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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

California Dreamin’: Van Dyke Parks On Orange Crate Art

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Brian Wilson, California, George Gershwin, Orange Crate Art, SMiLE, The Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks

An exclusive interview with the Maestro of California pop on his mid-90s masterpiece with Brian Wilson

Beatle Soundtracks and Film Scores

My Independence Seems to Vanish in the Haze: Help! At 55

September 9, 2020September 17, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1965, Act Naturally, George Harrison, George Martin, Help!, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Ticket To Ride, Yesterday

The Fabs’ 1965 movie/album was the last gasp of Beatlemania

Beatle

I’m The Man On The Flaming Pie

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1997, Calico Skies, Flaming Pie, Jeff Lynne, John Lennon, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney Archives, Ringo Starr, Steve Miller, The Beatles, The World Tonight

Diving deep into the massive box set celebrating the best Paul McCartney album of the last 25 years

Alternative Rock Hard Rock

This Is A Call: Foo Fighters at 25

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Capitol Records, Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, Nate Mendel, Nirvana, Pat Smear, Roswell Records, William Goldsmith

How a demo tape passed along to friends led to a successful second act for Dave Grohl after Nirvana

Music Journalism Seattle

Straight Talk From Mark Lanegan

July 24, 2020September 3, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2020, Courtney Love, Jerry Cantrell, Klaus Kinski, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, MARK LANEGAN, Nirvana, Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York, Screaming Trees, Sing Backwards and Weep, Straight Songs Of Sorrow

The Seattle rock icon pulls no punches in his revealing new memoir

Rock

The Stooge and The Duke

July 17, 2020July 21, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments China Girl, David Bowie, Hunt Sales, Iggy Pop, Let's Dance, Lust For Life, The Bowie Years, The Idiot, The Passenger, Tony Sales

Diving into Iggy Pop’s David Bowie years

Comedy Pop Rock

The Sweet Idiocy of Neil Innes

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1973, Grapefruit Records, How Sweet To Be An Idiot, Monty Python, Neil Innes, Reissues, The Bonzo Doo-Dah Dog Band, The Rutles

A new reissue of his classic solo album may help in getting people to rediscover its charms

Music Journalism New Wave Pop Punk

A Punk Rock Valentine

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2020, All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir, Beauty and The Beat, Kathy Valentine, Memoir, The Go-Gos

The legendary Go-Go’s bassist lays it all on the line in her stirring memoir

Beatle Experimental New Wave Pop Rock

Like A Flower: McCartney II at 40

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1980, Coming Up, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, Ron Mael, Sparks, The Beatles

If McCartney was Paul McCartney’s declaration of independence from the Beatles, Part II signaled a new kind of freedom

Alternative Rock

Tubthumping Through The Apocalypse: Chumbawamba’s ‘WYSIWYG’ at 20

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2000, Alice Nutter, Chumbawamba, Danbert Nobacon, Dunstan Bruce, Frank Zappa, Lou Watts, The Mothers of Invention, Tubthumper, Tubthumping, WYSIWYG

Looking back at the UK anarchist rockers’ unsung follow-up to their biggest hit

Beatle Pop

Staking His Claim: ‘McCartney,’ 50 Years On

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, John Lennon, Linda McCartney, Maybe I'm Amazed, McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, The Beatles

In 1970, Macca bid adieu to The Beatles to enjoy the spoils of DIY home recording

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

‘Tis the Season: Above at 25

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, MARK LANEGAN, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Most groups were one-offs; but Mad Season could have been more than that

Alternative Rock Punk

In The Beginning: Watch Foo Fighters’ Baby Steps in Previously Unreleased Video

March 11, 2020March 12, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, amateur concert footage, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, March 4, Nirvana, Pat Smear, Seattle, Velvet Elvis

Newly liberated online, this electric March 1995 performance comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the debut from Dave Grohl’s long-running band

Punk Rockabilly Roots

Touch Me, I’m Sick: The Cramps’ Stay Sick! at 30

February 26, 2020February 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1990, A Date With Elvis, Enigma Records, Lux Interior, Nick Knox, Poison Ivy, Stay Sick!, The Cramps

Basing themselves in L.A., 1990 saw the band usher in the last decade of the 20th century with a renewed vigor and purpose

Soul

An Artist in Transition: Sam Cooke’s The Complete Keen Years (1957-1960)

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Billie Holiday, Keen Records, Sam Cooke, Soul, Summertime, The Complete Keen Years 1957-1960, Vaughn Monroe

A concise box set shines a most necessary light on the soul legend’s early secular days

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