Author: Ryan Maffei

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop Rock 

Rock ‘n’ Roll Gentleman: An Interview with Robert Forster

February 8, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments Australia, Grant McLennan, Karin Bäumler, Robert Forster, Tapete Records, The Candle and the Flame, The Go-Betweens, The Goon Sax

The former and forever Go-Between on love, illness and the healing power of music

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Beatle Britpop Indie Rock Pop Post-Punk Psychedelics Punk Rock 

“I Leak Creativity”: Robyn Hitchcock at 69

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments Emma Swift, Jewels for Sophia, Nick Lowe, Pink Floyd, Randy Newman, Richard Thompson, Robyn Hitchcock, Shufflemania, Syd Barrett, The Beatles, The Soft Boys, Underwater Moonlight

The Rock & Roll Globe (of Frogs) catches up with the veteran singer/songwriter

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Alternative Rock New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

Exquisite Corpse: The Sky’s Gone Out by Bauhaus at 40

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bauhaus, Brian Eno, Daniel Ash, David Bowie, David J, Kevin Haskins, Peter Murphy, The Sky’s Gone Out, Third Uncle, Ziggy Stardust

A look back at the seminal goth quartet at the time of their penultimate album

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Pop Rock 

Where’s the Orchestra: Billy Joel’s The Nylon Curtain at 40

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Allentown, An Innocent Man, Billy Joel, Columbia Records, Goodnight Saigon, Laura, Pressure, The Nylon Curtain, The Stranger, Turnstiles, Where’s the Orchestra

Inside a Piano Man’s most political album

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Dance Dance Rock Electronic New Wave Pop Synth 

The Perfect Kiss: New Order’s Substance at 35

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1987, Bernard Sumner, Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday, Ceremony, Factory Records, Gillian Gilbert, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Substance, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, True Faith

Looking back on the anthology that chronicled the group’s ascent from despair to dancefloor greatness

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Indie Rock Rock 

Method Acting: Bright Eyes’ Lifted Turns 20

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, Daniel Johnston, Jandek, Lifted, Lifted Or The Story is in the Soil Keep Your Ear to the Ground, Mike Mogis, Nate Walcott, Saddle Creek Records

Time has made the soil in this story of Conor Oberst’s magnum opus richer than ever

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop Power Pop 

2, 3, 4, 1…: Imperial Teen’s Seasick at 25

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 1996, Faith No More, Imperial Teen, Roddy Bottum, Seasick, Slash Records

A tale of four princes who wanted to be queens…

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adblock Alternative Rock Indie Rock Power Pop Punk 

Crush Story: Cereal Killers at 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Blink-182, Cereal Killers, CHEAP TRICK, Giant Records, Martha Quinn, MTV, Sandy Smallens, The Who, Tim Quirk, Too Much Joy

Three decades on, Too Much Joy look back on the album that almost murdered their cult status

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Progressive Rock 

In the Wake of a Dissolved Court

May 28, 2020 Ryan Maffei 2 Comments 1970, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, In The Wake Of Poseidon, Kanye West, King Crimson, Michael Giles, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Robert Fripp

Remembering King Crimson’s In the Wake of Poseidon, 50 years later

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Pop Power Pop Remembrance 

Fountains of Wayne Were a Modern Day Lennon/McCartney

April 7, 2020April 6, 2020 Ryan Maffei 6 Comments Adam Schlesinger, Big Star, Chris Collingwood, Fountains of Wayne, Jody Porter, RIP, Shoes, The dB's, The Go-Betweens, Utopia Parkway, Welcome Interstate Managers

Adam Schlesinger had a lot of collaborators — but none brought out his best like Chris Collingwood

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