Friday, June 30, 2017

Soundgarden - "Rusty Cage" (the song remains the same)

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Soundgarden front man Chris Cornell passed last month , which I have to think will mark the end of Soundgarden, and possibly leaving onl...
Saturday, June 3, 2017

Sonic Youth - Paulínia, Brazil 2011-11-14 (concert)

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I recently read Kim Gordon 's excellent 2015 autobiography " Girl in a Band ", which chronicles the rise and fall of Sonic Y...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

LCD Soundsystem - "No Love Lost" (the song remains the same)

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LCD Soundsystem 's SNL performance last weekend reminded me that I had recently uncovered their 2007 cover of Joy Division 's ...
Monday, May 1, 2017

System of a Down - "BYOB" (forgotten song)

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A while back Herbert and I were talking about the lack of protest songs from the Second Gulf War .  Not protest songs from Vietnam-era art...
Monday, April 24, 2017

J. Geils Band - "Love Stinks" (forgotten song)

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John Geils , aka J. Geils of the J. Geils Band , died about two weeks ago.  And no, the guy you're thinking of is lead singer Peter Wo...
Friday, March 31, 2017

The Pretenders - "Tattooed Love Boys" (forgotten song)

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For my final installment for Women's History Month , I'm focusing on a song whose video got a fair amount of play in the early day...

Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - "Suzanne" (LP Review)

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Time for another (belated) installment for Women's History Month .  I'm a huge fan of Mazzy Star , and while they had never offici...