garage Archive
23 Sep 2020
Album Review: Various Artists — Double Whammy!
Nuggets did it first, and Nuggets did it best: the early ‘70s 2LP compilation curated by Lenny Kaye brought together a widely disparate collection of underappreciated songs from the ‘60s, […]
11 Jul 2020
Album Review: The Limits – Garage Nuggets ‘65-’68
It’s nice when an important figure in music says nice things about your music. Even if that person is something of a cult figure like Alex Chilton, it counts. And […]
28 May 2020
Album Review: Bonniwell Music Machine
There’s an esteemed list of albums from the 1960s that didn’t get their due the first time around; the era was so rich with gems that plenty of great albums […]
25 May 2020
Album Review: Four Early Allman Brothers-related Titles
A group as great as The Allman Brothers Band doesn’t simply burst forth fully formed. There has to be a back story. And while it’s true that the greatest bands […]
10 Apr 2020
New Yorkers in Sheep’s Clothing: The Strangeloves Story (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two… Onstage, the band was a mix of incongruous elements. The typical American audience member of 1965 wouldn’t have known that Australia had neither zebras nor African […]
09 Apr 2020
New Yorkers in Sheep’s Clothing: The Strangeloves Story (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… When it’s suggested that the story sounds like a scene straight out of a motion picture, Feldman agrees. “Listen, our whole career has been something out […]
08 Apr 2020
New Yorkers in Sheep’s Clothing: The Strangeloves Story (Part One)
An edited version of this feature appeared previously in Record Collector. One evening in late November 2018, Lenny Kaye’s phone rang. The music journalist and (since 1971) guitarist for Patti […]
16 Jan 2020
30 Days Out: January 2020 #2: Jake Shimabukuro, Tinsley Ellis, The Seratones, Ashley Heath & Her Heathens
Artist: Jake Shimabukuro Venue: The Orange Peel Date: Friday, Jan 24, 8 p.m. Door: $30 Ukulele probably isn’t the first instrument that comes to mind when one thinks of powerfully […]
22 Dec 2019
Boxed Set Review: Land of 1000 Dances
Though there were certainly earlier examples, the era of the lavish boxed set began a few decades back; it more or less coincided with the CD era. And it persisted […]
20 Dec 2019
Album Review: The Black Tones — Cobain & Cornbread
Ice-T (among many others) has long made the point that African Americans’ role in the creation of rock ‘n’ roll doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. While I agree, I […]