Kara Tucker, Author at Rock and Roll Globe

He Talks In Maths: OK Computer at 25

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Airbag, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Lucky, OK Computer, Paranoid Android, Phil Selway, Radiohead, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Thom Yorke

The third Radiohead LP remains a masterful testament to the band’s inventive experimentation and skilled songcraft

Rock Stones

Torn and Frayed: Exile on Main St. at 50

May 12, 2022May 15, 2022 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Anita Pallenberg, Charlie Watts, Exile on Main St., Jimmy Miller, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones

Looking back on what many consider to be the Rolling Stones’ greatest album

Alternative Rock Experimental Psychedelics Rock

ALBUMS: Spiritualized Float On With Everything Was Beautiful

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, And Nothing Hurt, Everything Was Beautiful, Fat Possum Records, J. Spaceman, Jason Pierce, Spiritualized

Jason Pierce and co. return to space on transcendent sequel to 2019’s And Nothing Hurt

Britpop Rock

Hollow Little Reign: In It For The Money at 25

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Danny Goffey, In It For The Money, Mick Quinn, Richard III, Supergrass

If I Should Coco was a bright display of a young Supergrass dizzy with possibility, those possibilities were even more fully realized on their sophomore masterpiece

Pop

ALBUMS: Springtime In Cinerama

April 23, 2022May 7, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, April March, California, Cinerama Dome, In Cinerama, Los Angeles, Omnivore Recordings

April March records don’t arrive as often these days as they did in the late ’90s, but the quality remains

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Punk Rock

They Can’t Hear A Word We’ve Said: Bricks Are Heavy at 30

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Dee Plakas, Donita Sparks, Jennifer Finch, L7, Slash Records, Suzi Gardner

Three decades later, the classic third L7 album pulsates with an energy palpable for these times

New Wave Punk

ALBUMS: Wet Leg, The Linda Lindas and the New Wave of Now

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Chaise Longue, Chaise Lounge, Domino Records, Epitaph Records, Growing Up, Racist Sexist Boy, The Linda Lindas, Wet Leg

The debut albums from two exciting young bands represent the very best in 21st modern rock

Music Journalism

Grammys 2022: About Last Night….

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Chris Stapleton, Doja Cat, Grammy, Jon Batiste, Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA, The 64th Annual Grammy Awards, The Grammys

A moment-by-moment reflection of the 64th Annual Grammy Awards telecast

Prince

When A Rocket Ship Explodes: Sign “O” The Times at 35

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1987, Camille, Dream Factory, Prince, Sign "O" The Times, Susan Rogers

The Purple One’s 1987 opus remains a singular achievement, where Prince had the ambition and the songs to match through every statement and stylistic curveball