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Armagideon Time ❤ (The good old days; l-r: Bev, Leech, some idiot, Maura) Some friends and I were recently discussing movies from the 1990's (hey, it happens), and someone brought up Singles ,… Read full post »
Rock Sellout ❤ I’m a singer/songwriter who grew up between two villages in the South Wales valleys with not much else to do but learn how to play a number of instruments and… Read full post »
MOG Most discussed tracks ❤ Starting off in 1959, with Phil Phillips and the Twilights' original version of this standard, which returned to fame when used in the 1989 film starring Al Pacino and Ellen… Read full post »
Palms Out Sounds ❤ Our dear friends, and recently added Palms Out contributors, Purple Crush , are about to release this perfectly titled digital only LP. As the ultimate blog darlings, it only makes… Read full post »
Popdose ❤ Yeah, I know we’ve done ABBA once already this year, but in celebration of “Mamma Mia” stinking up theater screens nationwide, I figure we should probably take a look at… Read full post »
Popdose ❤ This feature’s been a little too Detroit Rock City-heavy. While ’tis true that the Motor City and the surrounding region was so incredibly loaded with fiercely competitive bands that collectors… Read full post »
Rock Sellout ❤ Austere Sometimes, I’m a bit old-school. Despite the fact that so much of my life does involve the digital world - computers, the internet, mp3’s & the like - I… Read full post »
Popdose ❤ Years ago, after packing away most of my old 45âs, I gave several to my friend Steve for prosperityâs sake. Among them was Led Zeppelinâs âThe Immigrant Song,â one of… Read full post »
Popdose ❤ Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. Heâs loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or… Read full post »
Popdose ❤ Brian Vogan - Little Songs (2008) purchase this album (CD Baby) I didn’t mean for it to be this way — and every time I review one of these, I… Read full post »
Rock Sellout ❤ Following his recent sold-out tour in May/June, Jose Gonzalez a.k.a. M83 has announced several additional tour dates this Fall in support of his latest 80’s-soaked album, Saturdays=Youth (my review of… Read full post »
Armagideon Time ❤ I've been slowly working my way through Blake Bell's Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko , a very well-written examination of the legendary comics creator's life and body… Read full post »
Licorice Pizza ❤ I was a little undecided today whether I should post some new music, or if I should go with some DMX. “DMX?” you say. “DMX,” I say. While it is… Read full post »
American Athlete ❤ This past weekend I was excited to pick-up a copy of Theo Vaness 's 1979 disco classic Bad Bad Boy LP . I already owned his other two amazing LP's… Read full post »
Rock Sellout ❤ I wanted to bring some attention to this release as I’m quite fond of the two ladies responsible for getting it out there. A few years ago, I used to… Read full post »
Rock Sellout ❤ Usually when a Pop/Top 40 singer goes acoustic the end result is at best forgettable and at worst unforgivable. So upon hearing that newly crowned pop princess Katy Perry would… Read full post »
MOG Most discussed tracks ❤ The Best of Barbara Brockhaus is a concept dirty electro album by Angie Reed. It was released in 2001 on Chicks on Speed Records. Angie was a bassist… Read full post »
Rock Sellout ❤ Before anything else, let’s get the whole “I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-a-girl-singing” issue out of the way. Because despite the very feminine-sounding vocals, Azeda Booth ’s lineup is solely an XY constellation. Originally a… Read full post »
Popdose ❤ It was either Soren Kierkegaard or Wayne Campbell from Wayneâs World who said: âOnce you label me, you negate me.â And so it goes with Sia â whose latest release,… Read full post »
Rock Sellout ❤ The Mercury Prize is a really odd contest. While at times it seems to pick legitimately interesting artists, there are other occasions where it seems to choose absolutely inexplicable winners.… Read full post »