Derwood Andrews, and the sound of a post-punk, post-blues Catcus Acid Milkshake
Let’s put it this way: If TONE POET, VOL. II was a new album by Beck, it would almost…
December 16, 2014-
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Darius Rucker, Race, and Turning a Moment in Time into a True Movement
I understand that Darius Rucker is on the pants-end of a social media ass-kicking because he sang “White Christmas”…
December 15, 2014 -
The Ten Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time, Revealed!
There is a delicious squabble going on in the webbernet: Kinks’ guitarist Dave Davies is appropriately livid that his…
December 11, 2014 -
The Dark Night Of Dave Grohl: A Cautionary Tale
It had been a long night. Damn, it had been a long week. The Pepsi machine in the stairwell…
December 3, 2014 -
Re-Assessing The Legacy of The Clash…or Not.
Kill Yr Idols, Part II (of Many). Let’s take a look at the Clash. If you came of age…
December 2, 2014 -
Sonic Youth, Tim Sommer, and Kill Yr Idols
Kill your idols is a potent phrase. It is also extremely reasonable and important spiritual and artistic (though not…
December 1, 2014 -
Pink Floyd End their Story in a Wondrous Way (Especially if you like Umma Gumma)
What a beautiful way to end a legendary lifespan. These days, fewer and fewer bands – and virtually no…
November 20, 2014 -
Eff You, Beatles: Or Why You Need To Know About “Rockin’ Rochester USA”
It is a strange, beautiful, brutal, and bittersweet song. It is not just a window into the past, but…
November 19, 2014 -
Kim Kardashian, The Mother of Fame, Versus Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, the Mothers of Freedom
Yesterday, the media/interweb obsession with Kim Kardashian reached a kind of panic-like fury that could only have been equaled…
November 13, 2014 -
The Way We Hear Music Has Changed. Now Change it Some More.
A lot of buzz out there about Taylor Swift abandoning Spotify (what a very odd name – Taylor Swift…
November 5, 2014