SITE NOTE: Whew, those Stars on 45 did a number on my bandwith! Help a brother out Á¢€” hereÁ¢€â„¢s the deal Á¢€” if you download a track, click on a…
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While weÁ¢€â„¢re tackling the question of who Á¢€Å“inventedÁ¢€ New Wave, letÁ¢€â„¢s ponder another query: Who pioneered Turntablism? Possible answer: One of the most bootlegged early turntablism records Á¢€” a three-part…
Dr. John – Mercernary (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Being a lifelong, unrepentant music geek, I sometimes forget how my perspective on this or that performer is very different from that…
Live – Songs from Black Mountain (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Am I the only person perplexed by the fact that Live has a major-label deal in 2006? I’m not really…
Cheap Trick – Rockford (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) Cheap Trick fans are a long-suffering bunch. You Guns & Roses fanboys who’ve been waiting for Chinese Democracy all these years —…
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint – The River in Reverse (2006) purchase this album (Amazon) Okay, true confession time: I am not now, and have never been, much of an…
[Jefito’s Note: Another week, another brilliantly guest-blogged Idiot’s Guide! This one’s brought to you by John Bergstrom, certified FOJ (that’s Friend of Jefitoblog to you, mister) and writer for PopMatters….
Bee Gees – A Kick in the Head is Worth Eight in the Pants (1970) Robin Gibb – Sing Slowly Sisters (1970) Huzzah, bitches! It’s Twofer Day here in Bootleg…
Here’s a question that may not have an answer: What should be considered the first New Wave song? First, we have to decide on a concrete definition of “New Wave”,…
Gladhands – La Di Da (1997)purchase this album (Amazon) Given that this album is nearly ten years old, and that the pool of worthwhile power pop bands has never been…
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…
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…
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…
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…
[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…
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….
Hey, remember when I was pining for old episodes of “Just Say Julie”? Well, guess what I just ordered?
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
[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…
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…
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…
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…
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…