The third installment of our look at “AM Gold: 1969” is a grim one indeed. We can only imagine what it was like to hear these songs all the time back then.
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I didn’t even know who the Jayhawks were in the 80s and most of the 90s, arguably the band’s defining years. I was a small town kid on the east…
Popdose reviews the big Van Halen/David Lee Roth reunion. Was it worth it?
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, Maureen Toth makes her picks.
We check out new releases from Goatwhore, Terrorizer, Earth and more.
It sounds like it was recorded in 1981, but this is actually the latest track from our good friend Terje Fjelde. Travel back in time with us, won’t you? The…
Another Arthur Baker sighting, the Barenaked Ladies and Beck show up in Bottom Feeders this week. And, Dave Steed pulls out the “general rule” for the first time in the series.
The top of the charts this week. Next week, most will be on milk cartons.
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, tonight’s date song takes on a decidedly darker view of dating.
O’Bryan was a discovery of the late Don Cornelius. He scored a #1 hit in 1984 with “Lovelite.” The song’s video is the subject of this week’s Jheri Curl Fridays column.
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this installment of Desert Island Discs, Terry Radigan makes her picks.
Rob Smith’s Vinyl Diaries explores Bruce Springsteen’s “Tunnel of Love.”
The new season of Live from the Music Den premieres on PBS stations this Friday, February 3 (check local listings) with a concert performance by 2011’s top selling performer, Adele.
The Jarmels only had one hit, but it was a big one. “A Little Bit of Soap” climbed to the upper reaches of the Pop Chart in September, 1961.
Beavis and Butt-head had their cultural moment in 1993. All of 1993. Their cartoon was the #1 show on MTV (even after they couldn’t say “fire” anymore because some kid…
The Pimps of Joytime lit up Divisadero Street in San Francisco this past weekend, playing back-to-back sold-out shows at the pristine sounding Independent and giving all the patrons in attendance…
From A Wasteland Companion, releasing April 10. [youtube id=”T5T8WNpcTDc” width=”600″ height=”350″]
What do Neil Young, Bob Wills, and the Loud Family have in common?
Say what you want about the Guess Who and Three Dog Night… because you may be talking about the other band anyway.
Read about Mitchmatic’s “Why Don’t You Know?” and then download it for free.
From Jack’s just-announced solo debut Blunderbuss, due out in April. Listen to “Love Interruption” below:
Remember Artie the 1 Man Party? How about Bad Boys Blue? No? Then get familiar with them again as Dave Steed takes a trip back to the Bottom Feeders of the ’90s.
Indie singer songwriter, Greg Laswell, chooses the Song for the Soundtrack of Your Date (No Date) Tonight for this Sundance Film Festival Date Edition.
Oak & Gorski’s Ken Oak discusses the inspiration behind the duo’s new single
From Bhiman’s new album, the accurately titled BHIMAN. Stream the whole thing over at Paste, and while you’re at it, check out his recent Daytrotter session. [vimeo id=”32818241″ width=”600″ height=”350″]
The world of soul, R&B, and funk lost three of its greatest artists last week. Ken Shane remembers Etta James, Johnny Otis, and Jimmy Castor.
Check out the debut album from New Jersey black metallers, Immolith.
