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All You Can Think About: They Might Be Giants Rarities Set Comes to CD

By Mike Duquette | May 19, 2025 | 0 Comments

A collection of harder-to-find material from stalwart alt-rock duo They Might Be Giants - released on vinyl last year - gets a wider availability on CD this month. The Spine Surfs Alone: Rarities 1998-2005 is available at general retail on May 30, having been available from the band's official store since earlier this spring. (A […]

The Weekend Stream Extra: A Guide to 'MTV Unplugged' on Paramount+ (Part 1)

By Mike Duquette | May 18, 2025 | 5 Comments

Welcome to a special Sunday feature of The Weekend Stream, which takes a look at one of MTV's great live music programs thanks to a recent reissue of one of its best-known episodes. We're kicking off a five-part deep-dive on every episode of MTV Unplugged that's currently streaming on the station's parent streaming network Paramount+! If […]

The Weekend Stream: May 17, 2025

By The Second Disc | May 17, 2025 | 4 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. A positively packed volume offers legends of pop, rock and country revisiting and interpreting some classic tracks; catalogue favorites from Britney to Sheena and Connie to Katrina; intriguing film scores and […]

Wake Me Up: New Compilation Honors Life and Career of Avicii

By Mike Duquette | May 16, 2025 | 0 Comments

In his too-brief career, Swedish DJ/producer Avicii became one of the most dynamic figures of the early 2010s electronic dance boom. A new collection, sanctioned by his estate, will honor that body of work. Avicii Forever offers, on CD or two LPs, 20 tracks from his albums and EPs, including the worldwide hits "Wake Me […]

Dancing Barefoot: The Feelies Collect Old Covers for New Album

By Mike Duquette | May 16, 2025 | 2 Comments

What started as a simple digital exercise for New Jersey rockers The Feelies is a new collection of some of their harder-to-find cover songs. The jangle-pop heroes will release Rewind on June 20, a nine-track affair featuring versions of cuts by The Beatles ("She Said She Said," "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My […]

In With the Old: 2009 in Reissues

By Mike Duquette | January 11, 2010 | 4 Comments

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Good evening and welcome to The Second Disc! Assuming you've taken a look at the page where I've explained this blog, I'd like to present a list of some of the best catalogue titles released to the public during the past year. This year was just as full of complaints about the demise of the […]

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