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Sunday, April 5, 2020

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

Indie Rock Pop

Death Cab For Cutie: “Indie Rock Is Dead”

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, 764-Hero, Barsuk Records, Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Sean Nelson

The band’s classic We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes at 20

Alternative Rock Country and/or Western North Americana

Dropped To The Sun Alone: Wilco’s A.M. At 25

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Zachary Corsa 2 Comments 1995, AM, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Sire, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco

The largely forgotten and much-maligned debut LP from the Chicagoland heroes was not everyone’s cuppa back in 1995

Experimental Folk Pop

Flesh Cartoons: Robyn Hitchcock’s Eye at 30

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1990, Eye, Queen Elvis, Robyn Hitchcock, Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, The Soft Boys

In 1990, the chief Egyptian casts his vision towards further fancies

Alternative Rock Pop

The Ballad of Minneapolis Matt

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Dan Wilson, Jacques Wait, Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson and his Orchestra, Phala Tracy, Quillan Roe, Trip Shakespeare

From Trip Shakespeare to his Orchestra, Matt Wilson is as important to the fabric of Twin Cities pop as Paul Westerberg, Dave Pirner and Bob Mould combined

Alternative Rock Industrial Pop Progressive Rock Remembrance

Remembering Bill Rieflin

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bill Rieflin, Chris Connelly, Fkea, King Crimson, KMFDM, Krist Noveselic, Martin Atkins, Ministry, R.E.M., Revolting Cocks, RIP, Robert Fripp

R.E.M., Mike Patton, Ministry, Robert Fripp, Krist Noveselic and more honor the passing of a modern rock giant

Electronic Hard Rock Progressive Rock

Never Fading Out: The Bends Turns 25

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1995, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, My Iron Lung, Pablo Honey, Phil Selway, Radiohead, The Bends, Thom Yorke

With their dynamic second LP, Yorke, Selway, O’Brien and the Greenwood boys carve their own path to iconoclasm

jazz Pop

The October of His Years: Sinatra’s Watertown at 50

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1970, Bing Crosby, Don Costa, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli, My Way, Randy Newman, Reprise, Rod McKuen, The Four Seasons, Watertown

Once seen as an anomaly in his catalog, a half century of fermentation sees a newfound respect for the Chairman’s dark masterpiece

Country and/or Western Pop Radio Remembrance

Crossover King: Kenny Rogers in the ’80s

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Barbra Streisand, Coward of the County, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, Lady, Lionel Richie, Lucille, RIP, Ronnie Milsap, Sheena Easton

Rogers was a country star in the back half of the ‘70s, but became an all-conquering superstar in the 1980s

Pop Rock

“Bono, Meet Perdomo…”

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Beck, Bono, Brian Wilson, Cat Power, Fernando Perdomo, Jakob Dylan, Let Your Love Be Known, Netflix, Norah Jones, Pink Floyd, Regina Spektor, U2

In an age of isolation, the U2 frontman’s solo performance is given a powerful postscript

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

Country and/or Western Pop Remembrance Rock

The Gambler Leaves the Table

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Country Music Awards, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Islands In The Stream, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, RIP, The Gambler

Kenny Rogers died on March 20 at age 81

Punk

Come On In My Kitchen: The Immaculate Trash Punk of The Prissteens

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments ? & The Mysterians, BILLY CHILDISH, Blondie, D-Generation, Honky Toast, Rancid, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, Ronnie Spector, Spacehog, Supercharger, Teengenerate, the Apple Brothers, The Gories, The Muffs, The Mummies, The Oblivians, The Pristeens, the Upper Crust, Thee Headcoats

As a new compilation hits BandCamp, Eric Davidson chats with drummer Mighty Joe Vincent about the legacy of this classic band from 90’s NYC

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

‘Tis the Season: Above at 25

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, MARK LANEGAN, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Most groups were one-offs; but Mad Season could have been more than that

Experimental Pop

American Helen

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Books, comic art, Green Porcelain, Helen America, Igor Stravinsky, Jherek Bischoff, Red Sun, X-Ray Spex

Multidisciplinary artist Helen America creates dark beauty for uncertain times with latest project