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LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES WITH ALABAMA SHAKES!
DEBUT ALBUM “THERE IS A BOMB IN GILEAD” OUT MAY 15TH THROUGH ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS

FREE DOWNLOAD: LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES’ “CENTREVILLE”

The title of LEE BAINS III AND THE GLORY FIRES’ debut album comes from Bains mishearing an old hymn as a child. In the soft accents of his elders around Birmingham, Alabama, “There is a

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POPMATTERS WEIGHS IN ON LAWRENCE BALL’S “METHOD MUSIC” ALBUM!
Lawrence Ball: Method Music
By John Garratt

If Pete Townshend’s “Lifehouse” project never actually comes to a full realization, he’s at least prepared to watch it grow through various stages in his lifetime. What exactly is “Lifehouse” and how does it relate to Lawrence Ball and this supposed Method Music? If you are a big fan of the Who and … ‘
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EARLY PRAISES FOR THE PLIMSOULS “BEACH TOWN CONFIDENTIAL” LP
POPMATTERS
The Plimsouls: Beach Town Confidential
By Alan Brown

Although recorded a mere 12 months before Peter Case dissolved the Plimsouls and went solo, Beach Town Confidential presents a band at their peak, not one close to imploding. This set at Huntington Beach’s Golden Bear in 1983 is a melodic white-hot power-pop ball of energy that blows away any previous … ‘
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PETER CASE FEATURE INTERVIEW IN AMP MAGAZINE
It’s Gotta Be Pop
THE PLIMSOULS
Interview with Peter Case
By Kurt Baker

When the late great Jerry Lee Lewis sang about “Great Balls of Fire,” he may have been alluding to a sound that a group of fine tuned enthusiastic musicians from LA named the Plimsouls would emulate in stereo form some 30 years down the road of rock … ‘
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CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN PREVIEWS FOR CALIFORNIA SHOWS!
GOOD TIMES (Santa Cruz weekly) – Feature with Greg Lisher interview and band photo.
Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweethearts
by J.D. Ramey
Camper Van Beethoven returns to Santa Cruz for two intimate Crepe Place shows

Long before the Simon Cowell era, the members of the alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven were the Santa Cruz musicians who had “made it.” Adorning … ‘
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