Read Alan Betrock’s book Girl Groups – The Story of a Sound [Delilah, 1982]. A fascinating story about the creators of this sound, and the rise and decline of the way popular music was made […]
Joe Bonomo: Sweat – The Story of The Fleshtones, America’s Garage Band [Continuum, 2007] Joe Bonomo tells the inspiring and highly readable story of one of the most durable garage band of all time in […]
Contrary to what may be expected after all the fabulous reflections published at the Popdiggers site concerning the real pop classics of the 1970s, [see links below] the case is not closed (and never will […]
Peter Guralnick: Sam Phillips – The Man who invented Rock’n’Roll [Little Brown, 2015] Sam Phillips should be regarded as one of the most important persons in music history. He shaped popular music in the 1950s […]
Rounding up the usual suspects and some first time offenders in 2016: 01. Jack Oblivian And The Sheiks – Lone Ranger of Love Mr. Yarber joins forces with Memphian Sheiks with a tip top record […]
– A 1970s memoir [Faber and Faber, 2010] The renowned English rock writer Nick Kent was one of the first music critics that was influenced by the gonzo journalism movement, which is a style of […]
More than fifteen years has gone since I passed on my first selection of favorite instrumentals. (link here, in Swedish only) A mere glimpse into a restricted and somewhat odd music genre that still fascinates, […]
In his book 1966 – this being the 50th anniversary of that year – Jon Savage claims that 1966 was a groundbreaking year. As in his previous books – England’s Dreaming (1991) about the history […]
Time boggles the mind a bit when you realize that the New Yorker Alan Vega had turned 42 when he released his self-titled debut album in 1980. His previous ten years, with Martin Rev in […]
01. THE BARRERACUDAS – Can Do Easy Second album from this Atlanta quintet led by Adrian Barrera really shows what fun is in garage pop. 02. LOW CUT CONNIE – Hi Honey An eclectic collection […]
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