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Saturday, August 8, 2020

Brian Wilson Was Always Made For These Times

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Brian Wilson, Disney, Don Was, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, The Beach Boys

Beach Boys’ resident genius released the soundtrack of his life in 1995

Pop

Connecting The Dots With The (Original) Chicks!

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1965, Cat Stevens, Modern Harmonic, New Zealand, Sundaz, The Chicks, The Pretty Things, The Sound Of The Chicks

An exclusive chat with Suzanne Donaldson about the history of New Zealand’s pop pioneers and the first-ever U.S. edition or their classic LP The Sound Of The Chicks

Fusion Pop Power Pop Progressive Rock

Broke Down But Not Busted: Todd Rundgren’s Runt at 50

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1970, Ampex Records, Bearsville, Bearsville Studio, Great Speckled Bird, Jesse Winchester, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Runt, Stage Fright., The Band, The Nazz, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren's Utopia

Why the Wizard’s first solo album after The Nazz is his McCartney I

Pop

ALBUMS: Louise Goffin’s Double Feature

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020 Henry Carrigan 0 Comments 2020, Benmont Tench, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Louise Goffin, Pete Thomas, Two Different Movies, Van Dyke Parks

Two Different Movies carries us cinematically into the ragged ways we fall in and out of love and the desperate ambivalence of love and loss

Indie Rock New Wave Pop Post-Punk

The Soft Boys: This Was Us

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments 1980, I Wanna Destroy You, Insanely Jealous, Kemberley Rew, Robyn Hitchcock, The Soft Boys, The Stranglers, Underwater Moonlight, Wire

Underwater Moonlight offers the mentally unbalanced view of love

Hard Rock Pop

Nelson Still Can’t Live Without Your Love and Affection

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, After The Rain, Gunnar Nelson, Matthew Nelson, Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, Rick Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Identical twins Gunnar and Matthew Nelson reflect on 30 years of third generation pop stardom

Pop Power Pop Remembrance

Farewell, Emitt Rhodes

July 21, 2020July 23, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Aimee Mann, Chris Price, Dunhill, Emitt Rhodes, Fernando Perdomo, Jon Brion, Nels Cline, Pat Sansone, RIP, Roger Joseph Manning, Susanna Hoffs, The Merry-Go-Round

Paying homage to a one man band and proverbial genius who kept the world waiting

Pop Rock

Armchair Theatre Still A Showstopper

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Armchair Theatre, Every Little Thing, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys

30 years later, the solo debut from Jeff Lynne remains an unsung Wilbury era classic

Britpop Pop

ALBUMS: The Collected Works of a Pop Sophisticate

July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 David Bash 0 Comments 10cc, Brian Protheroe, Cherry Red, Chris Rainbow, Flo & Eddie, I/You, Martin Duncan, Pick-Up, Pinball, The Albums 1974-76

A new box set from Cherry Red chronicles the mid-70s heyday of thespian musician Brian Protheroe

Experimental Pop

California Suite: The 25th Anniversary of Orange Crate Art

July 15, 2020July 17, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Brian Wilson, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, Omnivore Recordings, Orange Crate Art, SMiLE, Van Dyke Parks, Warner Bros.

How the unsung 1995 collaboration between Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks resonates even more in 2020

Folk Pop Soul

ALBUMS: The Many Flavours of Italian Ice

July 12, 2020July 16, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2020, Britt Daniel, David Hood, Erin Rae, Italian Ice, McKenzie Smith, Midlake, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Nicole Atkins, Phil Spector, Seth Avett, Single Lock Records, Spoon, Spooner Oldham, St. Vincent, The Avett Brothers

As usual, Nicole Atkins and crew mix and match styles to spark retro yet fresh magic

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

Hardcore Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk Power Pop

Celebrated Summer: New Day Rising Turns 35

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1985, Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Greg Norton, Husker Du, Joan Rivers, New Day Rising, SST

By 1985, Hüsker Dü reached the point of no return in succumbing to their pop sensibilities

Indie Rock Pop

The Diary of a Teenage Noise Addict

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Australia, Beastie Boys, Ben Lee, Brad Wood, Grand Royal, Grandpaw Would, Noise Addict

25 years later, Grandpaw Would reflects Ben Lee’s endurance as an alt-pop mainstay

Pop

ALBUMS: A Prodigal Son’s Return? Heartbreaker, Please!

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2020, Heartbreaker Please, Jeff Hill, Linda Thompson, Martha Wainwright, Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Teddy Thompson

Teddy Thompson solves his influences and finally makes a great album

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