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Category Archives: Reviews
This Spring’s Album Rundown
Although I’d been busy this year digging deep into 80s post-punk/dark wave and 70s psych-prog and co-running the ILM 1970s album poll, and haven’t reviewed any new albums yet, I have been listening. It has been a slow start this … Continue reading
Demons, Fairies & Wailing Guitars: The Best 100 Obscure Rock Acts 1968-1976 by Ra’anan Chelled
I’ve been exhausted this week from staying up too late every night reading a book originally written in Hebrew. No, I’m not studying the Torah, but I am worshiping a certain variety of gods in the form of Demons, Fairies & … Continue reading
Crispy Ambulance – The Plateau Phase Released 30 Years Ago
A year ago today Factory Benelux Records released The Plateau Phase, the debut album by post-punkers Crispy Ambulance. Dave McCullough of Soundsgave it a five-star review. “It conjured up, after the second listen, big thoughts like, this is how the … Continue reading
Orange Juice’s You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever Released 30 Years Ago
The first major releases of 1982 were the challenging, sophisticated soundscapes of XTC’s English Settlement and The Fall’s similarly lengthy, gnarly Hex Enduction Hour. Orange Juice seemed on the surface much lighter fare, but the hidden depths of their music … Continue reading
The Fall’s Hex Enduction Hour Released 30 Years Ago
Nowadays it’s hard not to take one of the most prolific bands in the history of rock for granted, but thirty years ago, the release of The Fall’s fourth album (not counting numerous live albums and EPs) was kind of … Continue reading
1970-1979 Hard ‘n’ Heavy ‘n’ Loud + Krautrock, Arty, Noisy, Weird, Funky, Punky Albums
I’m revisiting a few albums to promote the 1970-1979 WTF – The Hard ‘n’ Heavy ‘n’ Loud + Krautrock, Arty, Noisy, Weird, Funky, Punky Shit – Albums Poll! – Closes Mar 8th 11.59 PM UK Time – All ILXORS/LURKERS WELCOME. Most … Continue reading
XTC’s English Settlement Released 30 Years Ago
30 years ago today XTC released their fifth album, English Settlement. They had decided to record something they wouldn’t be able to re-create live, leading to a sprawling, fascinating double album. Many think it’s their best. While Black Sea (1980) … Continue reading
Fester’s Lucky 13: 2012 Year-End Summary
Top 100 Albums of 2012 | 2012 Breakdown: Genre Lists | Shows, Videos | Movies, Television, Books, Comics, Beer & Bourbon Every year is similar in that I get excited when the first year-end lists start coming out the week of Thanksgiving. But by mid-December, I’m … Continue reading
Sufjan Stevens – Silver & Gold
I have conflicted feelings about Christmas music. My generally positive experiences with it as a kid are balanced by increasingly crass and repetitive use of it as early as October to trigger Pavlovian shopping impulses. Apparently, so does Sufjan Stevens. … Continue reading