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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

The Premonition Is Correct: Killing Joke at 40

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments ], 1980, Flood, Jaz Coleman, Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke, Killing Joke, No Nukes, Youth

How this post-punk masterpiece spoke to a generation of kids waiting for nuclear war

Soul

Analog Girl In A Digital World: Mama’s Gun at 20

November 19, 2020November 21, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 0 Comments 2000, Aaliyah, Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin, Bag Lady, Destiny’s Child, Doesn’t Really Matter, Dr. Dre, Erykah Badu, He Wasn’t Man Enough, Hot Boyz, J. Dilla, Janet Jackson, Jumpin’ Jumpin’, Mama’s Gun, Missy Elliott, Ms. Jackson, Toni Braxton, Try Again

Erykah Badu’s eternal soul classic still grounds us two decades later

New Wave North Americana Power Pop

Perfect Teeth

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1999, A Shot In The Arm, Box sets, Can't Stand It, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Rhino, She's A Jar, Summerteeth, Wilco

An expanded version of Summerteeth explores Wilco’s shifting stance

Zappa

Alex Winter’s Most Excellent Frank Zappa Film

November 18, 2020November 19, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2020, Alex Winter, Frank Zappa, Gail Zappa, Magnolia Pictures, Mike Keneally, Moon Zappa, Ruth Underwood, Steve Vai, Zappa Family Trust, Zappa film

An in-depth, touching and quite entertaining examination of the late musical genius’ life and impact

New Wave

Elvis Costello: The Man Who Took Liberties

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1980, 40th Anniversary, Dave Edmunds, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Girls Talk, The Buzzcocks

Looking back at 40 years of the New Wave icon’s first singles collection

Hard Rock Heavy Metal

The Future Of Mankind: Blizzard of Ozz at 40

November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Blizzard Of Ozz, Bob Daisley, Crazy Train, Dee, Deep Purple, Don Airey, Goodbye To Romance, Lee Kerslake, Mr. Crowley, Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Randy Rhoads, Suicide Solution

The rags to riches story of Ozzy Osbourne’s miraculous solo success

Country and/or Western Dead Folk Rock

Ripple In Still Water: American Beauty At 50

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 50th anniversary, American Beauty, Attics In My Life, Box of Rain, Grateful Dead, Pigpen, Ripple, Sugar Magonlia, Touch of Grey, Truckin'

A Grateful Dead classic still shines a half-century later

Dub/Reggae New Wave Power Pop Punk

They’ve All Gone…: Beat Crazy Turns 40

November 16, 2020November 19, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1980, Beat Crazy, Biology, Booker T. And the MG's, Booker T. Jones, Fit, Graham Maby, I'm The Man, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Look Sharp!, Mad At You, Pretty Boys

That time Joe Jackson subverted Rock ‘n’ Roll but nobody noticed

Music Journalism

This Song is a Con, But It Can Still Change the World

November 16, 2020November 17, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2020 Election, Donald J. Trump, Phil Ochs, protests, Woody Guthrie

Tim Sommer reckons with the power of the protest song in post-election 2020

Folk Rock

You Dress In Black, But You Talk Like a Fed: Hawks & Doves at 40

November 15, 2020November 15, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, David Briggs, Hawks & Doves, Neil Young

Reassessing a previously panned Neil Youg gem released at the cusp of the Reagan Years

Country and/or Western Elvis

When The King Came To Nashville

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1970, Bill Black, Bob Moore, Boots Randolph, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, Floyd Cramer, From Elvis In Nashville, Legacy Recordings, Scotty Moore

A must-own new collection chronicles Elvis Presley’s Music City USA era

Pop Rock

The Golden Guy

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andrew Gold, Golden Girls, Lonely Boy: The Asylum Years Anthology, Thank You For Being A Friend

A stellar new box set dives deep into the career of unsung songwriting superhero Andrew Gold

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Zep

We Are Your Overlords: “Immigrant Song” at 50

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 2 Comments 1970, Atlantic Records, Immigrant Song, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin III, Rhino Records, Robert Plant

Looking back on the Led Zeppelin Ragnarok anthem for the ages

Hard Rock Heavy Metal

Whitesnake: This Is Love

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments David Coverdale, Is This Love, Love Songs, Rhino Records, The Blues Album, The Rock Album, Whitesnake

David Coverdale talks about the sweeter side of the iconic hard rock band

Rock

LISTEN: 75 Songs for Neil Young’s 75th Birthday

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Ron Hart 2 Comments 75th birthday, Birthdays, Neil Young, Neil Young Archives, Return To Greendale, The Mynah Birds

From the Mynah Birds to Promise of the Real, a look back at the music of a North American Original