Rock
“Music is kind of like a religion in a way, and your heroes become your patron saints.”
Read MoreOne good reason to see Matthew Sweet is that his songs are more immediate live than on CD.
Read MoreThe under-appreciated singer-songwriter Tommy Keene is equal parts an aficionado and creator of pop music.
Read MoreThe late Tommy Ramones’ drumming was as key as any component in the band’s makeup.
Read More“It was an unusual time in music when the-powers-that-be were very hands-off. They left the art to the artists.”
Read MoreClassic rock (which is really a radio format, not a musical genre) is a strange animal, which has spawned an audience that apparently cares more about hit songs and memories than about who’s actually onstage.
Read MoreEven by Widespread Panic’s intuitive standards, this was a fairly challenging show: The setlist seemed to favor their deeper, less outgoing material.
Read MoreThere have been three pop LPs this year that I’ve really been digging: they are gloriously wacky.
Read MoreThese challenging LPs offer opposing, but equally thrilling, aural/cinematic adventures: one is an overblown grindhouse flick, the other a wondrous fantasy feature.
Read MoreMichael Nesmith’s proto-Americana songs had aged the least—listen to the jangly guitar and stream-of-conscious lyric on “Tapioca Tundra” and you’d swear that was where R.E.M. got the idea.
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