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  Q&A: Nick Lowe on Dying Arts and Second Acts

  December 1, 2011 – This week, Nick Lowe reunites with Wilco for another leg of American dates in support of his latest album, The Old Magic, his first full-length since 2007's At My Age. Magic is a boutique pop offering that finds the pub-rock pioneer playing with far smoother, gentler textures than those that defined much of his '70s and '80s heyday. But there's a great deal of mischief to be heard, too. …
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  Nick Lowe, 'The Old Magic' (Yep Roc)

  September 13, 2011 – It's gratifying to see Nick Lowe, a critical darling who stood gawkily in the margins of '80s pop trends, striding effortlessly through his inimitable late career. These lightly swinging throwback grooves and torchy ballads brim with ruminations ?about love from a sly, sure-handed codger who's been around the block more than twice. …
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• Nick Lowe, 'Labour of Lust' (Yep Roc)

  March 15, 2011 – Veteran of preeminent pub-rock band Brinsley Schwarz and lesser-known pop-psych combo Kippington Lodge, Nick Lowe was, by 1978, playing souped-up rootsy rock with Dave Edmunds in Rockpile; he'd also just produced Elvis Costello's Armed Forces. …
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  New LPs: Black Joe Lewis, Joy Formidable & 7 more!

  March 15, 2011 – Here's our take on the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today: J Mascis, Several Shades of WhySebadoh-ish indie-folk jams from Sebadoh dude's boss.Read Review Black Joe Lewis, ScandalousSteamy Austin axeman still seeking spiritual release.Read Review The Joy Formidable, The Big RoarFemale-led Welsh alt-rockers blast into the red.Read Review Noah and the Whale, Last Night on EarthZen and the art of getti …
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