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Lo-Fi Mojo: The High Numbers
In this week's edition of Lo-Fi Mojo, Ed Murray takes a look back at the Who's early years -- specifically, the brief time they spent as the High Numbers
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: Cactus
From its inception, the band Cactus was always supposed to be a supergroup. The rhythm section of late-‘60s psychedelic sludge rockers Vanilla Fudge – namely, bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice – had
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: Proto-Little Feat
The original Lowell George-led Little Feat had a string of classic albums in the 1970s, from their self-titled debut on through 1978’s live Waiting For Columbus, their best seller. After George died at the
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: “Farmer John”
Like most listeners, the first time I heard the song “Farmer John” was on the Neil Young & Crazy Horse return-to-form album Ragged Glory in 1987. It seemed almost tailor-made for the proto-punk, garage
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: Vivian Girls
Brooklyn-based trio Vivian Girls have lived a lifetime in blog years, going from virtual unknowns to hipster music blog celebrities to backlash victims in about 14 months. But regardless of any blowback caused by
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: Black Pearl
I first heard about Black Pearl from Lester Bangs. Not first-hand, of course. But from his 1971 Creem magazine essay “Of Pop and Pies and Fun,” reprinted in the essential (and first!) anthology of
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: Clinic, “Tomorrow”
If I wasn’t a sucker for fuzzed out sonic bliss – and bands, songs and albums that are driven more by passion than musical ability – I wouldn’t have agreed (read: jumped at!) the
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: The Fleshtones, “Stocking Stuffer”
Gather round the fire, kids, let’s roast some chestnuts and let Uncle Mojo tell you a story: Back in 1990, he was a blithely ignorant intern at Billboard, so happy to get any byline
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo’s Book Nook: “The Encyclopedia of Punk”
In what better ways could musicians reject the status quo of Led Zeppelin, the musical bollocks of disco, and the pop pablum du jour like Debbie Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” than to
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: The Gypsy Trips, “Ain’t it Hard”
Gather ’round the fire, kids–at least if you’re in upstate New York, which got slammed with 20 inches of snow in places, even though the calendar alleges it’s still October–and let’s take a deep
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