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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

‘Tell Us, Is The Black Box Lying?’ – At The Drive-In’s Relationship Of Command At 20

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, At The Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Grand Royal, Invalid Litter Dept, Jim Ward, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, One Armed Scissor

The El Paso band’s third album and sole Grand Royal classic ushered in a new era of aggression for the 21st Century

"Shoegaze" Alternative Rock Heavy Metal

ALBUMS: Cosmic Ohms

October 2, 2020October 3, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments

We needed a Deftones LP like this masterful 9th offering from the Sacramento metal-gaze masters

Alternative Rock Experimental

‘Seeing The Unseeable’: The Flaming Lips’ In A Priest Driven Ambulance At 30

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, Dave Fridmann, In A Priest Driven Ambulance, Jonathan Donahue, Mercury Rev, Ronald Jones, Steven Drozd, The Flaming Lips, Wayne Coyne

Glimmers of future majesty imbue the band’s first collaboration with longtime producer Dave Fridmann

Alternative Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk

‘The Guitar Guy Played Real Good Feedback’: Sonic Youth’s ‘Washing Machine’ At 25

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Goo, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, The Diamond Sea, Thurston Moore, Washing Machine

Looking back at an overlooked but fiercely loved classic from the NYC noise rock giants

"Shoegaze" Indie Rock Pop

And You Know There’s Something More, But You Can’t Give It A Name: Luna’s Penthouse At 25

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, Dave Grohl, Dean Wareham, Elektra Records, Galaxie 500, Justin Harwood, Laetita Sadier, Luna, Sean Eden, Stan Demeski, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Tom Verlaine, Wings

Looking back at the last album from the New York band’s classic lineup

Alternative Rock Experimental Noise Pop Post-Punk Rock

Put Me In The Equation, It’s Alright: Sonic Youth’s Goo At 30

July 7, 2020July 11, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Chuck D, DGC, Geffen, Goo, Karen Carpenter, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore

Their beloved DGC debut has a sense of a band courting the mainstream on their own terms

Indie Rock

‘These Are Different Matters, These Are Uncertain Feelings’: Blonde Redhead’s ‘Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons’ At 20

June 24, 2020June 25, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2000, Amadeo Pace, Blonde Rehead, Fugazi, Guy Picciotto, Kazu Makino, Rites of Spring, Simone Pace, Touch & Go Records

A look back at the coolest world party of 2000

Indie Rock Power Pop

‘I Took The Wrong Direction From A Shooting Star’: Teenage Fanclub’s Grand Prix At 25

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Bandwagonesque, formed in Bellshill near Glasgow in 1989.[1] The ba Norman Blake, Gerard Love, Grand Prix, Raymond McGinley, Teenage Fanclub

For their third DGC classic, the Fannies put power pop back in the pole position

Alternative Rock Pop

“Over My Hot Head, The Wire Was Sparking”: The Breeders’ Pod At 30

May 20, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Belly, Josephine Wiggs, Kelley Deal, Kim Deal, Pod, Tanya Donnelly, The Beatles, The Breeders, The Pixies, Throwing Muses

Many great albums are defined by a singular theme or context, but finally unleashed, Kim Deal feels everything at once on her quintessential band’s debut LP

Alternative Rock Blues Dance Rock Electronics New Wave Pop

Vows Are Spoken To Be Broken: Thirty Years Of Depeche Mode’s ‘Violator’

April 23, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, Alan Wilder, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Enjoy The Silence, Flood, Martin Gore, Personal Jesus, Violator

Looking back at when the world’s biggest synth band plugged in and played the blues

Electronic Electronics

ALBUMS: What Me Worry? Satan Please!

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments Crystalline, Denovali, Fields, Gavin Miller, Last Night On Earth, M83, Sound In Silence, worriedaboutsatan

Released ahead of their incoming full-length Time Lapse on May 8th, the UK electronic outfit worriedaboutsatan offers a glimpse of things to come

Alternative Rock Country and/or Western North Americana

Dropped To The Sun Alone: Wilco’s A.M. At 25

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Zachary Corsa 2 Comments 1995, AM, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Sire, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco

The largely forgotten and much-maligned debut LP from the Chicagoland heroes was not everyone’s cuppa back in 1995

Post-Punk Remembrance

‘People Are Given What They Want’: Gang Of Four’s Timeless Slice Of Entertainment!

February 2, 2020February 3, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1979, Andy Gill, Dave Allen, EMI, Entertainment!, Gang of Four, Hugh Burnham, Hugo Burnham, Jon King, RIP Andy Gill

Rock & Roll Globe pays homage to the late Andy Gill with a look at his band’s debut masterpiece

North Americana

John Salaway Is Living The Americana Dream

January 4, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments Americana Dreams, BB King's, Forever Abbey Road, John Salaway, Nashville, The Beatles

An exclusive chat with the fast rising Nashville cat

Folk Psychedelics Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores

Wherever That River Goes, That’s Where I Want To Be: The Byrds’ Ballad Of Easy Rider At 50

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1969, Ballas of Easy Rider, Columbia Records, Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider, Jesus Is Just Alright, Peter Fonda, Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin, The Byrds

In the Fall of ’69 , the L.A. folk-rock icons added a new dimension to the Fonda/Hopper cult classic

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