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• Jack White fires his blunderbuss
  

  The left turns on Blunderbuss, include a lot more piano than guitar and flashes of a lyrical specificity unusual from such a celebrated craftsman of myths, mysteries and fabulous lies.

  

• Artist on Artist: Paul Burch talks to Jon Langford of the Waco Brothers
  
  Nashville singer-songwriter Paul Burch talks to Jon Langford of the Waco Brothers

  Chicago favorites the Waco Brothers and Nashville singer-songwriter Paul Burch have traveled in the same circles for years, and both have made records for Bloodshot. Though their output is quite different—the former is loud and woolly, the latter gentle and measured—they share a deep regard for old-school country.…

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• Three Beats: A "mature" new record from Bible of the Devil
  
  New releases from Bible of the Devil and Gas Mask Horse and a Chinese classical concert at the Cultural Center
  by Miles Raymer, Leor Galil and Peter Margasak
  METAL | Miles Raymer Bible of the Devil has been a Chicago institution for as long as I’ve lived here, with a seemingly nonstop show schedule and a devoted audience, drawn equally from metalheads and hard-rock fans, whose particular nostalgia is for the days when Iron Maiden was the biggest thing on earth.…

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