Rock and Roll Globe

A Devilishly Good Time With Coven

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Blood on the Snow, Coven, Halloween, Real Gone Music, Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls

Why waste your time on candy corn and Ben Cooper costumes when you can celebrate Halloween with an actual Black mass?

Pop

On the California Coast: Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind at 30

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1989, Aaron Neville, Cry Like A Rainstorm, Dolly Parton, Don't Know Much, Elektra, Howl Like The Wind, Linda Ronstadt, Nelson Riddle

Linda Ronstadt’s 1989 return to pop was a surprise smash — and surprisingly great

Rock

Happy Birthday Grace Slick!

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Grace Slick, Happy Birthday, Jefferson Airplane

The Jefferson Airplane singer turns 80 today!

Post-Hardcore Post-Punk

Snap, Crackle, Punk: At Action Park, Shellac’s debut LP, turns 25

October 30, 2019November 6, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1994, At Action Park, Big Black, Bob Weston, Brick Layer Cake, Rapeman, Rifle Sport, Shellac, Steve Albini, Todd Trainer, Touch & Go, Volcano Suns

In 1994, Steve Albini’s post Big Black/Rapeman power trio burned through our speakers like thighs against the concrete of a hot Alpine Slide ride

Rock

Elvis Back From The Dead: 50 Years Ago In Vegas

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1969, American Sound 1969, Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, From Elvis in Memphis, International Hotel, James Burton, Jerry Scheff, Larry Muhoberac, Las Vegas, Ronnie Tutt

A look back at The King’s hot August nights in Sin City ’69

New Wave

PREMIERE: DOOMSQUAD’s “Let It Go” Video

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Bella Union, DOOMSQUAD, DOOMSQUAD live, Ejji Smith, Gutzon Borglum, Hudson Yards, Let It Go, Let Yourself Be Seen, Market Hotel, Richard Serra, The Vessel, Toronto

After the Toronto band’s video for “Let It Go” was scrubbed from digital existence by the very forces it criticized, DOOMSQUAD return a new cut, along with their thoughts on the death of public art and shared spaces

New Wave Pop Power Pop Psychedelics

Pop-O-Rama #3!!!

October 28, 2019October 30, 2019 David Bash 0 Comments Ape House Records, Cherry Red Records, Craft Recordings, Dukes of Stratosphear, Esoteric Recordings, International Pop Overthrow, International Pop Overthrow festival, Monster, Mustard, Psurroundabout Ride, R.E.M., R.E.M. Monster, Ron Wood Mustard, Roy Wood, XTC

International Pop Overthrow’s David Bash digs into three boffo new pop reissues

Electronics Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo New Wave Pop Post-Hardcore

Le Tigre and the Dismemberment Plan Took Punk Into the Next Millennium

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, DeSoto, Kathleen Hanna, Kill Rock Stars, Le Tigre, The Dismemberment Plan, Travis Morrison, Travistan

How two of indie-rock’s greatest albums broke down every remaining barrier in one day

Folk Hard Rock

ALBUMS: Crazy About Colorado

October 28, 2019October 30, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Talbot, Colorado, Frank Sampedro, Neil Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Neil Young Colorado, Nils Lofgren, Reprise Records, THink of Me official video

Neil Young does Neil Young by sharing a familiarity factor and getting back on the Horse

Blues

RE: The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker

October 26, 2019October 28, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1959, 60th anniversary, Albert Collins, Blues, Country blues, George Thorogood, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, Keith Richards, Nick Lowe, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, The White Stripes

The Hook’s original original folk blues classic turns 60

Folk Rock

Joseph Arthur Comes Back to the World

October 25, 2019October 28, 2019 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment 2019, Alejandro Escovedo, Arthur Buck, Ben Harper, Better Than Ezra, Big City Secrets, Come Back World, Come to where I'm grom, Greg Dulli, Jesse Malin, Joseph Arthur, Kevin Griffin, Marc Cohn, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Robyn Hitchcock, Rosanna Arquette

The New York singer-songwriter gets personal on his 14th studio album

Indie Rock Pop

The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs, Ranked

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 1999, 69 Love Songs, LD Beghtol, Merge Records, Stephin Merritt, The Magnetic Fields

A belatedly mathematical celebration of an indie pop masterwork for its 20th anniversary

Country and/or Western

Allison Moorer Opens Up and Sheds Some Blood

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Allison Moorer, Blood, Blood the album, Blood the memoir, Cold, Cold Earth, confessional, contrite, Memoir, Nightlight, Set My Soul Free, Shelby Lynne

A revealing memoir and its spare soundtrack brings the singer face to face with her dark family history

Punk

Endless Vacation: The Ramones Too Tough to Die at 35

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1984, CJ Ramone, Dave Stewart, Dee Dee Ramone, Howling at the Moon, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Mama's Boy, Marky Ramone, Monte Melnick, On the Road with the Ramones, The Ramones, Tommy Ramone, Too Tough To Die, Warthog

Talking about the punk legends’ underrated ’84 with longtime tour manager Monte Melnick

Psychedelics Punk Records Rock

Let’s Talk About ‘Nuggets’ with Lenny Kaye

October 24, 2019October 28, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 13th Floor Elevators, Amboy Dukes, Elektra, Jac Holzman, Lenny Kaye, Nuggets, Rhino Records, Sire Records, The Blues Magoos, The Chocolate Watchband, The Remains, The Standells, The Zombies

The Patti Smith Group guitar great looks back at the Original Artyfacts of the First Psychedelic Era