Despite the fact that it’s a band that’s been plying its craft for 25 years, mention the name Blue Rodeo to anyone other than a music blogger-journalist, and you’ll most…
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In 2007, composer, arranger and performer Richard Niles wrote, produced and hosted a three-part radio series for the BBC titled ”Pat Metheny — Bright Size Life.” The in-depth discussions Niles…
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The Zombies are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Odessey and Oracle, and Ed Murray says the band’s new DVD is chock full of tasty lo-fi goodness.
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Turns out Indian Wars weren’t just a shameful chapter in our nation’s history — they’re also a kickass Canadian garage punk band, as attested in the latest Lo-Fi Mojo.
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Rather than dive deep into a single band or song this week, I’m going to tie up a few loose ends and make mention of some lo-fi goodies I’ve been…
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Rock Court is back in session, and this time, the fate of God — a.k.a. Eric Clapton — hangs in the balance. Take your seat in the jury box!
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Ed Murray is back with another chunk of lo-fi goodness, and this time, he’s cranking up some live recordings from Wayne Kramer and Johnny Thunders’ short-lived Gang War.
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In the short history of ’70s-era punk rock, and the longer, larger arc of rock music in general, the New York Dolls were the crucial link between the Rolling Stones,…
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Ed Murray’s back in the garage for another edition of Lo-Fi Mojo, and this time, he’s cranking up some early, pre-Clash recordings from Joe Strummer’s old band.
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Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, The Poets had a lot of things going for them in the mid-’60s: a unique sound, a cool look (high-necked jackets and ruffled fronted shirts Á¢€”…
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The Nashville-based country-esque musical collective Lambchop isn’t exactly the first band that comes to mind when you think Á¢€Å“lo-fi.Á¢€ Quite the opposite, in fact, given their membership’s high body count,…
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Ed Murray is back with another edition of Lo-Fi Mojo, in which he travels through time to have an argument with himself about prog rock, hype, and the Vivian Girls.
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In this week’s edition of Lo-Fi Mojo, Ed Murray takes a look back at the Who’s early years — specifically, the brief time they spent as the High Numbers.
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From its inception, the band Cactus was always supposed to be a supergroup. The rhythm section of late-Á¢€Ëœ60s psychedelic sludge rockers Vanilla Fudge Á¢€” namely, bassist Tim Bogert and drummer…
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The original Lowell George-led Little Feat had a string of classic albums in the 1970s, from their self-titled debut on through 1978Á¢€â„¢s live Waiting For Columbus, their best seller. After…
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Like most listeners, the first time I heard the song Á¢€Å“Farmer JohnÁ¢€ was on the Neil Young & Crazy Horse return-to-form album Ragged Glory in 1987. It seemed almost tailor-made…
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Pixies – Doolittle (1989, 4AD) purchase this album (Amazon) To a certain extent, Doolittle Á¢€” the PixiesÁ¢€â„¢ most accessible (and best-selling) album Á¢€” is all about tension. The tension of…
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Brooklyn-based trio Vivian Girls have lived a lifetime in blog years, going from virtual unknowns to hipster music blog celebrities to backlash victims in about 14 months. But regardless of…
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I first heard about Black Pearl from Lester Bangs. Not first-hand, of course. But from his 1971 Creem magazine essay Á¢€Å“Of Pop and Pies and Fun,Á¢€ reprinted in the essential…
Mojo Flucke
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Fellow Popdoser Ed Murray and I ducked down to Boston’s Paradise to check out the Von Bondies (above: rhythm guitarist Marcie Bolen’s set list that Ed stole for me, knowing…
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If I wasn’t a sucker for fuzzed out sonic bliss – and bands, songs and albums that are driven more by passion than musical ability – I wouldn’t have agreed…
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