Author: Kara Tucker

Pop 

Françoise Hardy Was the Essence of Cool

June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Bob Dylan, David Bowie, France, Francoise Hardy, Michel Berger, Mick Jagger, Nick Drake, Pop, RIP, Thomas Dutronc, Veronique Sanson, Ye-Ye

Remembering the celebrated French pop star who died this week at age 80

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Rock 

Still Remains: Stone Temple Pilots’ Purple at 30

June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1994, 30th Anniversary, album, Atlantic Records, Butthole Surfers, Core, Cypress Hill, Dean DeLeo, Eric Kretz, Interstate Love Song, Pearl Jam, Purple, Robert DeLeo, Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots, The Crow, Vasoline

Looking back on the San Diego rockers’ sophomore masterpiece

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Punk Rock 

How the Undertones Put Derry on the Punk Rock Map

May 30, 2024June 1, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, Billy Doherty, Damian O'Neill, Derry, Feargal Sharkey, John O'Neill, Northern Ireland, Sharkey, Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones

Looking back on 45 years of the Northern Ireland band’s debut LP

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Records 

The ALBUM Section: May 2024

May 29, 2024June 5, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Camera Obscura, Girl and Girl, Kate Hudson, Look to the East Look to the West, Mdou Moctar, Merge Records, Shellac, To All Trains, Touch and Go Records

Digging into some of the month’s best new titles

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North Americana 

Shannon Vetter’s Whiskey Lullaby

May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Americana, Holding Pattern, Kentucky, Louisville, non-binary, Shannon Vetter, The Pete Foundation

The Louisville singer-songwriter talks about mental health, the non-binary life and their new album Holding Pattern

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Noise Pop Power Pop Rock 

How Weezer Forecasted Stardom With Debut LP

May 11, 2024May 11, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, avant-garde, Brian Bell, Buddy Holly, In The Garage, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, Pinkerton, Ric Ocasek, River Cuomo, Say It Ain't So, The Cars, Undone - The Sweater Song, Weezer, Zoom

Looking back on the genesis of a modern rock institution

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Records 

The ALBUM Section: April 2024

April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2024, All Born Screaming, Annie Clark, Cloud Nothings, Dark Matter, Eddie Vedder, Final Summer, Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Mike McCready, Monkeywrench Records, Pearl Jam, Pure Noise, Republic Records, St. Vincent, Stone Gossard, Virgin Records

Diving into the latest from St. Vincent, Pearl Jam and Cloud Nothings

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Disco 

How Donna Summer’s Bad Girls Kept Disco Alive in the New Wave Era

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, Bad Girls, Casablanca Records, Cher, Dim All The Lights, Disco, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Hot Stuff, Neil Bogart, Paul Bellotte

Looking back on 45 years of a dance-floor classic

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Hip Hop Rap 

How Nas Made The World His Own With Illmatic

April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, 3rd Bass, AZ, Halftime, Illmatic, MC Serch, N.Y. State of Mind, Nas, Nasir Jones, Olu Dara, Q-Tip, Zebrahead

Looking back on 30 years of the Queensbridge rap great’s iconic debut

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Records 

The ALBUM Section: March 2024

March 31, 2024April 30, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Act II: Cowboy Carter, Beyonce, Blackbiird, Blackbird, Columbia Records, Cowboy Carter, Dolly Parton, Epic Records, Invincible Shield, Jolene, Judas Priest, Kim Gordon, Matador Records, Miley Cyrus, Parkwood, Post Malone, Rob Halford, Sonic Youth, The Beatles, The Collective

Digging on the latest titles from Beyoncé, Kim Gordon and Judas Priest

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Pop Rock 

Why Breakfast In America Stands as a High Point in the Career of Supertramp

March 16, 2024March 18, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Breakfast in America, Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson, Supertramp

How the band endured interpersonal tension to create their greatest album

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Hip Hop Rap 

De La Soul and the Birth of the D.A.I.S.Y. Age

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1989, 3 Feet High and Rising, 35th Anniversary, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, DJ Maseo, Native Tongues, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, The Jungle Brothers, The New Birth, The Turtles, Tommy Boy Records, Trugoy The Dove

How the legendary rap trio’s debut LP changed hip-hop forever

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Records 

The ALBUM Section: February 2024

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Alynda Segarra, Chelsea Wolfe, Helium, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Laura Jane Grace, Mary Timony, Merge Records, Nonesuch Records

In the listening room with the latest from Hurray for the Riff Raff and Mary Timony

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Indie Rock Rock 

Why St. Vincent’s Self-Titled Album Matters

February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 10th anniversary, 2014, Annie Clark, Birth In Reverse, Digital Witness, Jack Antanoff, John Congleton, Loma Vista Recordings, St. Vincent

The importance of Annie Clark’s fourth LP 10 years later

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

You Fool No One: Deep Purple’s Burn Turns 50

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1974, 50th anniversary, Blackmore’s Night, Burn, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Mark III, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake

Looking back at the blistering debut of the band’s celebrated Mark III lineup

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