Music Archives: 08/2013

While this video is as muddy as shit — after all, nobody had an iPhone yet — it’s still a fascinating document of the seminal…

God figures prominently in the video below from Jim Jamusch’s 1997 documentary, Year of the Horse. The film impressionistically chronicles the storied, decades-long partnership between…

On July 12, 1979, the schedule called for a twi-night doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox. The Tigers took the first…

Kurt Cobain was loud and proud expressing his admiration for The Raincoats when asked about his favorite music. Another all-girl band he championed was Shonen…

Russian composer Alfred Schnittke’s chaotic modern classical music, a style he called “polystylism,” became widely known to Western audiences in the 1980s. He is considered…

German avant-garde composer and electronic music pioneer Karlheinz Stockhausen managed to find time to write articles on music theory and lecture on music in Europe…

“Ee’s SURREAL!” Both above photo and the below video are via the Melody Nelson 33 1/3 Twitter feed. Darran Anderson’s Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody…

Joan Jett, a very young Billy Idol, Pleasant Gehman (of the Screamin’ Sirens), and Theresa Kereakes’ roommates’ little sister. Photo credit: Theresa Kereakes Joan Jett’s…

Capaldi, unmistakeable, bottom left, and Craig Ferguson top right 55-year-old native Glaswegian Peter Capaldi is Doctor Who number twelve! While Tom Baker will always be…