Rock
If there is such a thing as upbeat melancholia, then Jens Lekman has got it down pat.
“My ancestors fled pogroms in Poland and today we have a crisis to rival what went on in the 1940s.”
It’s almost as important to see the Drive-By Truckers show at the Royale as to join a march in the streets outside.
Having long gotten “the short end of the stick,” Sex Pistols founding member Steve Jones decided to write his autobiography.
Anything Could Happen is a 12-song collection that is as good as anything that a fan could have hoped for from Tommy Stinson.
“There should never have been the cult of the rock star. That just shouldn’t have happened.”
At age 75, there are more miles behind David Crosby than ahead of him, but he is resolved to carry on with freak flag flying.
“People need some lightness in their lives.”
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