The Beach Boys do HOLLAND (Year of the Month)
Some lifetimes back, Noel Murray wrote an article describing the typical arc of the Beach…
Year Of The Month – Greetings From Ashbury Park, NJ
This isn’t a great record, I want to make that clear. My dad might disagree…
Many Deaths I’ll Sing: Dmitri Shostakovich’s Last Symphonies
Symphonies formed the throughline of Dmitri Shostakovich’s career; you can almost read his biographies, personal…
Year Of The Month – In The Wee Small Hours
The cover of In The Wee Small Hours features a painting of Frank Sinatra leaning…
Ascension: Glenn Branca, 1948-2018
Glenn Branca, who died Sunday of throat cancer at the age of 69, took one…
Chartbusting! The Least Greatest Hits of 2001
After many long and glorious years at the top, 2001 marked the death rattle of…
Chartbusting! The Greatest Hits of 2001
I don’t know whether it says more about the music’s staying power or my own…
Year of the Month: Scott Broussard (scb0212) on Converge’s Jane Doe
“We know we’re an acquired taste. We’re too weird for hardcore kids. We’re too…
Soundtracking #28: MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE (Year of the Month)
The occasional podcast on music and movies, with SPOILERS all the way through. Intro music: …
Year of the Month: Pink Floyd’s Final Cut
And if I show you my dark side, Will you still hold me Tonight? Few…