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Album Review: The Pretenders – Break Up the Concrete

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Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit receives webcast, nationwide screenings, and CD/DVD releases

By Chris Coplan on October 20th, 2011

Rock and roll. And Jujubes.

Neil Young’s Bridge School Concert announces 25th anniversary DVD, CD sets

By Chris Coplan on September 27th, 2011

Featuring literally every rock star in the known Universe.

Update: The Pretenders + Cat Power + Juliette Lewis unveil summer trek

By Alex Young on June 5th, 2009

As we noted yesterday when mentioning all of Juliette Lewis’ friends, the actress turned Juliette and the Licks frontlady turned solo artists will be spending quite a bit of time on the road this summer with fellow estrogen rockers The Pretenders and Cat Power. Today, courtesy of Spin, the dates for their North American tour [...]

Juliette Lewis hangs with everyone from Omar Rodríguez-López to The Pretenders

By Alex Young on June 4th, 2009

Yeah, she’s seriously that cool.

Where We Live: Jannus Landing – St. Petersburg, FL

By Dan Caffrey on March 19th, 2009

Large scale theaters usually have their fair share of musical history; The Chicago Theatre, The Filmore, The Beacon…you could go on all night with historic venues that contain just as many legends as the bands who played in them. But when it comes to smaller, indie-oriented locales, you’d be hard pressed to find one that [...]

Album Review: The Pretenders – Break Up the Concrete

By Allison Franks on October 23rd, 2008

It’s been almost three decades since Chrissie Hynde kicked rock music in the butt with her signature badass attitude and distinctive vocals as front woman for The Pretenders. And somehow, Hynde has managed to steer clear of the female rock star cliché all these years, wearing her causes on her sleeve; sometimes confrontational, sometimes wise. [...]