Angel was last year’s Courtney Barnett. Except at this point, she’s a musical chameleon mining all sorts of styles birthed before she was, or, working out loud what a grunge chanteuse might sound like. My Woman is a strong record, … Continue reading
At this point, Jeff Tweedy and Wilco own the stage. … Continue reading
This short live set from Cincinnati gods Wussy at local KEXP, despite the ad drops, shows the band in a better light than Forever Sounds, their 2016 release brought down by a handful of songs beneath their high standard. … Continue reading
No knew release from the lads this year, but the hardest working band delivered some soundboards worth turning up loud. This youtube video is close. … Continue reading
recap of 2016 faves – Not Steely Dan, but enough in that vein to say, “almost like Steely Dan is back!” … Continue reading
Lowell George Tribute Concert Emmylou steals the show. … Continue reading
The Guardian’s coverage of Dylan’s winning the Nobel Prize for Literature seemed spot on. The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar BOB DYLAN Prayed in the ghetto with my face in the cement, Heard the last moan of a boxer, … Continue reading
The Shelters‘s Rebel Heart jangles at its beginning, but its Byrdsian overtones give way to straight Stonesian grease. Liar is almost the same song without the jangle! Everybody sings, guitarists Chase Simpson and Josh Jove front the band and drummer … Continue reading
Wussy. . . and American Band. The band sound is more Velvets than Burritos, yet country still. It’s as if they’ve reduced all of white Ohio to an articulated drone, unlocked a silo or warehouse of hummable tunes, and worked … Continue reading
“He sailed over, he wouldn’t fly.” Cleveland Plain Dealer journalist Jane Scott, quoting David Bowie’s wife. David Bowie’s American debut took place at Cleveland Music Hall on September 22, 1972. I had graduated from high school on the far east … Continue reading
Brian Wilson New music, out today. Keep up with the Master. Brian Wilson facebook bonus: … Continue reading
The Gilded Palace of Sin isn’t strictly a country rock record. But when Parsons chose to mix the country with whatever else, he did it so well that it drew the ire of the Nashville establishment who felt that Parson’s … Continue reading
Surely, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will put out a studio record this year. In the meantime, I discovered the musical bookend to current favorites, Wussy, a band named Alcoa. Alcoa Playlist bonus: Wussy Official Video! … Continue reading
Over the past week I’ve unveiled some of the music that brought me satisfaction and, often, extraordinary moments of sonic alignment–which is how great music strikes me, and, has struck me for forty-five years. Nowadays it is clear that musical … Continue reading
Wussy is the greatest rock band in the world today. Hear for yourself. Go for it. Their 2014 album has been given due by experts. They sound like a merger of The Band’s earthiness and The Replacements’ garage power. Great songs … Continue reading
Last Time for Everything by Shiloh shilohchicago.bandcamp.com Crunchy hard country rock akin to The Del-Lords or True Believers–two little known but stirring precedents for Shiloh’s updated nexus of Rolling Stones soul, Crazy Horse garage and Byrds‘ jangle. … Continue reading