Articles by Peter Jönsson

As we know, the instrumental era ended abruptly when the doomsday comet named “British Invasion” entered the skies in the early 1960s and turned the music scene upside down. Admittedly, other genres were also extinguished […]

Lenny Kaye is a household name to most of us through his dedicated commitment to music; either on the stage as guitarist with Patti Smith or occupied behind the desk writing articles in many music […]

Even though the album … There’s Pretty Things in Palookaville … from last year, by Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders, was fully packed, there are even more recordings in the pipeline waiting for release. Pat […]

Jeremy Scott is best known from his work with Harlan T. Bobo and the Memphis-based bands The Toy Trucks and, maybe foremost, Reigning Sound – currently in the spotlight with the album A Little More […]

Overall, Record Store Day feels like a big conspiracy based on the idea of pressing semi-interesting exclusive reissues that change hands downstream of RSD in a process driven by a malign teamwork between 1. profit […]

Here are short comments regarding my twenty personal favorites among albums released in 2021. Hopefully, the spread between genres will allow everyone to find something new to dig into, no matter what kind of music […]

Ever since pop music took its form in the mid-1950s, it has evolved in different directions, while retaining its choruses and verses and easily recognizable distinct melodies that rarely last more than three minutes. And […]

Welcome back to Garage Rock School and its fourth lesson. As you know, the three previous lessons dealt with some classic compilations of mainly the 1960s’ music that is often labelled garage punk/rock: Lenny Kaye’s […]