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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Whatever’s Cool With Mascis: Green Mind at 30

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1991, Bug, Dinosaur Jr., Green Mind, J Mascis, Lou Barlow, Murph, The Wagon, You’re Living All Over Me

How the first Dinosaur Jr. LP without Lou Barlow still resonates today

Alternative Rock Power Pop Rock

Pump Up The Volume: Stands For Decibels at 40

February 19, 2021February 20, 2021 Jim Caligiuri 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Alex Chilton, Big Star, CBGB, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Hurrah’s, Irving Plaza, Maxwell's, Peter Holsapple, The dB's, the Mudd Club, Will Rigby

An exclusive chat with The dB’s about their classic debut album

Alternative Rock Power Pop

It’s an International Pop…OVER-Throw!

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 David Bash 3 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, International Pop Overthrow, International Pop Overthrow 2019, International Pop Overthrow festival, Jim Ellison, Material Issue, Mercury Records

Celebrating 30 years of Material Issue’s power pop masterpiece

Alternative Rock Hard Rock

ALBUMS: Foo Minutes To Midnight

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, Chris Shifflett, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Medicine At Midnight, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins

A new album, Medicine at Midnight, finds the Foo Fighters sparring with success

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Beyond All My Hopes: PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea At 20

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2000, Dry, Is This Desire, John Parish, PJ Harvey, Polly, Polly Jean Harvey, Rid Of Me, Stories From The City Stories From The Sea, Stories From The Sea

A new reissue shines a light on a most underrated Polly Jean LP

Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop

Matthew Sweet: Year of the Cat

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Athens, Catspaw, Girlfriend, Ivan Julian, Linda Stipe, Matthew Sweet, Oh-OK, Omnivore Recordings, Richard Lloyd, Rick Menck, Robert Quine

After spending 30 years working alongside such fiery gods as Robert Quine, Ivan Julian and Richard Lloyd, the power pop great himself takes lead guitar duties on his excellent new album

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop

ALBUMS: Strumming and Thrumming Left of the Dial

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Justin Cober-Lake 1 Comment 1983-1987, 2020, Barbara Manning, Captured Tracks, R.E.M., Salem 66, Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground, Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987, The dB's, Various Artists, Various Artists Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987

The overlooked mid-80s American College Rock movement finally gets its salute with Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987

Alternative Rock Punk

The Banishment of Mr. Scary

January 11, 2021January 18, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Devix AKA, Dokken, dream punk, George Lynch, Gladys Knight, Indiegogo, Joe Haze, Lords of Acid, Lynch Mob, Sublime, The Banishment

From “Dream Warriors” to dream punk, former Dokken guitar icon George Lynch unveils another side to his style with his new trio

Alternative Rock Britpop Glam Remembrance Rock

Bowie at 74, Part II

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments A Bowie Celebration: Just for One Day, Bernard Fowler, Billy Corgan, Corey Glover, David Bowie, Gavin Rossdale, Ian Astbury, Ian Hunter, Joe Elliot, Macy Gray, Perry Farrell, peter Frampton, Tony Visconti, Trent Reznor

Jim Sullivan celebrates his history in conversation with the Thin White Duke

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The Decade When Mudhoney Rode the Major Label Gravy Train

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Badmotorfinger, Dirt, Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew, Guy Maddison, Mark Arm, Matt Lukin, MUDHONEY, My Brother The Cow, Nevermind, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Piece of Cake, Real Low Vibe, Soundgarden, Steve Turner, Ten, Tomorrow Hit Today

The new box set, Real Low Vibe: The Reprise Recordings 1992-1998, focuses on an overlooked era of the veteran Seattle band’s rich history

Alternative Rock Pop Uncategorized

ALBUMS: Closer to Heaven: A Tribute to Ed Ackerson

December 30, 2020 John Packel 0 Comments Closer to Heaven: A Tribute to Ed Ackerson, Polara and BNLX, Sideways, Soul Asylum, Susstones, The 27 Various, The Dandy Warhols, The Dig, The Jayhawks, The Lilacs

The Internet Has a Problem but It’s Not with Mary

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Well, Did You Evah: Red Hot + Blue at 30

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, AIDS, Cole Porter, Fine Young Cannibals, Jimmy Somerville, Jody Watley, Jungle Brothers, Les Negresses Vertes., LGBTQ, Red Hot + Blue, Red Hot Organization, Salif Keita, Sinead O'Connor, The Pogues, Tom Waits, U2

The Red Hot Organization was launched in 1990 with a Cole Porter tribute album

Alternative Rock Experimental Indie Rock

ALBUMS: The Freewheeling Thurston Moore

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 2020, By The Fire, Daydream Library, Deb Googe, James Sedwards, My Bloody Valentine, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

On By The Fire, Moore and company tease his singer-songwriter muse further out

Alternative Rock Pop Rock

Johnny Rzeznik Still Won’t Tell ‘Em Your Name

November 11, 2020November 13, 2020 Leena Tailor 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, A Boy Named Goo, Goo Goo Dolls, Jed, Johnny Rzeznik, Name, Robby Takac, Superstar Carwash

How the Buffalo band’s 1995 hit divided fans, provided therapy and saved its frontman from going back to school

Alternative Rock Indie Rock

Not Your Enemy: Buffalo Tom’s Birdbrain Hits 30

November 9, 2020November 12, 2020 Brad Cohan 1 Comment 1990, 30th Anniversary, Bill Janovitz, Birdbrain, Black Flag, Blake Babies, Buffalo Tom, Chris Colbourn, Dinosaur Jr., Galaxie 500, J Mascis, Lemonheads, Pixies, Rollins Band, Tom Maginnis

On its gamechanging second album, the Massachusetts trio shedded the ‘Dinosaur Jr Jr’ label and took their ace songwriting to the next level

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