Daily Newsletter, September 14, 2024

ALLYSHA JOY THE MAKING OF SILK FIRST WORD RECORDS An instantly recognizable voice is something that can make or break an artist’s work. If it works, it gives the music that specific touch that the listeners could attach to, even if the songwriting and the arrangements just might be average. Yet, what about the possibility […]

ROBYN HITCHCOCK 1967: VACATIONS IN THE PAST TINY GHOST RECORDS When you have been hailed as one of the key players in the neo-psychedelia for such a long time, at some point you have to go back and look at where, when, how, and surely why, you were influenced by that original psych sound, or […]

Syd Barrett was once the man in charge of Pink Floyd so why did he leave?

Rhino Records will be releasing a newly discovered live album from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, titled Live at Fillmore East, 1969.

Hataałii returns with his second record on Dangerbird, 'Waiting For A Sign'. In this album. review, we appraise it as a modern indie masterpiece.

More than simply a live album, Stop Making Sense served as the soundtrack for what is widely considered one of the best concert films of all time.

In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Mat Colegate goes deep into the bloody realm of Italian schlock scores – Goblin! Libra! Daniele Pattuchi! The soundtrack to that film about PCP maddened animals attacking Frankfurt!

Founding member of The Band, Richard Manuel, is getting a new book focused on his compositions and performances.

Elizabeth Strout’s Tell Me Everything, Max Boot’s Reagan: His Life and Legend, and Roddy Doyle’s The Woman Behind the Door all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by B…

With the the London dance-punk group’s debut album out now, keyboardist Chris Hughes offer up some TMI commentary on what music gets their tails wagging, so to speak.