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Greatest Un-Hits: Graham Parker’s “Local Girls” (1979)
Not that it’s a bad thing at all, but Graham Parker sounds almost exactly like Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, the Jam, and Marshall Crenshaw. Parker had been toiling as a quirky and
Read More »Soul Serenade: The Trammps, “Hold Back the Night”
This week Ken Shane brings us a non-disco hit from one of the dance genre's most iconic bands
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’91: Graham Parker, “Struck by Lightning”
Rob Smith travels back in time to Graham Parker's 1991 album Struck by Lightning, in today's Popdose Flashback
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 37
Be sure to show your AARP card to get access to Bottom Feeders this week. Jimmy Page and Tom Petty bring along both Joe and Steve Perry to the geriatric party.
Read More »Live Music: 2010 Non-CommVention in Philadelphia
Non-Comm is the annual Triple A radio conference hosted by WXPN in Philadelphia, and held at that city’s wonderful venue, World Cafe Live. The conference draws radio programmers from all over the country for
Read More »Cratedigger: Graham Parker & the Rumour, “Squeezing Out Sparks”
In 1979, following an acrimonious divorce from Mercury Records, Graham Parker & the Rumour released an album that would become a rock and roll classic
Read More »CD Review: Graham Parker, “Imaginary Television”
Coming from the 1970s UK pub-rock scene, Graham Parker had to slip away from the shadows cast by Nick Lowe, the producer of his first album Howlin’ Wind, and the burgeoning legend of Elvis
Read More »Mix Six: “Thanksgiving”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE The thing I love about Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) is that it’s a holiday devoid of the trappings of Christmas. You don’t have to buy gifts for people, no
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 66
Don't be alarmed, baby -- that tingling you're feeling isn't herpes. It's time for another installment of Bottom Feeders, and this time, Ray Parker, Jr. is here to give it that little extra mmmmmRead More »
