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Friday, December 14, 2018

Delicious Pop

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Michael Toland 0 Comments Chris Holmes, Omnivore Recordings, Paul McCartney, TAG, Yum-Yum

Omnivore Recordings resurrects a lost mid-90s alt-rock gem from Paul McCartney’s DJ

Folk Pop Rock

Spirituals for Atheists

December 11, 2018December 12, 2018 J Poet 0 Comments Canada, Daniel Romano, New West Records

A conversation with Daniel Romano

Pop

The Girl at the Party

December 9, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments British Invasion, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

Marianne Faithfull in the sixties

New Wave Pop Punk Remembrance

Social Media Awash With Tributes for Pete Shelley

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Manchester, Pete Shelley, RIP, The Buzzcocks, UK Punk

The iconic Buzzcocks frontman was 63 when he died today of an apparent heart attack

Pop Rock Soul

Before The Beatles

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1963, Bobby Rydell, Dick Clark, JFK, The Beatles

The state of pop in late 1963

New Wave Pop Punk Rock

Surfing the New Wave

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 J Poet 0 Comments Documentaries, FM, Long Island, Radio, WLIR

Documentary on influential Long Island radio station WLIR-FM 92.7 arrives on DVD

Pop Rock

Know One Knows

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 David Bash 0 Comments Badfinger, Pete Ham, Warner Bros.

Inside Badfinger’s Warner Bros. era

Pop Rock

R.E.M. at the BEEB

December 1, 2018 John Everhart 1 Comment BBC Radio 2, Bill Berry, Joey Waronker, Ken Stringfellow, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott McCaughey

Tracing the triumphant live path of one of America’s greatest bands

Blues Pop Rock

A Thrill Revisited

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1968, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin, Legacy Recordings

Big Brother and the Holding Company’s landmark 1968 LP loses the Crumb but gains the Sex and Dope back into its title on this 50th anniversary reissue

Folk jazz Pop

Between The Viaducts Of Your Dream

November 29, 2018 Luci Turner 0 Comments 1968, Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

Astral Weeks Turns 50

Blues Pop Rock Soul

“Not No Game”

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Legacy Recordings

Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland Reissued

Pop Punk Rock

A Pinnacle of Paisleyness

November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 Eric Davidson 0 Comments The Bangles, The Dream Syndicate, The Paisley Underground, The Rain Parade, The Three O'Clock

An exclusive interview with the Bangles’ Vicki Peterson about the new Paisley Underground compilation, 3 x 4: The Bangles, The Three O’Clock, The Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade