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1 week ago | goldminemag.com | Bill Kopp

Neil Young is a towering figure in popular music. From his work as a member of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to his formidable solo career and beyond, Toronto, Ontario-born Young has been an important and influential part of the music scene for more than a half century. Even today at age 79, he remains a vital artist. Among his myriad achievements is his sometimes overlooked skill as a songwriter.

1 week ago | goldminemag.com | John Curley

By John CurleyBob Mould's current North American tour, which is in support of his 15th solo album Here We Go Crazy, rolled into New York City for a show at Le Poisson Rouge on Manhattan's Bleecker Street on Saturday night, May 3rd. Mould and his band performed a set that included a generous selection of Mould's solo material along with some top-notch Hüsker Dü tunes. Opening the show was the three-piece J. Robbins Band, which features Robbins on guitar and lead vocals.

1 week ago | goldminemag.com | Ray Chelstowski

By Ray ChelstowskiWhen I first began to learn about the band Goose, almost to a person, conversations started with people telling me that I had to check out their drummer. He was often referred to as one of the best behind a rock kit. This came mostly from drummers. Ben Atkind brought a jazz sensibility to his playing with Goose that was defined by a kind of heft that was entirely rock-centric, and it provided a footing to their music that fans couldn't imagine the songs living without.

1 week ago | goldminemag.com | Dave Thompson

Goldmine's Spin Cycle columnist Dave Thompson discusses this month's picks for music collectors with editor Patrick Prince on this month's Spin Cycle edition of the Goldmine Podcast. Two compilations are highly recommended - one on Mike McCartney's Scaffold and the other centered around the 1960s British psych club Middle Earth - and Record Store Day 2025 vinyl that you should still pick up (if you can). Listen to the podcast HERE or click player below.

2 weeks ago | goldminemag.com | Bill Kopp

Among boomers, the music of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass was everywhere; it was part of a generation's soundtrack. Through much of the TJB's heyday, the band itself was for some time a polite fiction: in reality the Tijuana Brass on record was often Alpert plus members of the famed Wrecking Crew. It's true as well that there wasn't really much about the group that was authentically south-of-the-border.