Big Star, Live In Memphis, 2014 on Omnivore Recordings Recorded in 1994 at the New Daisy Theatre I found Big Star via The Replacements’ song Alex Chilton
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Message, 1982 on Sugar Hill Records. My intro to socially conscious hip-hop, circa 1982. “It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes…
Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Look Now, 2018 on Concord Records Costello’s first with The Imposters since Momofuku in 2008. Three songs cowritten with Burt Bacharach, one with…
Terence Trent DArby, Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D’Arby, 1987 on Columbia Records. One of the gems of the later 80s – I think every note…
Do they no longer teach people about type kerning? Front cover, iconic, from Blue Note in the 50s. Rear cover, done 2012 for a reissue. What’s up with…
Stevie Nicks, Bella Donna, 1981 on Modern Records. Nicks’ debut solo album, produced by Jimmy Iovine with Benmont Tench as musical director, Tom Petty on Stop Draggin’ My…
Laurie Anderson, Mister Heartbreak, 1984 on Warner Bros. Not sure how I first heard of Laurie Anderson, but it would have been around the time of this album….
The Jesus and Mary Chain, Rollercoaster E.P., 1990 on Blanco Y Negro 2020 has been one hell of a rollercoaster Great cover of Leonaed Cohen’s Tower Of Song…
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation, 1980. Mine’s a 1986 UK pressing on Virgin sublabel Dindisc. Via Dyno Records in Newburyport (pre-covid). “Enola Gay, you should have stayed…
The Highwomen, self-titled, 2019 on Elektra. Supergroup bringing together the talents of Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Natalie Hemby, & Amanda Shires One of the last shows I saw…
O Positive, Only Breathing, 1985 on Throbbing Lobster records. Boston based alternative band from the 80s – whose singer now teaches entertainment law at The Northeastern University College…