The Recoup

SINCE 2013: Books and books and books and books and occasionally other things

Joseph Kyle

  • 3AM Eternal: The Dead Milkmen “Going to Graceland” (1987)

      The King is Dead…so let’s pay tribute!   Read more

  • Happy Birthday To Our Fearless Leader!

    A happy birthday wish to our editor and mastermind, and a humble request. Read more

  • 3AM Eternal: Climax Blues Band “Couldn’t Get It Right” (1976)

    Isn’t it funny how a band can establish its style and sound, and then, in the spirit of doing something completely different, wind up having a career-defining hit? So it was for British-based blues-rockers Climax Blues Band, a group that started out as a straight up Chicago blues/jug band group, morphing into a heavy, hard… Read more

  • 3AM Eternal: Jimmy Eat World “Sweetness (Demo Version)” (1999/2000)

    The story of how a leaked demo changed the world. Read more

  • Section 25: From The Hip (Factory Benelux)

        Poor Section 25. The Manchester-based post-punk band was a victim of fate. Coming from the Manchester scene, the group quickly signed to Factory Records. Their first releases and debut album Always Now suffered not-necessarily unfair comparisons (and accusations of mimicry) to Joy Division. In an effort to break from the confines of such categorization,… Read more

  • 3AM Eternal: The Go-Go’s “Turn To You” (1984)

      The upbeat “Turn To You,” the second single taken from The Go-Go’s  sophomore album, Talk Show, was bittersweet; it was a more mature, grown-up, sophisticated style, yet, sadly, it would prove to be the band’s last successful Top 40 hit, peaking at 32. Though the band would split up not long after the album’s release,… Read more

  • Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James (Atria Books)

    A decade ago, one couldn’t move around in online social circles without hearing the phrase, ‘I’m Rick James, bitch!” Thanks to an appearance on the cable program Chappelle’s Show, the funk legend’s eccentric, hedonistic persona was revived, yet one couldn’t shake James’ appearance—bloated, occasionally babbling and making seemingly contradictory statement, he was not a well… Read more

  • Cave In: The Sacrifice Poles (Robotic Empire)

    The spring of 2000 was a fertile time for Boston-based Cave In, as they prepared to record Jupiter, the album that would bring them wide critical acclaim, as well as serve as the band’s creative apex. Dark, moody, complex, atmospheric—it was a masterful album that found the band transforming from its hardcore roots and heading… Read more

  • Various Artists: Exotica Classics (El Records)

    The sound known as “exotica,” while diverse, can be defined by a few elements. It is mostly instrumental, performed by an orchestra, rooted in jazz and classical, and often featuring themes and melodies based upon African or Pacific cultures. What exotica recordings have in common, though, is a quest for the perfect mood, and that… Read more

  • NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Help Us Out!!

    DEAR READERS: You may have noticed that it’s been a little while since last I updated the website. Two weeks ago, I was hospitalized for Hyperglycemia, a potentially fatal disorder, and though that particular life-threatening situation has been dealt with, I’m still facing an ongoing health battle that is, unsurprisingly, quite daunting, physical-wise, emotional-wise, and… Read more