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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

I Am She Who Stinks of Men: Tricky’s Maxinquaye at 25

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, Adrian Thaws, Island Records, Martina Topley-Bird, Maxinquaye, Public Enemy, Tricky

Plenty of works can lay claim to the title of the Horniest Album of All-Time, but only rarified company like Prince or PJ Harvey can straddle both that shortlist and the one for Greatest Albums Ever Made

Dub/Reggae Electronic Experimental

Something I Wrote High to Massive Attack v Mad Professor’s No Protection Which Is Now 25, Hooray!

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, 3D, Caroline Records, Dub, High Fidelity, Mad Professor, Massive Attack, Mushroom, No Protection, Robert De Naja, Tracey Thorn

In other words, how to properly experience the best remix album of the 1990s for its silver anniversary

Dub/Reggae Reggae Roots Ska Soul

Bob Marley Beyond Legend: Deep Cuts from a Lifetime Listener

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Chris Blackwell, Coxsone Dodd, Island Records, Judy Mowatt, Lee Scratch Perry, Peter Tosh, Rita Marley, Studio One, the I-Threes

In continuance of our celebration of Bob’s 75th birthday, writer Jeremy Shatan picks his faves across all three eras of his tragically truncated career

Dub/Reggae Reggae Remembrance Roots Ska

LISTEN: The Rock & Roll Globe Presents a Bob Marley 75th Birthday Megamix

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 75th birthday, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Dub, Legend, Playlist, Reggae, Reggae Music

In celebration of this landmark birthday for the reggae icon, a Spotify playlist that dives deep into his ocean of Irie

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

Dub/Reggae Punk

The First Cut Is The Deepest: The Slits’ Classic Debut Turns 40

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Ari Up, Cut, Dennis Bovell, Island Records, Palmolive, Punky Reggae Party, Reggae, Teresa Pollitt, The Clash, The Police, The Ruts, The Slits, Typical Girls, Viv Albertine

They were a band willing and able to transcend their peers’ three-chord pop songs and political sloganeering to create something that really did chip away at the rock ‘n’ roll myth

Dub/Reggae Electronics Folk Hip Hop jazz

Cause All I Have Left is My Memories of Yesterday: Dummy at 25

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1994, Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons, Clive Deamer, Dummy, Geoff Barrow, Glory Box, Island Records, Portishead, Sour Times

How Portishead got me through college in the mid-90s

Dub/Reggae

Steel Pulse: Grooving on Reality, Natural and True to Themselves

August 16, 2019August 20, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments African Holocaust, Baruch Hinds, Birmingham, David Hinds, England, Mass Manipulation, Reggae, Steel Pulse, Steve Winwood

An exclusive chat with legendary bandleader David Hinds

Alternative Rock Dub/Reggae Hip Hop

A Quarter Century of Omaha Style: Grassroots at 25

August 8, 2019August 9, 2019 Meghan Roos 2 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, 311, 311 Voyager, Aaron "P-Nut" Wills, Capricorn Records, Chad Sexton, Doug "S.A." Martinez, Grassroots, Nick Hexum, P-Nut, Sublime, Tim Mahoney

311’s second album established the foundation for their music going forward

Dub/Reggae Electronic jazz Punk

Coping With Cowardice in the 21st Century

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments Adrian Sherwood, Bristol, Mark Stewart, The Pop Group, Trent Reznor

An exclusive chat with The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart

Dub/Reggae

JÄH DIVISION Reunited, Making Nostalgia Irie Again

February 4, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn, Jah Division, Joy Division, Kid Millions

In a time when most either reject nostalgia or embrace it wholeheartedly, a Brooklyn dub tribute band dares us to present in the groove

Blues Dub/Reggae Rock Soul

30 Years Later, Talk Is Still Cheap

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, Steve Jordan

Celebrating Keith Richards’ solo classic

Country and/or Western Dub/Reggae Hip Hop Pop Progressive Rock Punk Rock Soul

No Small Victory

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Saby Reyes-Kulkarni 0 Comments Billy Gould, Chris Cornell, Chuck Mosley, Courtney Love, Faith No More, Jim Martin, Jon Hudson, Mike Bordin, Mike Patton, Mr. Bungle, Paula Frazer, Roddy Bottum, Steve Berlin

A Playlist Companion to New Faith No More Book

Dub/Reggae Pop Punk Rock Soul World

Global a Joe-Joe

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Alex Cox, Joe Strummer, The 101ers, The Clash, The Mescaleros

A revelatory new box set collects rarities from the late Joe Strummer, highlighting how his worldly philosophies and strong songwriting took root in many genres

Dub/Reggae Soul

Kaya at 40

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Stephen Marley

A potent classic still informs Bob Marley’s mantra four decades on