Corey Hart- Bang! (1990)purchase this album (Amazon) To most Americans, Corey Hart is a long-forgotten relic of a distant, silly past Á¢€” sort of like the keytar, only with more…
Jason Hare
7 Min Read
So. Apparently you guys weren’t on board for last week’s selection, “Couldn’t Get It Right.” Hell, you were even skeptical that there was any cowbell in the song at all….
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Yes, the rumors are true. I’m a ripe old 33 today. I wasn’t planning on mentioning it here, but I had to, because Jason, in honor of the occasion, brewed…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Head over to Jefito today to catch part one of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Squeeze, co-written by yours truly.
Jason Hare
6 Min Read
First things first: Happy Birthday to Jefito! Jeff is, as you know, my gay somewhat heterosexual musical lifemate. He inspired this site, he designed this site, and he writes the…
Jeff Giles
12 Min Read
[Jefito’s Note: This week and next, I’m proud to be Idiot-ing alongside John from Lost in the ’80s. Aside from being one of this site’s earliest and most steadfast champions,…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
Christopher Nolan continues to amaze me with his talent both as a filmmaker and a storyteller with the film, “The Prestige”. In it, Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale play rival…
Jason Hare
11 Min Read
Hi everybody, and welcome back to CHART ATTACK! It’s true: I turned 30 on Wednesday. (See my Pablo Cruise t-shirt??) I thought it’d be fun to see what songs were…
Scott Malchus
8 Min Read
For those of you who frequent this blog, you know that the music of Bruce Springsteen has meant a great deal to me throughout my adult life. His 1987 masterpiece,…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Follow the bouncing ball, kids! From Malchus comes word that Crowded House is streaming a track from its forthcoming album, Time on Earth, at its official site. Malchus’ tip led…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Yeah, they did more than that song… Buggles (no “The”, please) began as a trio, featuring future super-producer Trevor Horn, future Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley, who would…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Layabout – Suburban Legend (2007)purchase this album (CD Baby)Review by Jamie LyonLayabout is a Los Angeles-based jazz/pop trio founded by keyboardist and vocalist Edward “Tex” Miller and his partners John…
Jason Hare
5 Min Read
Hey, hey! Wednesday’s here! And that means that it’s time to review the wimpiest music on the planet! We do it every week here on Adventures Through The Mines Of…
Jeff Giles
12 Min Read
[Jefito’s Note: I was all set to write this myself, honest I was Á¢€” and then Jeff Ash, proprietor of the frequently wonderful AM, Then FM, made the mistake of…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Greetings to everyone surfing over from Jefito today – welcome and please, pull up a seat. Seriously, you’re gonna wanna sit down for this one. And don’t judge me. We’ve…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
During the ’90s, as many of you know, I ran a record label which, aside from releasing my own vanity recordings, helped birth a few albums by artists whose work…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Jorma Kaukonen – No Demon from Stars in My Crown (2007)Stan Getz – For Jane from The Song Is You (1969)Paul Westerberg – Knock It Right Out from Mono (2002)David…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
AM, Then FM dishes up some live Zevon; The Week in Rock tackles another set of songs Á¢€” and out come the Andrew Ridgeley confessions; Consumerist tells us why Verizon…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Don’t eat the yellow snow, bitches, because it’s Bootleg City, Zappa style! Frank Zappa, to be specific — not any of his stupid kids — and rather than coming to…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Don’t eat the yellow snow, bitches, because it’s Bootleg City, Zappa style! Frank Zappa, to be specific Á¢€” not any of his stupid kids Á¢€” and rather than coming to…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
The wife and I were watching SNL in the ’90s the other night (much to the delight of Jason, to whom I’d earlier griped, “Isn’t it a little soon for…
Jeff Giles
9 Min Read
[Jefito’s Note: One of the coolest things about this blog’s ascent to mild renown has been the occasional visit from artists I’ve covered here. Even cooler is the fact that…
Jason Hare
13 Min Read
It’s pretty obvious that when it comes to CHART ATTACK!, I tend to stay within the ’80s, sometimes the late ’70s or early ’90s. This week, I decided to pick…
Scott Malchus
10 Min Read
On December 26, 1993, Steve and I hung out in the Malchus basement for the last time. Four days before my wedding, this would be our last opportunity to just…
Jeff Giles
11 Min Read
By now, many of you have probably seen the story about BBC6 listeners voting on the dumbest lyrics of all time. I’m normally all over this kind of thing —…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
Robin Zander – Robin Zander (1993)purchase this album (Amazon) Robin Zander is a talented man and one hell of a rock vocalist. Robin Zander, on the other hand, is not…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Robin Zander – Robin Zander (1993)purchase this album (Amazon) Robin Zander is a talented man and one hell of a rock vocalist. Robin Zander, on the other hand, is not…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Here’s what we know, PowerPoint style: Á¢€¢ Singer/guitarist Tim McGovern left the Motels in 1982 to start a new group, this one focused on fusing World rhythms with New Wave…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
Johnny Lloyd Rollins – Let’s Be Poor Together (2007)purchase this album (CD Baby) The cool kids — like Billy K., who recommended Johnny Lloyd Rollins to me last fall —…
Jeff Giles
3 Min Read
In the Eye of the Storm (1984)purchase this album (Amazon)The Setup: The higher-pitched half of Supertramp’s songwriting/vocal duo strikes out on his own, hoping to prove the whole was less…