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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Weekly Linkup: A Look Back (The Black Keys, Springsteen, Super Bowl Music, Don Cornelius, Skrillex...)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/02/06/weekly-linkup-a-look-back-the-black-keys-springsteen-super-bowl-music-don-cornelius-skrillex</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Relix and Jambands.com staffâs final thoughts on 2011 and who to look out for in 2012

	Another Super Bowl performance mishap-...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spotlight: First Aid Kit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/02/06/spotlight-first-aid-kit</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Neil Krug

	The Omaha Soundâa la Bright Eyes, Orenda Fink and Maria Taylorâis burgeoning in Swedenâs indie music scene. Some of the most acclaimed folk music, as of late, has come out of this Nordic country: The Tallest Man on Earth, JosÃ© GonzÃ¡lez, and now, Klara and Johanna SÃ¶d...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Let It D: Tenacious D, The Greatest Band in the World (or Maybe the Second Greatest, They're Still Working That Out)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/02/03/let-it-d-tenacious-d-the-greatest-band-in-the-world-or-maybe-the-second-greatest-they-re-still-working-that-out</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the world awaits the return of Tenacious D, with their third album, Rize of The Fenix set for a spring release, we look back to our November 2006 cover story on Jack Black, Kyle Gass and the majesty that is the D&#8230;...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Patrick Carney's Top 10 Favorite Albums]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/02/03/patrick-carney-s-top-10-favorite-albums</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Black Keys&#8217; Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney served as guest editors for the January-February issue of Relix. Earlier this week, we posted Auerbach&#8217;s list of &#8220;Great Soul 45s.&#8221; Here&#8217;s a look at Ca...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aaron Freeman's _Marvelous Clouds_:  Ben Vaughn Offers Insight]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/02/02/aaron-freeman-s-marvelous-clouds-ben-vaughn-offers-insight</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Aaron Freeman (aka Gene Ween) will shed his pseudonym for his first-ever solo record, Marvelous Clouds. Set for an April 10 release on Partisan Records, the album presents interpretations of 13 songs written by Rod McKuen. Ben Vaughn, who produced Ween&#8217;s _12 Golden C...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nine Ways to Wine and Dine, Musically]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/02/01/nine-ways-to-wine-and-dine-musically</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Grace Under Fire Chocolate Bar

	With the announcement that 90s boy band Hanson was creating their own beer â âMmmHopâ â we realized that there are a slew of culinary musicians who have also brewed beers, opened restaurants or created snacks for our gastronomic pleasure. We pulled togethe...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Weekly Linkup: A Look Back (Umphrey's, Paul McCartney, Alabama Shakes, Oscar Music, Awkward Music Genre Names...)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/30/weekly-linkup-a-look-back-umphrey-s-paul-mccartney-alabama-shakes-oscar-music-awkward-music-genre-names</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Pretty Lights has released a new single as well as a video

	Consequence of Sounds rounds up 30 covers of Leonard Cohen songs...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Original Rebel Rouser: Duane Eddy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/26/the-original-rebel-rouser-duane-eddy</link>
      <description><![CDATA[One afternoon in the early â90s, while sitting around a conference table in one of the major record labelsâ offices, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fameâs nominating committee was discussing who was eligible for induction that year. Label executives, music journalists and other august industry hoi po...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RatDog's Return: Bob Weir and Life After Dead (Relix Revisited)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/25/ratdog-s-return-bob-weir-and-life-after-dead-relix-revisited</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tonight Bob Weir will reassemble RatDog for a performance at his TRI Studios, so today we look back to our February/March 2006 issue, which featured a cover story on Weir and the group....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Growlers: Ragged But Right]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/24/the-growlers-ragged-but-right</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Growlers live and work in a storage space in Costa Mesa, Calif., a few miles from the beach. Seven people cram into roughshod bedrooms and a recording booth and a stage with setup instruments are in the front room near the tall garage door. For dÃ©cor, mangled baby dolls and large, fake ducks ha...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Weekly Linkup: A Look Back (The President Sings Al Green, Megaupload Bust, New Springsteen, Dead Exhibit...)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/23/weekly-linkup-a-look-back-the-president-sings-al-green-megaupload-bust-new-springsteen-dead-exhibit</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Our Monday feature revisits moments from the week&#8217;s gone by&#8230;

	Best moment of last week: the President of the United States sings Al Green while in Harlem, New York.

	The New York Times asks: Do we have a right to scalp tickets?...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Too New To Be Known: Phish (Relix Revisited Oct. '89)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/20/too-new-to-be-known-phish-relix-revisited-oct-89</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Long before magazines used them to increase their Google footprint, Phish was just another club band trying to get some national exposure. Relix was actually one of&#8212;if not the&#8212;first national publication to give Phish a print profile and, at one point, Phish&#8217;s management even asked Relixâs origin...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Parting Shots: Etta James (Relix Revisited)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/20/parting-shots-etta-james-relix-revisited</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Following the tragic news of Etta James&#8217; passing, we revisit this 2006 interview with the iconic R&B singer. This feature originally ran in the September/October 2006 issue of Relix Magazine.

	Etta James has always been a fighter. From her upbringing in South Central Los Angeles, to her various...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nighttrippin' : Dan Auerbach's New Musical Adventures with Dr. John]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/20/nighttrippin-dan-auerbach-s-new-musical-adventures-with-dr-john</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Every so often, Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr.âthe New Orleans pianist, composer and singer best known as Dr. Johnâwill sit down and listen to some new music with his granddaughter. Most of the time, Dr. John chalks up the exercise as âfamily timeâ but when she played him a Black Keys record no...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taking Aim with David Cross (Relix Revisited)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/20/taking-aim-with-david-cross-relix-revisited</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With the return of David Cross&#8217;s series The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (airing on Friday nights at 10:30 on IFC), we revisit this Parting Shots feature from August 2007....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Woman At Work: Rachael Yamagata]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/19/woman-at-work-rachael-yamagata</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Major Label Darling Goes D.I.Y.

	This time, it was supposed to be easy. After a four-year delay between Rachael Yamagataâs star-making RCA debut Happenstance and her Warner Bros. follow-up, Elephants, the plan was to go right back into the studio to start a third album. But, as fortune had...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gleaning Gold: Neil Young's _Harvest_ Turns 40]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/18/gleaning-gold-neil-young-s-harvest-turns-40</link>
      <description><![CDATA[I have always had dark heroes.

	Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Brian Jones all captured my imagination. Their deep mysteries, their devotion to otherworldly muses, their wrecked cool and even their idiosyncratic clothing kept me enthralled as I pored over the exoticism of their guitar excursions lik...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Weekly Linkup: A Look Back (Music at the Office and at Home, Galactic, The Little Willies, &quot;Also Sprach Zarathustra&quot; Decoded...)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/17/weekly-linkup-a-look-back-music-at-the-office-and-at-home-galactic-the-little-willies-also-sprach-zarathustra-decoded</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Since yesterday was Martin Luther King Day, our weekly review of some stories you have missed has been pushed to Tuesday once again&#8230;...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[My Page: Ben Kweller (and a Bonus Conversation with Jason Schwartzman)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/17/my-page-ben-kweller-and-a-bonus-conversation-with-jason-schwartzman</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The above video debuted last week in which actor/musician Jason Schwartzman interviews Ben Kweller &#8220;and his gold-metal winning stunt double.&#8221; Here&#8217;s a look back to the April-May 2009 issue of Relix in which Kweller had a page to himself&#8230;...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spotlight:: JEFF the Brotherhood]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/13/spotlight-jeff-the-brotherhood</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Chad Wadsorth

	Jamin Orrall is searching YouTube for videos of people covering songs by his band JEFF the Brotherhood while his brother and sole bandmate Jake Orrall watches the computer screen over his shoulder. The first couple pages of search results donât reveal any covers but a v...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Group At Work: Tennis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/12/group-at-work-tennis</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Takeshi Suga

	Sophomore Album of Freshman Tales

	When a group draws inspiration for their debut album from their experiences while sailing along the Eastern Seaboard, one wonders what type of adventure will influence their next one. âI struggled for a while trying to decide what t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seven Cheesy Jamband Lyrics]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/10/seven-cheesy-jamband-lyrics</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As much as we love them, we all know the focus of jambands is often the musicianship expense and, well, the jams. As a result, at times, lyrics occasionally are given short shrift. What follows are a few examples of moments as of late where weâve found ourselves singing along, only to step back an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Weekly Linkup: A Look Back (Radiohead, Upcoming Releases, Musicians' Comics Books, Jerry...)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/09/weekly-linkup-a-look-back-radiohead-upcoming-releases-musicians-comics-books-jerry</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With the holiday season in the rear view mirror, Weekly Linkup returns on a Monday&#8230;

	Read about how Sup Pop Records has evolved since signing Nirvana in the 90s

	An interesting read...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Winter's Return A Guitar Legend Triumphs Once Again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/09/winter-s-return-a-guitar-legend-triumphs-once-again</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On Thursday night Johnny Winter will make his first network television appearance in three decades when he performs on the Late Show with David Letterman. To mark the occasion, we share this feature story that ran in our December-January 2010 issue....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Weekly Linkup: A Look Back (More 2011 Lists, Bon Iver, Cat Power, Ryan Adams, NYE Downloads...)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/03/weekly-linkup-a-look-back-more-2011-lists-bon-iver-cat-power-ryan-adams-nye-downloads</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As we head back into the office nursing holiday hangovers, check out what you may have missed while ringing in the New Year....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Special Valentine's Subscription Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2012/01/02/a-special-valentine-s-subscription-deal</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Can&#8217;t decide what to get your loved one for Valentine&#8217;s Day?  Relix has the ultimate deal for you and your loved ones and you can get it here!  Now through February 14th, you can get a one year subscription to Relix (8 issues + 8 CD&#8217;s) ONLY $20.12 OR a two...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[David Spelman Re-Imagines Brian Eno's _Apollo_ with Mike Gordon, Larry Campbell and Itsnotyouitsme]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2011/12/29/david-spelman-re-imagines-brian-eno-s-apollo-with-mike-gordon-larry-campbell-and-itsnotyouitsme</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The New York Guitar Festival was founded in 1999 by musician/producer David Spelman. The event will run from January 6-29 at a variety of area venues. Opening night is a free performance at the World Financial Centerâs Winter Garden.  There &#8220;The Apollo Proje...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Derek Trucks: Sweet Inspiration (Relix Revisited)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2011/12/28/derek-trucks-sweet-inspiration-relix-revisited</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Tedeschi Trucks Band will open their transcontinental year-end run tonight in Jacksonville at the Florida Theatre. Back in February 2009 Derek Trucks spoke with Relix about creating the home studio where he and Susan would later record, working with his wife and extended family as well as the ar...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leslie West: The Show Must Go On]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2011/12/28/leslie-west-the-show-must-go-on</link>
      <description><![CDATA[These days, when someone asks Leslie West, âHow are you doing?â itâs not just a casual greetingâtheyâre really asking how heâs doing. On June 18, the 65-year-old Westânow and forever immortalized as the guitarist, singer and chief songwriter powering one of early hard rockâs great ba...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Weekly Linkup: A Look Back (Best of and Worst of 2011 Lists, Rock Stars Recommend Their Booze, Keller, Yo La Tendo, Biscuits...)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.relix.com/features/2011/12/27/weekly-linkup-a-look-back-best-of-and-worst-of-2011-lists-rock-stars-recommend-their-booze-keller-yo-la-tendo-biscuits</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the new installment of our weekly feature, in which we highlight some articles you have may missed&#8230;...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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