No greaser quiff, no black leather pants, though with the inevitable bad leg limp, but he still doesn’t sound as if he means maybe while be-bopin’ all over the American musical legacy, even though it’s […]
The first thing on my mind, whenever stumbling upon another mod revival band, is: “In the name of Mod, please make this NOT to be another bunch of Jam soundalikes”. Even though they do look […]
One of the original BMX Riders, a Soup Dragon fighter, a Superstar that never was, and now a Green Pepper of an extraordinary taste. It’s all Glaswegian Jim McCulloch, and he’s back with the sophomore […]
’65/’66 Beatlism of a song, McGuinn-like 12-string jangle, Bluntstone-d vocals, Left Banke-ish string arrangement, Beach Boys-like harmonies … and all of this within a single song, mixed up not unlike it’s being done by the […]
Even though I am more than semi-retired from this scribbling biz I still get a steady stream of emailed press releases and the odd disc in the post. When I find myself needing a break […]
Comparing the works of The Long Ryders and the The Coal Porters might be quite a tricky task for those not in the know. However, being aware of Sid Griffin’s background, as well as his […]
Of interest to both Greenwich Village scene, as well as Nuggets completists, Andrea “Bunky” Skinner and Allan “Jake” Jacobs, started out in the early’60s as coffee house folkies, but recorded their ’68 debut, only after […]
Ranging from stripped-down “screetching” Beefheart-ish blues, through Jake Holmes-like free-form experimentations, to Eastern-tinged hippy mantras, referred to as “raga-ronies”, the sole ’66 Elektra album by this west coast folkie remains as one of the long […]
Making a perfect sequel to their Modern Music For Modern Times EP from a year and a half ago (reviewed elsewhere around these pages), this is where you get not only twice, but thrice as […]
In spite of being described as a proto alternative blues band, predating the likes of Jon Spencer or The Black Keys, an even more precise definition of Harem Scarem, as put in the liners, is […]
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