Ron Sexsmith – Time Being (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) This may surprise you, given the periodic glimpses of my personal politics I’ve let seep into what is supposedly music criticism,…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Don Dixon – The Entire Combustible World in One Small Room (2006)purchase this album (Amazon) As concept albums go, Don Dixon’s latest — ten songs about rooms — sounds like…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Thanks to our pal Billy K. for the tip! In much the same fashion as Tobey Maguire personified innocent charm on the big screen with his breakout role in Pleasantville,…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been tearing it up inthe jam band circuit the past couple of years opening up for Trey Anastasio, Soulive, Dave Matthews, and North Mississippi…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been tearing it up inthe jam band circuit the past couple of years opening up for Trey Anastasio, Soulive, Dave Matthews, and North Mississippi…
Jeff Giles
12 Min Read
[Note: Given some of the stuff I’ve admitted here in the past, I have no problem letting you all know that I’m one of the folks that our pal Eric…
John C. Hughes
2 Min Read
SITE NOTE: Whew, those Stars on 45 did a number on my bandwith! Help a brother out — here’s the deal — if you download a track, click on a…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
The desktop’s back. Hallelujah! $300 later, I can confidently tell you that only a fool tries to make the Knievel-esque jump from Intel to AMD hardware without the assistance of…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
While we’re tackling the question of who “invented” New Wave, let’s ponder another query: Who pioneered Turntablism? Possible answer: One of the most bootlegged early turntablism records — a three-part…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
First of all, a word of heartfelt thanks to everyone who has volunteered assistance of any kind in this mess…hopefully I won’t need it, but it’s nice to be reminded…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Um, you guys, I think I just lost about 300 gigs of music. So…I’ll be looking for a data recovery wizard over the next few days and wincing as I…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
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 —…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
13 Min Read
[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….
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
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…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
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”,…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
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…
Darren Robbins
10 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
4 Min Read
[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…
John C. Hughes
3 Min Read
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….
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Hey, remember when I was pining for old episodes of “Just Say Julie”? Well, guess what I just ordered?
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…