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Lo-Fi Mojo: Fleetwood Mac (1.0), “Oh Well”
Some no-compromise music fans — especially those with ears tuned to the blues-centric, distortion-fueled sound that comprises the DNA of all quality rock, ever — would say that Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: The Bob Seger System, “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man”
Before he busted into the mainstream with Live Bullet in 1976, Bob Seger was a slammin’ garage rocker out of Detroit, building his legend as a hard-working performer who played loud and hard. I
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: The Shadows of Knight, “Potato Chip”
The hilarious little rocker known as “Potato Chip” predates the current obesity crisis. Even though I know that, since I started listening to garage rock in earnest at about the same time I was
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: The Jesters, “Alki Point”
Rock really is three chords. Everything else is window dressing or some arranger getting cute. Or Steely Dan — which some people argue is, actually, far from rock. In the case of “Alki Point,”
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: The Sonics, “Have Love, Will Travel”
Seattle spawned the 1980s-1990s garage rock revolution for good reason: Garage rock thrived out there during the 1960s, and record collectors will buy any compilation of any bunch of two-bit high-school bands that played
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: The Readymen, “Shortnin’ Bread”
The politics of “Shortnin’ Bread” (download) confuse me; I choose to see it as a bunch of whacked-out Left Coast surfer dudes having a ball making fun of the crackers. That’s the best I
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: Electric Prunes, “Wah-Wah Peddle”
Popdose kicks off this regular feature with a vintage commercial for the stompbox that launched a thousand garage bands. Print
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