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ALBUMS: February 2023 In Review

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2023, Atlantic Records, Desire Pathway, Don Giovanni Records, Fueled By Ramen, Good Charamel, Our Best Place, Paramore, Screaming Females, Shonen Knife, This Is Why

Digging into new albums by Paramore, Shonen Knife and Screaming Females

Punk Rock

ALBUMS: The Big, Dumb Fun of Iggy Pop’s New LP

January 6, 2023January 8, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2023, Andrew Watt, Atlantic Records, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan, Every Loser, Gold Tooth Records, Iggy Pop, James Osterberg, Travis Barker

Every Loser finds the 75-year-old Detroit icon rowdier than ever

Alternative Rock Power Pop Rock

The Lemonheads Return To Boston

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2022, Atlantic Records, Boston, Evan Dando, It’s A Shame About Ray, Juliana Hatfield, The Lemonheads, Tour

Evan Dando and company keep it on the rails for hometown gig

Pop Rock Soul

The Eternal Rascal: Felix Cavaliere at 80

November 29, 2022December 8, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Atlantic Records, Felix Cavaliere, Felix Pappalardi, Gene Cornish, The Rascals, The Young Rascals

A career-spanning chat with the New York rock legend

Alternative Rock Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Indie Rock New Wave Pop Records Rock

ALBUMS: August 2022 In Review

August 31, 2022September 1, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, Atlantic Records, Bleed Out, Fueled By Ramen, Julia Jacklin, Merge Records, Mountain Goats, Panic! At the Disco, Polyvinyl Records, PRE PLEASURE, Viva Las Vengeance

New LPs by Julia Jacklin, Panic! At The Disco and The Mountain Goats are in order for late summer

Pop

But What If I’m A Mermaid: Little Earthquakes at 30

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Stephanie Hernandez 0 Comments Atlantic Records, Crucify, Little Earthquakes, Me and a Gun, RAINN, Tori Amos, Winter, Y Kant Tori Read, Z2 Comics

Looking back on the raw honesty and quiet beauty that defined the reintroduction of Tori Amos to American pop

New Wave Rock

Superstar Without Portfolio: Bob Geldof at 70

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Atlantic Records, Bob Geldof, Brenda Spencer, British Empire, I Don't Like Mondays, Live Aid, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Queen Elizabeth II, The Boomtown Rats, The Vegetarians of Love

Jim Sullivan revisits his 1990 interview with the Irish rock great, New Wave pioneer and co-founder of Live Aid

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

Soul

Dig the Slowness: Roberta Flack’s Chapter Two at 50

September 11, 2020September 13, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 3 Comments 1970, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Bernard Purdie, Brothers Four, Chad Mitchell Trio, Chapter Two, Chuck Rainey, Donny Hathaway, Eumir Deodato, Harry Belafonte, Hugh McCracken, King Curtis, Kingston Trio, LaVern Baker, Marianne Faithfull, Peter Paul & Mary, Quiet Fire, Richard Tee, Roberta Flack, The Smothers Brothers

The portrait of an artist looking for an audience at the intersection of enlightened soul and contemporary singer-songwriter pop

Pop

Closing Time: “Save the Last Dance for Me” Turns 60

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1960, Atlantic Records, Buck Owens, Doc Pomus, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Jerry Lee Lewis, Save The Last Dance For Me, Sun Records, The Drifters, The Mavericks, Tom Jones, Willy DeVille

Written by Doc Pomus, The Drifters turned this song about love, trust and frustration into a Number One single that remains a paean to true romance

Pop Soul

Down Crossover Road: Ray Charles and Sam Cooke in 1960

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 2 Comments 1960, Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records, Copacabana, Jerry Wexler, Leiber and Stoller, Ray Charles, RCA Victor, Sam Cooke, Tom Dowd

How two soul giants set the stage for pop music at the cusp of the Civil Rights era

Music Journalism

Do Black Lives Matter to the Music Biz in 2020? Part 1

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Jason Gross 1 Comment Ahmaud Arbery, Amerigo Gazaway, Atlantic Records, Bank Robber, Botham Jean, Breonna Taylor, Cantaloupe, DAIS, Dream Wife, Eric Garner, Ezell Ford, George Floyd, Jamar Clark, Michael Brown, Philando Castile, Planet Mu, Rough Trade, Sean Reed, Slovenly, Smokey Emery, Tamir Rice, The Beths, Three Lobed Lobster, Tompkins Square., Treyvon Martin

Blackout Tuesday, Juneteenth and beyond

Music Journalism

Atlantic Records Calls For Pause

June 2, 2020June 3, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ahmaud Arbery, Atlantic Records, Black Lives Matter, Breonna Taylor, Brianna Agyemang, George Floyd, Jamila Thomas, The Show Must Be Paused

When the label responsible for revolutionizing the impact of black music on American airwaves implores action, we need to listen

Comedy Hard Rock Rock

Very Heavy, Not Very Humble

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 4 Comments 1970, Atlantic Records, David Lord Sutch, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Lord Sutch, Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends, Nicky Hopkins, Noel Redding

Looking back 50 years at Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal

He’s Got A Voice, A Wretched Voice Indeed: The Melvins’ Stoner Witch Turns 25

October 31, 2019November 22, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1994, Atlantic Records, Dale Crover, Houdini, King Buzzo, Kurt Cobain, Stoner Witch, The Melvins, The Melvins at Rhythm and Brews 1994

It’s only right to celebrate the silver anniversary of the legendary doom rockers’ second Atlantic LP on Hallowe’en

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