post-punk Archive
15 Jun 2022
30 Days Out, June 2022 #2: George Clinton, Imij of Soul, Vision Video, Pinkest Floyd
Two tribute bands helping audiences relive the old days in style, one giant of funk, and a new band applying a modern spin to a beloved subgenre. Those are the […]
15 Feb 2022
30 Days Out, February 2022 #2: Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Jill Sobule, Pimps of Pompe, Bob Mould
I endeavor to shine a light on local artists in “30 Days Out.” This time I only cover one of those, because the touring acts coming to town are so […]
10 Jun 2021
Dialogue Now! Consolidated Returns From a Self-Imposed Exile
An edited version of this feature appeared previously in SF Weekly. Socialism is back. Though it was widely popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th […]
16 May 2019
200-word Reviews: Five Vinyl Records
Few people are mas pleased as myself to witness (up close and personal) the vinyl revival. I’m not getting into the warmth-versus-digital argument; all I know is that as an […]
15 May 2019
Even More Hundred-worders for May 2019
I’m determined to keep my backlog of music-for-review to a manageable size. Making that happen means that once again it’s time for ten of my quickie reviews. So off we […]
31 Dec 2018
Musoscribe’s Best of 2018
Even having shifted my focus these last few years toward interviews and feature writing, I still manage to listen to and review quite a few albums. In one form or […]
14 Dec 2018
John Lydon Tells It As It Is (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… In what ways do you think that that realization comes through in your music? I try to be as transparent and honest as I possibly can, […]
13 Dec 2018
John Lydon Tells It As It Is (Part One)
Crawling from the wreckage that was the Sex Pistols, vocalist Johnny Rotten reverted to his given name and put together a new group, Public Image Limited. PiL drew from dub […]
12 Dec 2018
John Lydon is … Happy? (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… A defining characteristic of most all of PiL’s releases is that – like Black Sabbath, oddly enough – each was critically panned upon release, only to […]
11 Dec 2018
John Lydon is … Happy? (Part One)
“Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” With that question posed to an audience at San Francisco’s Winterland on January 14, 1978, visibly unhappy vocalist Johnny Rotten (neé Lydon) ended […]