2021 Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

ALBUMS: Hayes Carll Cashes In His Chips

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Albums, Alt-Country, Alzheimer's Disease, Country, Dementia, Dualtone Records, Hayes Carll, You Get It All

The songwriter oscillates between moving lamentations and cheeky bits on You Get It All

Country and/or Western Psychedelics

ALBUMS: Jason Boland & the Stragglers’ Cosmic Saga

January 4, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Jason Boland, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Shooter Jennings, The Light Saw Me, The Stragglers, Thirty Tigers

The country troubadours rocket through space and time to find the truth

Music Journalism

Rock & Roll Globe’s 40 Best Albums of 2021

December 30, 2021January 1, 2022 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 0 Comments 2021, Aimee Mann, Armand Hammer, Billie Eilish, Burnt Sugar, Converge, Duran Duran, Four Tet, Garbage, Halsey., Juliana Hatfield, L'Rain, Little Simz, Mach-Hommy, Madlib, Olivia Rodrigo, SAULT, Taylor Swift, The Alchemist, The Armed, Weezer

Aggression takes center stage as a means of coping with the second dumpster fire of a year

Music Journalism

Best Music Journalism of 2021

December 27, 2021December 29, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2021, BandCamp, Best Music Journalism, Billboard, Britney Spears, Consequence of Sound, Eartha Kitt, Greg Tate, Michael Gonzales, New York, Rolling Stone, Tavi Gevinson, The Grammys, Vanity Fair

Scribes still do the write thing in COVID times

Rock

Lindsey Buckingham Hits the Holiday Road in Houston

December 23, 2021December 23, 2021 Stephanie Hernandez 0 Comments 2021, Fleetwood Mac, Go Insane, Houston, Jimmy Paxson, Lindsey Buckingham, Neale Heywood, Out of the Cradle, Rumours, Seeds We Sow, Stevie Nicks, Tango in the Night, Texas, Tusk, U.S. Tour

The former Fleetwood Mac guitar icon celebrates his storied solo work with a career-spanning set in the heart of Texas

Folk jazz

Joni Mitchell’s Archives: Digging the Roots of a Living Legend

December 22, 2021January 6, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1971, 2021, Archives, Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971), Blue, Box sets, Canada, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Ottowa, Song For A Seagull

Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) traces the development of her seminal songs

Dub/Reggae Reggae Remembrance

The Eternal Bloodlight of Robbie Shakespeare

December 10, 2021December 14, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, Aston "Familyman" Barrett, Bass Guitar, Beenie Man, Bob Marley, Bounty Killer, Bunny "Striker" Lee, Capleton, Dub, King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry, Reggae, RIP, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly & Robbie, Sly and Robbie, The Revolutionaries

Legendary Bass Player, Songwriter and Record Producer has died

New Wave Post-Punk Punk

Get Smart!: The Best Post-Punk Band You’ve Probably Never Heard

December 9, 2021December 10, 2021 Brad Cohan 1 Comment 1987, 2021, Get Smart!, Oh Yeah No, Steve Albini

The Chicago-via-Kansas trio made their mark in the 1980’s college-rock scene and now they’re back with a “new-old” record and shows

Hip Hop Music Journalism Rap

The Thin Line Between Rap and Reality

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Michaelangelo Matos 1 Comment 2 Live Crew, 2021, Books, Death Certificate, Eric Harvey, Geraldo Rivera, Ice Cube, Michaelangelo Matos, Oprah Winfrey, Run DMC, University of Texas Press, Who Got The Camera: A History of Rap and Reality

An interview with Eric Harvey, author of the new history of hip-hop and tabloid TV, Who Got the Camera?

Indie Rock

The Wild Mood Swings of Come

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1994, 2021, Arthur Johnson, Chris Brokaw, Cimarron, Come, Daniel Coughlin, Don't Ask Don’t Tell, Fire Records, Sean O’Brien, Thalia Zedek, William Bramen

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the indie rock greats’ 1994 sophomore LP, has been reissued as a remastered, two-CD set

Indie Rock

ALBUMS: Snail Mail Crushes Heartbreak Into Dust

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Ben Franklin, Light Blue, Lindsey Jordan, Madonna, Matador Records, Snail Mail, Valentine

The singer-songwriter braids broken heartstrings into an elegant portrait of pain with her second studio record

Alternative Rock Indie Rock

Dean Wareham Takes It To City Hall

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, Dean Wareham, Double Feature Records, Galaxie 500, I Have Nothing To Say to the Mayor of L.A., Luna

On the occasion of a new solo album, I Have Nothing To Say to the Mayor of L.A., the NYC rock legend talks about creativity, confidence and the legacies of Luna and Galaxie 500

Pop

ALBUMS: Taylor’s Deeper Shade Of Red

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2011, 2021, Chris Stapleton, Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Jake Gyllenhaal, Max Martin, Red, Red (Taylor’s Version), Taylor Swift

Reimagined and revived, Swift breathes new life into her magnum opus

North Americana

LISTEN: Bob Sumner Romanticizes His Childhood

November 16, 2021 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Bob Sumner, California, Erik Nielsen, Joshua Hyslop, Song Premiere, Tegan & Sara

Longing for sun-baked beaches and leisurely family drives, Bob Sumner revisits a leftover from his 2019 debut long-player

Experimental jazz Post-Punk

Cinema Cinema and the Art of the Punk Improvisers

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2021, Brooklyn, CCXMD II, Cinema Cinema, Man Bites Dog, Nefarious Industries, Thor Harris

The South Brooklyn DIY duo and jazzer Matt Darriau make for perfect partners in free-improv crime

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