Elvis Costello

Records 

Rock & Roll Globe’s Best Reissues of 2024

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments Badfinger, Cracker, Elvis Costello, John Entwistle, Lone Justice, Neil Young, The Blasters, The Faces, The Iveys, Thompson Twins, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Wings

Here’s where we’re looking back on a year of looking back

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New Wave Pop 

Sour Milk Cow Blues: Goodbye Cruel World at 40

June 18, 2024June 20, 2024 Ryan Maffei 3 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Bruce Thomas, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, F-Beat, Goodbye Cruel World, Pete Thomas, Steve Nieve

Elvis Costello and the Attractions’ unhappiest (but not worst) album reaches its bitter middle age

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Rock 

At His Age: Nick Lowe Turns 75

March 24, 2024March 24, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Dave Edmunds, Elvis Costello, Los Straitjackets, Nick Lowe, Rockpile

Looking back on the career of the Abominable Showman

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Music Journalism 

Before It Was Easy: Ira Robbins Talks Trouser Press’s 50th Birthday

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Jim Allen 2 Comments 50th anniversary, Big Country, Devo, Elvis Costello, Ira A. Robbins, Ira Robbins, Jimmy Page, Magazine, New Wave, Pete Townshend, Rory Gallagher, The Who, Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books, Zip It Up! The Best of Trouser Press Magazine 1974-1984

A seminal rock magazine gets an awesome anthology

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Pop 

Five Great Songs From Elvis Costello’s Spike

February 7, 2024February 9, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Cait O'Riordan, Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Spike

Honoring the New Wave icon’s Warner Bros. debut for its 35th anniversary

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New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock 

How Joe Jackson’s Look Sharp! Defined 1979

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, CMJ, David Houghton, David Sanford, Elvis Costello, Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band, Look Sharp!, Nick Lowe, Rockpile

Looking back on the New Wave legend’s classic debut

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Folk Irish Pub Rock Punk Remembrance Rock 

The Ghost of a Smile: Remembering Shane MacGowan

December 1, 2023February 19, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Cait O'Riordan, Dublin, Elvis Costello, Ireland, RIP, Shane MacGowan, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, Spider Stacy, The Clash, The Nipple Erectors, The Nips, The Pogues

The rowdy and rambunctious leader of Celt-rock combo The Pogues died at age 65

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Beatle Pop Rock 

John Lennon: Our Four Favorite Reissues

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 83rd Birthday, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer, John Lennon, Klaus Voormann, Kurt Cobain, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, R.E.M., Ringo Starr, Sean Lennon, Sonic Youth, Stephen Brodsky, The Beatles, Yoko Ono

Going through our stash for his 83rd birthday

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New Wave Pop Rock Soul 

Heart and Soul: Sports by Huey Lewis & The News Turns 40

September 15, 2023September 16, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Chrysalis Records, Clover, Dave Edmunds, Elvis Costello, Heart and Soul, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis & The News, Huey Lewis and the News, I Want a New Drug, If This Is It, Nick Lowe, sports, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Thin Lizzy

Looking back on their classic third album

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Hip Hop Rap Rock 

A Loose History of the Rock and Hip-Hop Connection in Eight Moves

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Blondie, Eddie Martinez, Elvis Costello, Faith No More, Hip-hop, Judgment Night soundtrack, KRS One, Larry Smith, Lil Yachty, R.E.M., Riot, Run DMC, The Roots

From Blondie to Yachty, we trace back the evolution of this everloving junction

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Pop Remembrance 

Tony Bennett and the Renaissance of the Great American Songbook

July 21, 2023 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Danny Bennett, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, k.d. lang, MTV Unplugged, Ralph Sharon, RIP, Tony Bennett

The Italian-American icon passed away today at 96

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Indie Rock Poetry Pop Punk Rock 

Talkin’ Trash With Ron Hawkins About The Revolution And His New EP

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments Canada, Do Good Assassins, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer, Nick Lowe, Ron Hawkins, Shane MacGowan, Sonic Envy, Trash Talkin' at the Speed of Sound

The Canadian songwriter is back with new music and the same righteous politics

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Pop 

Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello: An Uncommon Bond

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1998, 2023, Burt Bacharach, Carol Bayer Sager, Elvis Costello, Hal David, Mercury Records, Painted From Memory, Taken From Life, UMe

A new box set retraces the connection between the two pop auteurs

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Pop Remembrance 

Burt Bacharach Gone at 94

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Austin Powers, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Costello, RIP, Tom Jones

The legendary pop composer enjoyed an unprecedented 70-year career

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Beatle Pop Rock 

Looking For Changes: Paul McCartney’s Off The Ground at 30

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1993, 30th Anniversary, Biker Like An Icon, Capitol Records, Elvis Costello, Linda McCartney, Off the Ground, Paul and Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, The Beatles

Is it an underappreciated gem or Macca’s weakest solo album?

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