‘Sunday Morning’ animation celebrates ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico,’ released 50 years ago today
When illustrator James Eads saw the morphing gifs Chris McDaniel (aka TheGlitch.og) made from his work, he described the result as not “moving so as…
Music Archives: 03/2017
United States of Horror: Hardcore hip-hop militant metal anarcho-punk band arrives in time for Trump
Yesterday I got a call from my pal Adam Starr, a VP of marketing at Caroline. Adam was a big Crass fan when he was…
‘Street Hassle’: When Lou Reed met Bruce Springsteen
For his 1978 Street Hassle album, Lou Reed became the first major artist to produce an album using the “Binaural” sound recording system, a two-channel…
The German electronic music made by all three guys from the Police but totally wasn’t the Police
Sting with Eberhard Schoener, 1986 The Police were always very proud of their musicianship–all three members were top-notch musicians. For years the band’s line on…
Oral: The mysterious all-girl heavy metal band and their (maybe) connection to Lemmy Kilmister
The cover for ‘Oral Sex,’ the only album from Oral, 1985. Oral is a strange, all-female band that somehow found their way into the NWOBHM…
32 minutes of Talking Heads playing CBGBs in 1975
In 1975 the art-rock combo known as Talking Heads played its first gigs in New York City. In June they opened for the Ramones at…
Laserbeams, disco balls, smoke machines and ANALOG SYNTHESIZERS: Tim Blake’s Crystal Machine
When Gong’s pioneering synthesizer player Tim Blake exited the proggy spacerock group in 1975, he began an influential partnership with French lighting designer Patrice Warrener.…
Germans are funky? These bootylicious ‘funk fever’ compilations prove it!
Can aside, Germans have the reputation of being stiff and methodical and, well–thoroughly unfunky. In spite of this, in 2007 and 2008, a small Hamburg-based…
Perpetually shirtless Iggy Pop annihilates an acoustic version of ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ on UK TV
About a month ago I posted about a sweet grouping of appearances by Jane’s Addiction, Sonic Youth, Screaming Trees and a few other notable 90s…
Disco Preservation Society: A treasure trove of DJ mixes from 80s San Francisco dance clubs
Jim Hopkins of the SF Disco Preservation Society curates a digital archive of mixes, sourced from old cassettes and reel-to-reels, from luminary ’80s and ’90s…