Author Archive
13 Jun 2024
Album Review: Sun Ra – At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1977-1978
Zev Feldman has applied his “jazz detective” approach to a dizzying array of artists, unearthing previously unheard recordings by landmark artists ranging from Bill Evans to Mel Lewis to Les […]
12 Jun 2024
Album Review: Foghat – Slow Ride: Live in Concert
Too often, Foghat gets a bad rap. They’re unfairly lumped in with faceless boogie bands of the 1970s. They deserve better. An offshoot of Savoy Brown, Foghat were at their […]
11 Jun 2024
Album Review: The Brat – Straight Outta East L.A.
Time has an odd way of changing our perception. Most anyone who heard Sex Pistols in the 1978 would have found them abrasive, chaotic and noisy. As Never Mind the […]
10 Jun 2024
Take Five: Great Deep-dive Tracks from Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend is widely acclaimed for many things; at or near the top of that list is his songwriting for The Who. But also worthy of praise – and further […]
09 Jun 2024
Single Review: Dave McLean – “Faintly Blowing”
When it came to ‘60s psychedelia of the British variant, the prevailing approach was a kind of twee popsike (if you will). Songs with titles like “Toffee Apple Sundays” from […]
08 Jun 2024
EP Review: Speedfossil – Room With a VU, Vol. 1
Nice ‘n’ crunchy guitars, clear and exuberant vocals, catchy melodies and sharp hooks: those are the main ingredients of the subgenre we call power pop. They’re in ample supply on […]
07 Jun 2024
Album Review: Pearl Harbour – Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost Too
Pearl Harbour (aka Pearl Harbor, aka Pearl E. Gates) has had a fascinating career. And in some ways, everything she did prior – however disparate it was – seems to […]
06 Jun 2024
David J on the Creative Process and the Inner Flame of Inspiration
Former Bauhaus and Love and Rockets bassist shares his personal archive of home demos David J (Haskins) first entered the public consciousness in 1978 as bassist and collaborative songwriter in […]
05 Jun 2024
Book Review: Zip it Up! The Best of Trouser Press
Trouser Press looms large in my life. As a teen, I consumed as much music journalism writing – features, interviews, reviews — as possible. By that point I had long […]
04 Jun 2024
Album Review: Little Girls — Valley Songs
Pop music never ceases to amaze. If one looks past the mega-hits – and then looks even farther afield beyond the commercial near-misses — there remains a cornucopia of overlooked […]