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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 […]

Dear reader. Surely, you have at some point become frustrated when you realize that the records of your favourite artists could have been even better, after discovering that they recorded several worthy songs that for […]

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 […]

You have to feel a lot of sympathy for Ray Davies, who unlike Lennon–McCartney, Jagger–Richards and several other songwriting teams, had to strive hard by himself to reach high on the charts. Despite these unfavourable […]

Introduction The Nomads’ long journey to the here and now via their recorded work is presented here, in chronological order, for your listening and collecting pleasure. These elder statesmen of Scandinavian rock don’t strike me […]

It all started for real in 1994 when Jerker Emanuelson launched the first volume in what would later develop into the Hit The Hay compilation series – known for its mixed content between cherry picked […]