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R&B meets grim and grime in Afghan Whigs' [new album] 'Do to the Beast'
LA Times ^ | 4/15/14 | Todd Martens

Posted on 04/15/2014 9:42:26 PM PDT by DemforBush

Rock 'n' roll has a way of romanticizing the tortured and the libertines, especially ones with a little poetry in them. Singer Greg Dulli, whose band Afghan Whigs returns Tuesday with its first new album in 16 years...

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 90s; altrock; dulli
Dunno how many Afghan Whigs fans are around here (we never really had the numbers of Pearl Jam fans and the like, even during the Whigs' 1990's heyday), but I thought this was a pretty good article about the band's comeback.

BTW, the new album is pretty darn good. It doesn't match Gentleman or Black Love, but I like it quite a bit. Dulli's work with The Twilight Singers and Gutter Twins definitely comes through on a few tracks.

1 posted on 04/15/2014 9:42:27 PM PDT by DemforBush
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To: DemforBush

Got suspended for two days from school for bringing in a copy of Gentleman for a friend.


2 posted on 04/15/2014 9:50:22 PM PDT by struggle
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