By Michael Tedder, eMusic ContributorLater this month, the legendary underground rock icons/heart-rending poets/drunken screw-ups the Replacements will play their first shows since breaking up onstage in Chicago 22 years ago. (Well, Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson and some other… more »

The Replacements

By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorNow that we've all survived Har Mar Superstargate, here is the first actual evidence that the Replacements reunion is actually happening: a behind-glass-doors look at the band rehearsing "Alex Chilton"... As for whether founding drummer… more »

Wilco

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By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorAs Pitchfork pointed out earlier today, Wilco presented its Solid Sound Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art over the weekend and to make things interesting, the band's first set was nothing but cover… more »

A rare shot of Har Mar Superstar with his shirt on

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By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorWell this is weird. As first reported on SPIN, lady killer Sean Tillman (better known as Har Mar Superstar) has agreed to round out the live reunion lineup of The Replacements. Tillman confirmed the news… more »

The Replacements

By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorIn case you missed the collective gasp that echoed across Twitter's cooler-than-thou corners last night, hell indeed froze over — The Replacements are reuniting for their first official gigs since 1991, a.k.a. the year Nevermind… more »

The new Replacements EP

By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorIt's not quite a full-on reunion, but Tommy Stinson and Paul Westerberg have announced a new Replacements EP featuring covers of Dunlap ("Busted Up"), Hank Williams ("Lost Highway"), Gordon Lightfoot ("I'm Not Sayin'") and the… more »

By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorFor years, Warner Brothers Records has been home to musicians who want to pursue a particular artistic vision. The albums in this collection may cover a multitude of genres, but they all have one thing… more »

By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorWith the 2012 presidential-election debates kicking off this week, we've all got a lot of Big Issues on our minds: what's next for our economy, the state of healthcare, same-sex marriage, and countless others. To… more »

By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorThe soundtrack to the latest film from director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno, Thank You For Smoking) defines his central character through the songs she listened to in high school. Although actress Charlize… more »

By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic ContributorAt the end of 1984, 240 American rock critics voted in the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop poll. Writing about the results, Robert Christgau noted, "You got three Top 10 bands from Minneapolis" —… more »

By Karen Schoemer, eMusic ContributorAs protest songs go, "Seen Your Video" isn't exactly "The Times They Are A-Changin.'" A bass line pummels, a guitar melody bops along like the Clash on bubblegum and three-quarters of the way through, the… more »

By Sean Fennessey, eMusic ContributorSnotty, slurry, spazzy; this is what the middle of America — Minneapolis to be exact — sounded like in the late '70s and early '80s. Looking for a shouting match they'd never win, the 'Mats,… more »

By Sean Fennessey, eMusic ContributorWith Minneapolis guitarist Slim Dunlap now their full-time axman, the Replacements stripped down and washed out, composing their cleanest, dullest album ever, an occasionally pretty but mostly hollow set of country and blues-inflected rock songs.… more »

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By Sean Fennessey, eMusic Contributor"Like maybe the main act doesn't show, and instead the crowd has to settle for an earful of us dirtbags..." drummer Chris Mars wrote in an unpublished memoir, explaining his band's name. Dirtbags: that's probably… more »

By Sean Fennessey, eMusic ContributorSnotty, slurry, spazzy; this is what the middle of America — Minneapolis to be exact — sounded like in the late '70s and early '80s. Looking for a shouting match they'd never win, the 'Mats,… more »

By Sean Fennessey, eMusic ContributorFarewell to Bob Stinson, fired for drunkenness and a refusal to cater to Westerberg's growing pop instincts. And so the Replacements carried on as a trio on this second album for major label subsidiary, Sire.… more »

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By Matthew Fritch, eMusic ContributorReviewers of The '59 Sound, the Gaslight Anthem's second album, spent an awful lot of words describing what the record is like rather than what it is. It's difficult to blame them. The New Brunswick,… more »