vinyl Archive
23 Jul 2024
A Conversation with Sykofant (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Did you find it difficult to take all these different styles and make them work together seamlessly without there being rough edits or jarring changes? Because […]
22 Jul 2024
A Conversation with Sykofant (Part 1 of 2)
Sykofant is a progressive rock band from Oslo, Norway, but prog is perhaps too limiting a term for what they do. On their self titled debut album, the group takes […]
06 Jul 2024
Album Review: The Supremes – We Remember Sam Cooke
Gospel-informed soul singer Sam Cooke died tragically in December 1964 in murky circumstances; at the time, Cooke was enjoying a sustained peak as a songwriter, performer and recording artist. In […]
05 Jul 2024
The dB’s: Tar Heelers in the Big Apple (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… At Irving Plaza, The dB’s tore through a dozen songs, including covers of Bobby Lewis’ 1961 hit “Tossin’ and Turnin’,” the Grass Roots’ “Let’s Live for […]
04 Jul 2024
The dB’s: Tar Heelers in the Big Apple (Part 1 of 2)
Two critically-acclaimed albums from the dawn of the alternative rock era have long been found in the United States only as imports. But new reissues of The dB’s Stands for […]
23 Jun 2024
Album Review: The Temptations – Wish it Would Rain
Detroit soul/r&b vocal group The Temptations were early stars on Berry Gordy’s Motown label. The group had its roots in earlier vocal groups The Cavaliers, The Primes, The Siberians and […]
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 […]
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 […]
22 May 2024
Teenage Underground: The Beginnings of The Red Rockers (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… Between live dates in and around San Francisco, The Red Rockers pestered Howie Klein to give them a record deal. Klein and business partner Chris Knab […]
21 May 2024
Teenage Underground: The Beginnings of The Red Rockers (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… The Red Rockers played locally and began to develop a following. And they traveled as far as Houston and Atlanta, playing gigs in those larger markets […]