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Author: Jim Allen

New Wave Rock 

Tentative Decisions: How Talking Heads Grew up in Public

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1976, CBS Records, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Max's Kansas City, Rhino, Talking Heads, Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live, Tina Weymouth

Hear New Wave being invented on a box of early live and demo tracks 

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Pop Rock 

How The Mamas & The Papas Made ‘California Dreamin’’ a Reality

February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1966, 2026, 60th anniversary, California Dreamin', Denny Doherty, John Phillips, Mama Cass, Mama Cass Elliott, Michelle Phillips, The Mamas and The Papas

At 60, the sunshine pop titans’ debut album retains its glow

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Hendrix Rock 

The Bold As Love Box is Hendrix Heaven

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1967, Axis: Bold As Love, Bold As Love, Box Set, Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Expand your understanding of the second Experience LP

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Power Pop Rock 

The Shroud of Touring: The Bongos’ Lost Live Album is a Secret No More

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 Jim Allen 0 Comments 2025, Hoboken, JEM Records, New Jersey, Richard Barone, The Bongos, The Shroud of Touring: Live in 1985

The 1985 concert recording expands the power pop heroes’ legacy

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Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Sal Maida (1948-2025): All-Star Bassist and More

February 5, 2025 Jim Allen 0 Comments Little Italy, Milk 'N' Cookies, New York City, RIP, Roxy Music, Sal Maida, Sparks

Playing with Roxy Music and Sparks was only the tip of the iceberg

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Power Pop Rock 

How The dB’s Reunion Rocked New Jersey

September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments 2024, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Jersey City, New Jersey, Peter Holsapple, Repercussion, Stands for deciBels, The dB's, White Eagle Hall, Will Rigby

The ‘80s power pop heroes re-upped their rep at a Jersey City show

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Rock 

How Low Budget Brought About The Kinks’ Second Act

July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Arista Records, Chrissie Hynde, Clive Davis, Dave Davies, Jim Rodford, Low Budget, Pretenders, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Happy 45th Anniversary to the album that belatedly made the band rock stars in America

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Indie Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

Dynamite: Peter Holsapple on Reigniting The dB’s

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1980, 2024, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Peter Holsapple, Propeller Sound Recordings, Stands for deciBels, The dB's, Will Rigby

Reissues and a tour are reminders of the ‘80s band’s brilliance

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Experimental jazz Pop Post-Punk Progressive Rock Records Rock 

Steve Feigenbaum on 40 Years of Cuneiform Records

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 Jim Allen 3 Comments 40th Anniversary, Cuneiform Records, Fred Frith, Henry Cow, Present, R. Stevie Moore, Random Radar Records, Soft Machine, Steve Feigenbaum, Wadada Leo Smith

An American institution of unconventional music has a big birthday

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Folk North Americana Rock 

Buddha Blues: Chris Smither on All About the Bones

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments All About the Bones, Boston, Buddhism, Chris Smither, David Goodrich, New Orleans, Signature Sounds, Tom Petty

The veteran troubadour talks Zen, the devil, New Orleans and Tom Petty

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Music Journalism 

Before It Was Easy: Ira Robbins Talks Trouser Press’s 50th Birthday

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Jim Allen 1 Comment 50th anniversary, Big Country, Devo, Elvis Costello, Ira A. Robbins, Ira Robbins, Jimmy Page, Magazine, New Wave, Pete Townshend, Rory Gallagher, The Who, Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books, Zip It Up! The Best of Trouser Press Magazine 1974-1984

A seminal rock magazine gets an awesome anthology

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Television 

Ken Reid on 10 Years of Talking TV with Rockers

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments 10th anniversary, Ed Sullivan, Fred Schneider, Ken Reid, Mike Watt, podcast, Quincy, The Beatles, The Damned, TV Guidance Counselor

A podcast with a punky past has the lowdown on your heroes’ television habits

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Electronic Pop Rock 

Roxy Music’s Andy Mackay on Embracing Electronics with AM/PM

December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 2023, AM/PM, Andy Mackay, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Electronic Music, Expression Records, Phil Manzanera, Roxy Music

Glam’s greatest saxman goes ambient with Roxy pal Phil Manzanera on new collaboration

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Rock 

Japanese Whispers: How The Cure Abandoned Goth for Synth Pop

December 16, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Fiction Records, Japanese Whispers, Lol Tolhurst, Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, The Glove

Happy 40th to the comp documenting the band’s holiday in the sun

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Art Pop New Wave Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

How Yes Revised Prog for the ‘80s with 90125

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, 90125, Alan White, Chris Squire, Geoff Downes, Jon Anderson, Leave It, Owner of a Lonely Heart, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Yes

Happy 40th to the album that rescued and revitalized the band

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