Here’s the wonderful backstory: “a family band like no other, Secret Monkey Weekend returns with their sparkling sophomore album Lemon Drop Hammer on June 6. Comprising seasoned guitarist/vocalist Jefferson Hart…
This is so good – and welcome. As if it wasn’t enough to have the first two (magnificent) dB’s albums re-released and then to have Peter Holsapple’s newest solo offering…
Sine we’ve had two video premieres from Life In A Blender, it’s time for a review of their most recent album, Bent By The Weather. If you’re not familiar with…
New York’s own stalwarts, Life In A Blender, are back with a new video from their recent album Bent By The Weather, for the (standout) track, “Rowan & Martin” –…
I was a little hesitant to review a new album from Bob Mould; it’s been four years since his last release, which I didn’t have as much of feeling for…
“On the Sand” is the latest video for Life In A Blender’s Bent by the Weather, the band’s fourteenth album. It’s a track of some wistfulness and true emotion, which…
This is going to be interesting. And fun. A decade ago, I wrote a piece about my love and appreciation for this album in another publication. The dB’s Repercussion is…
It’s always exciting, interesting and daunting to try and review a new Paul Weller album. Next to Paul McCartney, he’s been my hero, greatest influence and the one artist who…
Let’s start in late August, 1981, just before beginning my junior year of high school. Staten Island had a new college radio station, WSIA, and it was here that I…
Once again, more great and welcomed news! Long-awaited and hoped for, the Stax Records documentary is finally hitting the airwaves. Here’s the breakdown on HBO’s Stax: Soulsville U.S.A., direct from…
This is huge. And SO important. And LONG OVERDUE. And VERY WELCOMED. I’ll let you read the press release I received just a few minutes ago, courtesy of Wendy Brynford-Jones,…
I have to admit, Eric Goulden’s 1980 American 2-LP set, Big Smash (on the much-heralded Stiff/Epic imprint) was a tremendous influence on me and my then-burgeoning attempts at songwriting. “A…