Jon Auer – Songs from the Year of Our Demisepurchase this album (Amazon) Despite having made a Posies detour in Bootleg City a few weeks back, I’ve never been a…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
David Mead – Tangerine (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Goddammit, I was supposed to have written about this album like two weeks ago, but my order (yes, from those pricks at…
Darren Robbins
10 Min Read
Material Issue/International Pop Overthrow (Mercury) 1991 As a subscriber to Musician magazine back in the day, I received a promotional cassette from the publication promoting a new band called Material…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Courtesy of our friends at Total Assault, here are three acoustic Rock Kills Kid mp3s: ParalyzedHideawayMidnight The band’s latest album, Are You Nervous?, is out now — purchase it at…
Jeff Giles
4 Min Read
[Jefito’s Note: And so concludes our three-part look at Pet Shop Boys, brought to you and me by the good graces of John from Lost in the ’80s. Pet Shop…
John C. Hughes
4 Min Read
Sometimes I wonder why certain songs, even if they hit Number One on the charts, are never heard from again. The Stars on 45 Medley is one of those songs….
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Hey, remember when I was pining for old episodes of “Just Say Julie”? Well, guess what I just ordered?
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
I believe I’ve mentioned him here before, but just in case you’ve forgotten (or haven’t checked out his music yet), my good friend and all-time favorite songwriter, Fred Wilhelm, performed…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
So, like I said last week, I got a request for Mr. Mister’s unreleased Pull album, and through the good graces of Mr. Franz “Jefito doesn’t eat enough gross junk…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
So, like I said last week, I got a request for Mr. Mister’s unreleased Pull album, and through the good graces of Mr. Franz “Jefito doesn’t eat enough gross junk…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Daryl Hall – Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986)purchase this album (Amazon) You would have thought, in 1986, that a solo album from the taller, blonder half of…
Darren Robbins
1 Min Read
The great thrill of buying a new CD sight-unseen is having your faith rewarded by noting that the sounds coming from your speakers are pleasing to the ear and that…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
Toots Thielemans – One More for the Road (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) In 1984, at what was probably the absolute peak of his popularity, Billy Joel and MTV decided to…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
Dixie Chicks – Taking the Long Way (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) I’m no big fan of the Dixie Chicks, or of country music in general — in fact, during my…
Darren Robbins
1 Min Read
From the opening blast of super-charged pop that barrels out of the speakers, those longtime fans of Cheap Trick who’ve waited patiently for the band to release a new album…
Jeff Giles
3 Min Read
[Jefito’s Note: This week’s installment of our three-part look at Pet Shop Boys is, like Part One, brought to you courtesy of the wit and wisdom of John from Lost…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
I think I must be late to the party on this particular Great Gross-Off subject, because it was at least April when I saw it in the grocery store, and…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Carolyn Edwards – Carolyn Edwards (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Carolyn Edwards was one of the founders of the popular L.A. post-punk band, 3D Picnic, and also fronted Spindle, an alternative…
John C. Hughes
2 Min Read
Note: Okay, IÁ¢€â„¢m stretching it a bit on this one. When I conceived Á¢€Å“Depeche Clones WeekÁ¢€, I had three bands in particular in mind and set about writing all three…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Another Friday, another visit to Bootleg City Á¢€” and, in this case, another debt of gratitude to Joe at Illicit Noise, because he’s the one who gave us this fine…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
I just got a request over at my fucking MySpace page for a Bootleg City entry on Mr. Mister’s unreleased final album, The Pull. Only problem is, while I do…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
I just got a request over at my fucking MySpace page for a Bootleg City entry on Mr. Mister’s unreleased final album, The Pull. Only problem is, while I do…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Apologies for the lack of activity here this week, friends Á¢€” I had something like a perfect storm converge to keep me away. Busy week at work(s), a sick baby,…
John C. Hughes
2 Min Read
I have a special place in my heart for Red Flag Á¢€” you see, they were the first Á¢€Å“realÁ¢€ rock band I ever interviewed, back when I was a Broadcast…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Via The Onion’s AV Club review of the new Archie collections:
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Nathan Asher and the Infantry – Sex Without Love (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Our new friends at Total Assault are raving about Nathan Asher and the Infantry. What they’re saying:…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
ThatÁ¢€â„¢s right — all this week, Lost in the 80s will focus on artists who, in leiu of marching to the beat of a different drummer, chose rather to program…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Well, over here mostly. Don’t worry, I’ve got something for you here later today.
Jeff Giles
4 Min Read
[Jefito’s Note: Today begins a three-part Idiot’s Guide to Pet Shop Boys, written with typical wit and flair by our pal John from Lost in the ’80s. You read it…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Welcome back to Bootleg City! This week’s entry comes courtesy of our good friend Joe (of Illicit Noise) and it’s a good one. We’re talking Lindsey Buckingham in all his…
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