So, I notice Technorati, the popular blog search engine, has started listing what they call “Popular Music – The music people are talking about right now.” Now, how do you…
This week’s hottest reissue has to be Nina Hagen’s 1983 classic “Fearless”, coming to CD for the very first time. “Classic” in the sense that very few other batshit crazy,…
During the summer of 1986, Matt and I discovered The Police. For me, the discovery of their music occurred in part because I was in some garage band and we…
This one’s for my Baby Chutney on this Valentine’s Day. I love you, Chut Chut! Okay, now that the rest of you have finished vomiting in your mouth a little…
Why, hello there, Mellow Miners! My, you’re looking fine today! I’m in a romantic mood. Maybe it’s because it’s Valentine’s Day, or maybe it’s because I’m giddy over making it…
I’ve been keeping this under wraps until now, but it gives me no small amount of giddy, schoolgirl-like joy to introduce to you: Now, I really want to take credit…
We spend a lot of time on this site talking about the forgotten music of years past. While we tend to focus on Mellow Gold, clearly we could apply the…
So close, yet so far. The story of the Family is one of missed opportunites boiled down to its most basic – Good Decisions vs. Bad Decisions. Let’s start at…
I love the night links, I got to boogie, on the disco round, oh yeah: Malchus the Geat writes a beautifully heartfelt ode to “The Rainbow Connection.” More like this,…
Hey hey, it’s Friday, and that means it’s time for yet another edition of CHART ATTACK! This week, let’s go back and check out the charts from February 11, 1989!…
Hello everybody, and welcome back to yet another edition of Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold! Thanks for waiting patiently an extra day, although after today’s choice, who knows?…
Nasty Skank Alert! I think the people at the late, much lamented BlairMag (linked above) summed up best what was so damn appealing about a trio of barely-talented girls in…
Natural Selection – Do Anything (1991) Now here’s a special one. In a way, Natural Selection was formed a few decades too late; the technology used to create its music…
The post title says it all, doesn’t it? Will your favorite purple protege be featured? Stick around all week and see. Kicking things off is Miss Escovedo, who Prince discovered…
The links, the links, the links are on fire: Pete at IckMusic serves up some sweet, live Steve Earle (featuring The Boss!), then makes me actually think about buying a…
Another Friday, another jewel in the crown of Joe at 125 Records, who served up this week’s Bootleg City specifically for February 2, 2007. Why? I’m not sure. Perhaps it…
Hello again and welcome back to yet another Friday edition of CHART ATTACK! Today we’re going to take a look back at a pretty good week – not amazing, but…
Fountains Of Wayne – Radiation Vibe from Fountains of Wayne (1996)Compay Segundo – La Enganadora from Calle Salud (1999)Chris Trapper – Forget Me from Hey, You (2006)Blackalicious – World Of…
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Giant Steps – The Book of Pride (1988)purchase this album (Amazon) It’s easy to laugh at them now — we do it here every week — but truly, there are…
There’s a scene in one of my favorite TV shows, Arrested Development – specifically, the episode entitled “Good Grief” – that manages to be both hysterical and sad at the…
[Jefito’s Note: I’ve been thinking about starting this series for awhile now; the way I see it, these Hooters and Peter Wolf CDs I’ve got lying around might as well…
All of his albums have great songs on them, but for my money, 2001’s Last Man on Earth is Loudon Wainwright’s best front-to-back record, not least because of “Living Alone”…
It hasn’t quite turned into a Behind the Music-style formula yet, but — as our pal David pointed out to me, when he was in the throes of his They…
Al B. Sure! – Missunderstanding (1990) I’m pretty sure I’ve gone into this in detail before, but if I’m wrong, and haven’t explicitly stated this already, I’ll do it here:…
His last few albums haven’t done anything for me, but between 1990-1995, Cliff Eberhardt was making some of the best Northeastern folk on the market. (It was a small market,…
Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time (2007)purchase this book (Amazon) As my Dad and I sat around the house one Saturday afternoon, playing…
Don’t ask about the picture. It dates back — way, way back — to this blog’s LiveJournal origins, and was the product of an inside joke that was probably only…
Pete at IckMusic catches Diddy ogling Jessica Biel, then serves up Old School Friday Á¢€” (Slick Rick alert!) Á¢€” then does a little Harlem Shufflin’. Bruce at Some Velvet Blog…
Welcome back, friends, to another edition of CHART ATTACK! Well, maybe I shouldn’t say "friends." I don’t think you’ll like me very much after you review this week in music. …