albums to play while...
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Classic album revisited: The Fixx “Phantoms”
The Fixx has always been a bit outside the lines. They never fit neatly into any particular genre, falling somewhere between new wave, post-punk and...
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Hell Bent for Leather: a musical primer for Mid Atlantic Leather
Later this week leather afficianados from all over the world will descend upon Washington, DC for the annual Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend. Old friendships will be...
