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Pet Shop Boys – Nonetheless review
When you’ve been in the business over four decades any truth is most likely to be your own, hence the…
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #74 The Young Rascals – Groovin’
Released: 1967 So when everything in pop is somehow British, how do you respond as an American artist? Well, the…
Northside – Chicken Rhythms (RSD 2024) Review
What became known as Madchester had a few antecedents, but musically if you want to go back, at least some…
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #75 The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird
Released: 1963 They don’t do much surfing in Minneapolis, but The Trashmen found themselves not out in the cold for…
Manic Street Preachers – Lifeblood 20th Anniversary Edition
Thirteen years on or so from their dramatic arrival, the Manic Street Preachers were still masters of making compromise sound…
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #76 Lee Dorsey – Ya Ya
Released: 1961 Part of the entertainment industry’s lure is it’s (Supposed) equality of opportunity; you can be anyone, anywhere, and…
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard – Skinwalker review
They used to be such nice lads as well. Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard started out as mainly the work of Tom…
English Teacher – This Could Be Texas review
The indie scene is predictable if only for one thing. Shifting from darling to darling, occasionally it flips back to…
Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle review
Some artists work for decades to get to a relateable niche of their own, a handful find theirs more quickly.…
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #77 Wanda Jackson – Funnel of Love
Released: 1961 Wanda Jackson was the biggest little star you’ve probably never heard of. Making music ever since her father…