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Sunday, July 5, 2020

REQUIRED READING: Trouser Glitter

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1977, Alex Harvey, Ira Robbins, Irvine Welsh, Marc Bolan, Roxy Music, Sparks, T.Rex, The Clash, The Damned, The Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books

Ira Robbins goes glam in his novel ‘Marc Bolan Killed in Crash’

Music Journalism New Wave Pop Punk

A Punk Rock Valentine

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2020, All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir, Beauty and The Beat, Kathy Valentine, Memoir, The Go-Gos

The legendary Go-Go’s bassist lays it all on the line in her stirring memoir

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 8: June 2020

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bikini Kill, CHEAP TRICK, David Johansen, Famous Quotes, Gene Simmons, Geri Halliwell, Ginger Spice, Jack Douglas, Jesus Mezquia, Joan Jett, John Lennon, Kathleen Hanna, Kiss, Lou Reed, Mia Zapata, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, The Gits, The Spice Girls

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

Music Journalism

Atlantic Records Calls For Pause

June 2, 2020June 3, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ahmaud Arbery, Atlantic Records, Black Lives Matter, Breonna Taylor, Brianna Agyemang, George Floyd, Jamila Thomas, The Show Must Be Paused

When the label responsible for revolutionizing the impact of black music on American airwaves implores action, we need to listen

Hip Hop Music Journalism

Killer Mike: “It Is Your Duty Not to Burn Your Own House Down For Anger With An Enemy”

May 31, 2020June 1, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Atlanta, George Floyd, Killer Mike, Mrs. Alice Johnson, Reverend James Orange, Reverend Love, Run The Jewels

Read the full transcript of the Run The Jewels rapper’s emotional speech

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 7: May 2020

May 5, 2020May 6, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2020, Charlatans UK, Darlene Love, David Thomas, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Pere Ubu, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tim Burgess

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

Music Journalism

Bored In The House or In The House Bored?

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Bee Gees, Brian McCullough, Cardi B, Coronavirus, COVID-19, John Paul White, Mavis Staples, Randy Newman, Roseanne Cash, Ry Cooder, Tyga x Curtis Roach, Young Dolph

10 Coronavirus songs to help make sense of an uneasy year

Festivals Music Journalism

WATCH: Earth Day 1990 Concert Highlights

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 000 Maniacs, 10, 10000 Maniacs, Earth Day, John Denver, Michael Stipe, Michelle Shocked, Natalie Merchant, R.E.M., The Indigo Girls, Ziggy Marley

Watch R.E.M., The B-52’s, John Denver and others perform in Manhattan and Washington DC 30 years ago today

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. VI: April 2020

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Dave Brock, Famous Quotes, Gary Glitter, Hawkwind, John Cale, k.d. lang, Let's Active, Mitch Easter, Rock and Roll (Part 2), Velvet Underground

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the sixth installment of his inquisitive column

Alternative Rock Music Journalism

Pop Top 40: Modern Rock Tracks for the Week Ending March 24, 1990

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Adam Ant, Cowboy Junkies, Depeche Mode, Electronic, Michael Penn, Midnight Oil, Oingo Boingo, Peter Murphy, Pop, Robert Palmer, Sinead O'Connor, Social Distortion, The Beloved, The Blue Nile, The Church, The Cramps, The Creatures, The Smithereens

This is as peak “Poppy Bush Interzone” as it gets

Music Journalism Records

The Sound of Solidarity: Artists Releasing New Music Right Now

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Dirty Projectors, Jim Lauderdale, Nine Inch Nails, Paula Carino, Uncle Leon & The Alibis

For every artist pushing their new album back to when things return to normal, there are more who are bravely staying on schedule

Music Journalism

The Ghost of SXSW 2020: Lost In Austin

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Jason Gross 2 Comments 2020, Austin, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dirty Dog, SXSW, Texas, The Alamo, Willie Nelson

The city struggles with/without live music as clubs and musicians pick up the pieces of a cancelled SXSW

Music Journalism

Watching Online Concerts While Quarantined Is a Lot Like CMJ

March 22, 2020March 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alison Crutchfield, Bill Janovitz, Buffalo Tom, Chick Corea, CMJ, Coronavirus, Facebook Live, Gilbert Gottfried, Harley Flanagan, Instagram Live, Ja, Kevin Morby, Quaratine, Robin Pecknold, The Cro-Mags, The Grifters, Waxahatchee

5 performances I enjoyed while wandering through the socials this first weekend of lockdown

Music Journalism

WATCH: Michael Stipe Returns To The PSA Life For Coronavirus Warning

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, Michael Stipe, R.E.M.

The former R.E.M. singer parlays the revival of an old hit single to raise awareness on the dire importance of social distancing

Music Journalism Rock

Famous Quotes Vol. 5: March 2020

March 9, 2020April 15, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 30 Seconds to Mars, George Thorogood, Jared Leto, Jaz Coleman, Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke, Killing Joke, Marianne Faithful, Marianne Faithfull, Pete Shelley, Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks, The Buzzcocks

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the fifth installment of his inquisitive column

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