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Robert Plant Plots U.S. Tour With Band That Isn't Led Zeppelin

April 23, 2013 – Unlike some iconic British rock bands, a full-blown U.S. tour from Led Zeppelin isn't a foregone conclusion, so for now, Zepp heads will have to settle for Robert Plant's latest project, Robert Plant Presents the Sensational Space Shifters.The "Whole Lotta Love" wailer will trek across the States, making a total of 21 stops, beginning with a performance in Dallas on June 20, and ending with a gig in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on July 27. …
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The 40 Best Albums of 2010

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Robert Plant, 'Band of Joy' (Rounder)

August 23, 2010 – Plant has had an unlikely late-career resurgence by embracing his folkier (if not freakier) side, starting with 2007's T-Bone Burnett–produced Raising Sand. Nashville alt-country icon Buddy Miller serves as ringleader this go-round, transposing Plant's misty mountain hop to old, weird Appalachia. …
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It's Not Your Parents' Grammy Awards -- Or Is It?

February 6, 2009 – Aside from the Orwellian Reaganscape darkening the horizon, 1984 was a personal watershed for me -- a parent actually showed an interest in music that I listened to (well, sort of). Because clueless Republicans involved in Fucked-Up Ronnie's re-election campaign had tried to exploit Bruce Springsteen's Vietnam lament "Born in the U.S.A," and because the video for Springsteen's pop trifle "Dancing in the Dark" (featuring a winsome Court …
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Should Led Zeppelin Reunite?

November 4, 2008 – What started out simply enough last fall, with a one-off show in London in honor of the late Atlantic Records maven Ahmet Ertegun, has dissolved into chaos. Led Zeppelin is talking full-fledged reunion, and it's already become a right mess. Singer Robert Plant stated quite clearly that he doesn't want to partake. …
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Why Led Zeppelin Shouldn't Reunite

October 31, 2008 – Sometimes getting a taste of something sweet only to see it disappear is worse than never tasting it at all. Which, I guess, is what's going through the minds of Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones right around now. …
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See Foo Fighters, Beck, CSS, MGMT, and Many More

October 1, 2008 – If you weren't able to attend last weekend's Austin City Limits music festival, not to worry: SPIN.com was there, snapping photos of every great band we could find. Check out our shots of Beck, Foo Fighters, CSS, and many more artists below and on the next two pages. Against Me! …
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