It’s been decades since I’ve really read the NME, if at all (mostly on rare trips to the UK), but I have been getting their daily email postings from the NMEonline department for the last […]
Dee Dee is Dionne’s sister and was a mainstay of legendary backing vocalists the Sweet Inspirations. The subtitle of this collection is The Mercury/Blue Rock Sessions, and while not an all encompassing survey of her […]
Whoever coined the “freakbeat” sub-genre, trying to describe one of the many aspects of the ’60s sounds, I’m sure it was after hearing some of the British bands. Now that the legacy of Sacramento’s Public […]
After being referred to as the band that would’ve “taken Smile out on the road” as well as being Brian’s actual backing band in the recent years (taking Pet Sounds out on the road!), and […]
The latest from former Chisel frontman Ted Leo sees him spreading out from his New Wave/Mod vernacular. Throughout the sound is full and present, with focused yet varied arrangements. Out of the box Biomusicology starts […]
It seems the Dutch label Excelsior is taking their shot at the big time, the U.S.A., and their lead blocker is Daryll-Ann. H.T. came out in Europe back in ’99 but here only a few […]
The good folks at Parasol recently struck a finished product deal with this Swedish Warner Music Group label to distribute, relatively cheaply, quantities of TSOOL’s catalog here in the good ol’ US of A. (Everyone […]
From the heart of that IPO scene comes this creation by one time Double Naught Spies dude Rick Hromadka (see unlisted track 13, a reprise of that band’s theme song), with some minor assistance from […]
I will say this about all the UK generated hype, it’s transformed a young band who actually seemed to be developing some stagecraft, as opposed to the 85% of young bands these days who resemble […]
Take an ex-member of a band such as Brian Jonestown Massacre, a Dandy Warhols’ producer, a label name with the Stone Roses-reference, which is a subsidiary of another one, with the Love-reference, and that should […]
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