This female-fronted band released one of post-punk’s ‘best’ songs, 1980 (with DM premieres)
The Leeds band Girls at Our Best! were only around for a couple of years in the early 1980s, but they left behind some solid…
Author: Bart Bealmear
The west coast’s answer to the New York Dolls: The Hollywood Stars
In July 2019, we told you about the marvelous seventies rock ‘n’ roll band, the Hollywood Stars. The occasion was the emancipation of their shelved…
The Electric Prunes’ 4th LP is a rock opera no original members play on—and it’s surprisingly good
In the mid 1960s, the group Jim and the Lords inked a deal with producer Dave Hassinger’s production company. After a name change, the first…
Recording the first Replacements album was a challenge, but the result was a classic LP
When it came time to record the debut album by now legendary Minneapolis band, the Replacements, it didn’t go so well—repeatedly. It wasn’t easy, but…
‘Trouble Boys’: The song that ignited the Replacements (with a DM premiere)
In late 1979, when the Replacements first got together, they started out as many bands do—playing cover tunes in the basement. They worked up songs…
Drink, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll: Power pop saviors, the Beat, and their rousing 1980 tour of Europe
Photo: Neil Zlozower Hey, do you know about the Beat? They’re the great power pop band led by Paul Collins, who was in another great…
Pub rock helped pave the way for British punk, but what the hell is “pub rock?”
Out this week is the new multi-disc compilation, Surrender to the Rhythm: The London Pub Rock Scene of the Seventies. The collection is an excellent…
The Electric Prunes’ 4th LP is a rock opera that no original members play on, but it’s actually good
In the mid 1960s, the group Jim and the Lords inked a deal with producer Dave Hassinger’s production company. After a name change, the first…
The coveted 1981 album by little-known prog rock band, Seiche
The progressive rock band Seiche was a Chicago trio that existed for a brief period in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Though they weren’t around for…
Thirteen-year-old Mariangela and her adventurous pop album, produced by Vangelis, 1975
The mid 1970s pairing of Mariangela, a promising young singer/songwriter, and the Greek composer/musician/producer Vangelis might have seemed illogical on paper, but the result was…