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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

Remembrance Rock

The King’s Catalogue

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Birthdays, Blue Hawaii, Elvis Presley, From Elvis in Memphis, King Creole, Memphis, Way Down In The Jungle Room

In celebration of his 85th birthday, we give the Elvis Presley discography a fresh overview for a new American decade

Pop Progressive Rock Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Eight Notable Features of Pink Floyd’s The Later Years

December 26, 2019December 27, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Reissues, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, The Later Years

Exploring the catacombs of this overdue sonic monument to the post Roger Waters era

Pop

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: A Little More Conversation

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1969, 2019, Box sets, Conversation Piece, David Bowie, Rhino, Space Oddity, Tony Visconti

David Bowie’s Space Oddity saga finally gets its unabridged homage in gorgeous new box set

Alternative Rock Folk Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Nirvana’s Televised Swan Song

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 1993, 1994, About a Girl, Alex Coletti, All Apologies, colored vinyl edition, Cris Kirkwood, Curt Kirkwood, David Grohl, Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Leadbelly, Lori Goldston, MARK LANEGAN, Martin D-18E, Meat Puppets, Michael Azerrad, Nevermind, Nirvana, Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York, November 18, On a Plain, Pennyroyal Tea, Polly, Something in the Way, The Man Who Sold the World, THE VASELINES, vinyl reissue

A crisp new vinyl reissue of MTV Unplugged in New York celebrates the band that could have been

Indie Rock New Wave Pop Punk

IN CONCERT: Sleater-Kinney Takes Seattle

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, Seattle, SLEATER-KINNEY, The Center Won't Hold

The center holds just fine for Corin and Carrie as they bring S-K Mach 3 to the Jet City

Experimental Pop

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: The First Recordings of Two Gary Numan Classics

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1979, Beggars Banquet, Cars, Gary Numan, Gymnopedie No. 1

In honor of their 40th anniversaries, Beggars Banquet unveils early mixes of The Pleasure Principle and Tubeway Army’s Replicas

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