Give The Devils Their Due
Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes V2 Records, 2005 by Noah Kucij Now that the White Stripes’ story has more or less been written, let’s […]
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Gene Simmons Makes Compelling Case for Segregating Rock and Roll HOF
by Matt Meade This Thursday, April 10th, several bands and artists will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Included among the inductees is Gene Simmons’ band KISS. To hear him talk, the induction is long overdue. Much like how Simmons decided to exclude original band members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley […]
Read more "Gene Simmons Makes Compelling Case for Segregating Rock and Roll HOF"Sticking it to the Man – Six Decades of Teen Angst (The 50s)
by Sarah Gray Did you think your Nana was innocent of all night partying, pre-marital sex, and raging against the proverbial machine? Guess again. Teen angst is as time honored a part of our culture as apple pie and baseball. For the next several weeks this list will serve as a time travel getaway from […]
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Pour Down Like Silver Richard and Linda Thompson Island Records, 1975 by Noah Kucij You may have heard something by Richard Thompson, or you may just have heard something about Richard Thompson: songwriter’s songwriter, guitar geek’s darling, balls-to-the-wall live performer, daring interpreter who’ll slide from Prince’s “Kiss” into an 11th-century English peasant dance. Maybe none […]
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By: Matt Meade 2. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (1979) I am going to liberate you from a burden you have been carrying around for a long time. Are you ready? Here it is: You don’t have to listen to Unknown Pleasures anymore. That’s right. You are absolved from keeping it on your iPhone, from […]
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By Matt Meade People who talk about popular music as if it matters like to take certain things as a given. Robert Johnson is the starting point for rock and roll music (rock wouldn’t be rock without the blues, and the blues wouldn’t be the blues without RJ (and the legendary peddling of his own […]
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OLD SCHOOL RECORD REVIEW 