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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

On Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”

March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 Tim Sommer 2 Comments 2020, Bob Dylan, Murder Most Foul, Phil Ochs, The Beatles, The Mekons

The Bard to his generation: “You Fucked Up”

Music Journalism Rock

Dear Rock ‘n’ Roll: This Is Your Last Chance

March 9, 2020March 10, 2020 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Brexit, Bruce Springsteen, Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Elvis Presley, John Mellencamp, Keith Urban, Stephen Miller, The Clash

An open letter to the new generation of sonic youth

Music Journalism

A Deeper Look at the Call to Boycott the Beach Boys (Or, At Least Don’t Play for People Who Hunt People, Like Sting)

February 19, 2020March 9, 2020 Tim Sommer 8 Comments Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Donald Trump, game hunting, Mike Love, Murry Wilson, Pet Sounds, Safari Club International, Safari International, The Beach Boys

Tim Sommer moves beyond the Internet Freakout over the Safari International event with an exclusive comment from Love himself

Experimental Heavy Metal

Heilung: The Must-See Band of 2020 is The Flinstones in Hell

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Bo Diddley, Christopher Juul, Heilung, Iron Maiden, John Cale, Kai Uwe Faust, Kate Bush, Maria Franz, Scandinavia, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Velvet Underground, Vikings

Tim Sommer checks in from the Viking rockers’ recent two-night stand at Webster Hall

Post-Punk

ALBUMS: Inside Wire’s Hive

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 2020, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Mind Hive, Pink Flag, Pink Floyd, The Go-Betweens, The Kinks, The Who, Wire

43 years after its debut, Mind Hive proves this British punk institution is still making flawless records

Pop Rock

Dave Davies on the Beauty and Meaning of “Strangers”

January 8, 2020January 10, 2020 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 1970, Aaron Paul, Apple TV+, Dave Davies, Dave Davies interview, Elizabeth Perkins, Jon Gosling, Lizzy Caplan, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Lucius, Norah Jones, Octavia Spencer, Part One, Ray Davies, RNR Globe exclusive, Russell Davies, Strangers cover song, The Kinks, Truth Be Told on Apple TV+, Wye Oak

RNR Globe exclusive interview with the legendary Kinks guitarist about one of the band’s most enduring tunes and also gives a reunion update

Heavy Metal Punk

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Get Yr Motör Running

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment “Fast” Eddie Clarke, 1979, Bomber, Lemmy Kilmister, Overkill, Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor

On 1979, Motörhead’s most revolutionary year gets the attention it deserves

Punk

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: The Damned Finally Get the Greatest Hits Album They Deserve

December 3, 2019December 19, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Black is the Night, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Hall and Oates, Pink Floyd, Punk, Radiohead, Strawberries, Suicide, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Black Album, The Damned, Wire

A celebration of the Captain and Co.’s essential two-disc anthology Black Is The Night

Pop Rock

The Second Spring of The Beach Boys

November 20, 2019November 26, 2019 Tim Sommer 3 Comments Beach Boys '19, Beautiful Mount Airy Lodge, Blue Cheer, Bohacks, Brother Records, Bruce Johnston, Bruce Johnston Disney Girls, Christian Love, Disney Girls, George Harrison, Gimbel's tunnel, Huntington, John Cowsill, Keith Hubacher, Korvettes, Marky Ramone, Mike Love, Mount Airy Lodge, NY, Paramount Theater, Pisces Brother, Randy Leago, Rockaway Beach, Scott Totten, Surf's Up, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, Tim Bonhomme

When Mike Love and co. brought the good vibrations to Huntington, NY

Comedy Country and/or Western Rock

Williams and Ree: The Funniest, Most Politically Incorrect Comedy Team You’ve Never Heard Of

November 18, 2019November 20, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Avi Hotel and Casino, Grand Ol' Opry, Grand Old Opry, Kinky Friedman, Nashville, Spirit Lake Casino, standing ovations, Tenacious D, The Indian and The White Guy, The Prairie Home Companion, Williams & Ree, Williams and Ree, williamsandree.com

This Native American/Caucasian duo have no reservations about their half-century on the casino circuit

Classical Dub/Reggae Electronics Experimental

They Travel The Spaceways

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2: The Canon, Cluster, Craig Leon, Hans Joachim Roedelius, Lee Scratch Perry, Lunz, Lunz 3, Mr. Green, Roedelius, Super Ape vs. 緑: Open Door, Tim Story

New albums by Roedelius, Lee “Scratch” Perry, and Craig Leon push the boundaries of pop

Experimental Pop Post-Punk

ALBUMS: The Monochrome Set Create a Modest Masterpiece with Fabula Mendax

October 21, 2019October 24, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Adam and the Ants, Fables of the Reconstruction, Fabula Mendax, Josef K, Monochrome Set, R.E.M., Savage Republic, Scott Walker, Tapete Records, The Smiths

Here’s a wonderful surprise: the fifteenth studio album from the exotic, delicate, tumbling, shimmering and shiny Monochrome Set, is one of the very best albums of 2019

Glam New Wave Pop Post-Punk

IN CONCERT: I Am Still the Greatest, Says Adam Ant

October 8, 2019October 13, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant, Daniel Johnston, David Bowie, Dex Romweber, Elvis Presley, Fred Neil, Friend Or Foe, Lansky Bros., Monochrome Set, Prince, theartist

As he approaches 65, the once and future Prince Charming can still command the stage like a panther

Post-Punk

The Eternal Moonshine of Post Punk Music

September 4, 2019September 5, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Beatles, Glintshake, Holger Gzukay, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Krautrock, Love Will Tear us Apart Again, Pet Sounds, PiL, Post-Punk, Public Image, The Cure, Wire, Young Marble Giants, ГШ

Thanks to Moscow’s ГШ, 1979 has never sounded so good

Rock

‘We Just Have One Thing To Say To You Fuckin’ Hippies…’

August 12, 2019August 23, 2019 Tim Sommer 9 Comments 1969, Arlo Guthrie, Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dr. Feelgood, Hot Rods, MC5, Roxy Music, Sha Na Na, Ten Years After, The 101ers, The Manson Family, Woodstock, Woodstock 1969

Sha Na Na were the most important act at Woodstock, and I’m not fucking kidding

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