Posted on August 18, 2008 by obscureco
My wife hates my musical tastes. She refers to it as “angry white boy music,” which is really beneath retort – I have eclectic tastes and I could dish it out the same way she does, but that would simply be mean and non-productive. So instead I just blog about it and hope she never [...]
Filed under: Power Pop, Rock | Tagged: Adam and the Ants, Altered Images, Buzzcocks, Colorado State University, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Elvis Costello, Go-Betweens, Guster, Hoodoo Gurus, Only Ones, Undertones, XTC | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 1, 2008 by DrSlammy
I’ve been a very big Don Dixon fan since the late ’70s, so when his new CD, The Nu-Look, dropped I was bouncing around the living room like Snoopy doing a happy dance. Sadly, a lot of people don’t know Don’s music – although many know his work as the producer of Murmur and Reckoning [...]
Filed under: Internet, Interviews, Power Pop, Rock, Roots | Tagged: Arrogance, Beat Rodeo, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Bjork, Bonnie Raitt, Booker T and the MGs, Butch Vig, Butterfly Boucher, Camp, Cannonball Adderly, Chris Allen, Chris Isaak, Chris Stamey, Cream, Dave Matheson, Diana Krall, Dixie Chicks, Don Dixon, Don Dixon & the Jump Rabbits, Donald Erb, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Gary Gersh, Graham Parker, Guadalcanal Diary, Hootie & the Blowfish, Imogen Heap, James McMurtry, Jamie Hoover, Jane Siberry, Jim Brock, Jimi Hendrix, Kim Carnes, Let's Active, Lou Rawls, Loudon Wainwright III, Macy Gray, Marshall Crenshaw, Marti Jones, Matt Barrett, Matthew Sweet, Michael Stipe, Moxy Fruvous, Nick Lowe, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Otis Redding, Parthenon Huxley, Paul Carrack, Radiohead, REM, Robert Kirkland, Sarah McLachlan, Shalini, Silvertone, Sloan Wainwright, Steve Winwood, Supro Thunderbolt, Syd Straw, The Connells, the dBs, The Pinetops, The Reivers, The Smithereens, The Spongetones, Tommy Keene, X-Teens | Leave a Comment »
