Author: Chris Parker

Rock 

Trust Your Heart: The Kinks’ Misfits at 45

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 Chris Parker 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy, Arista Records, Dave Davies, Misfits, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Reflecting on the UK greats’ late ’70s classic

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Electronic Hip Hop Instrumental 

Spirit Fingers: Four Tet’s Rounds at 20

May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Beats, Domino Records, Four Tet, Fridge, instrumental, Kieran Hebden, Rounds

Looking back on the sonic pointilism of Kieran Hebden’s studio masterwork

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Folk 

High Concept Phantasm: Mary Lee Kortes Revitalizes Lost Artist That Never Was 

May 17, 2023February 19, 2024 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2023, Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan, Eric Ambel, Lakeside Lounge Records, Mary Lee Kortes, Mary Lee's Corvette, Will Anybody Know I Was Here?: The Songs of Beulah Rowley

A conversation with the acclaimed New York singer-songwriter

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Music Journalism 

Everybody’s an Ethnomusicologist

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Chris Parker 0 Comments Alan Lomax, Bible and Tire Recording Company, Ethnomusicology, Fat Possum Records, Junior Kimbrough, Omnivore Recordings, R.L. Burnside, Rounder Records, Smog Veil Records

The practice of saving music before its lost

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Art Pop 

A Genius In Prayer

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2020, Alexandra Palace, Elton John, film, Higgs Boson Blues, Idiot Prayer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Ship Song

In this haunting cinematic experience, its just Nick Cave, the piano, his microphone and a growing pile of sheet music at his feet

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Indie Rock New Wave Pop Post-Punk 

The Soft Boys: This Was Us

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments 1980, I Wanna Destroy You, Insanely Jealous, Kemberley Rew, Robyn Hitchcock, The Soft Boys, The Stranglers, Underwater Moonlight, Wire

Underwater Moonlight offers the mentally unbalanced view of love

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Pop 

ALBUMS: A Prodigal Son’s Return? Heartbreaker, Please!

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2020, Heartbreaker Please, Jeff Hill, Linda Thompson, Martha Wainwright, Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Teddy Thompson

Teddy Thompson solves his influences and finally makes a great album

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Pub Rock Punk 

Little Did We Know About Kursaal Flyers

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments Cherry Red Records, Kursaal Flyers, Lone Justice, Rank & File, The Bangles, The Blasters, The Go-Gos, The Knack, The Plimsouls, X

A new box set shines a light a most underappreciated English band

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