Joseph Kyle
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In 1994, Drag City released this little slab of vinyl from the lo-fi troubadour Bill Callahan. Though he had already released two albums and a handful of singles, it was “A Hit” that garnered him the world’s notice. It’s not hard to understand why this song quickly became popular in the underground. Callahan’s dour,… Read more
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One of the best bands you’ve probably never heard is Spaceheads, which is the duo of Andy Diagram and Richard Harrison. Since the 1980s, they’ve released compelling, fascinating music that defies classification or definition. Though they’ve been inactive over the past few years, with the advent of Bandcamp, the duo has a platform to release… Read more
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“In The Rain” c/w “Sunday to Saturday” Pink Records PI 001 Release Date: March 28. 1984 Format: 7″, 12″ (Reissued 1986) Phil Wilson speaks: The early days happened in a bit of a whirl, to be honest. We’d played a handful of local gigs, mainly in pubs in South London. But I’d been to Alan… Read more
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Yesterday I spent time listening to Double Trouble, a collaborative album between Johnny Paycheck and George Jones. If one is being generous, they might say the album is merely okay, when the truth is a little bit harder to swallow: the album just isn’t very good. It doesn’t help the album’s case that the version… Read more
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Best Bit Released December 1, 1997 Heavenly Records 72 Formats: 12″ EP, CD Single Best Bit was Beth Orton’s first release of all-new material following the release of Trailer Park, her breakthrough 1996 debut. While that album highlighted Orton as a masterful blender of warm, earthy folk tones and colder electronica, this four-song EP finds her… Read more
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Guest post by Allen Clapp: When I hear that song now, I just think of how great it felt to finally discover what I was supposed to be doing musically. I had finally found my place, and it was singing and writing popsongs. Leading up to that song — and the batch of four-track stuff… Read more
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Le Mans Directed by: Lee Katzin Produced by: Jack Reddish Written by: Harry Kleiner Starring: Steve McQueen It’s extremely easy to describe the plot of Le Mans: there isn’t one. Sure, there’s a very rudimentary love story between star Steve McQueen and Elga Andersen, who plays the widow of one of McQueen’s friends and racing… Read more
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What would July 4th be without The Beach Boys? In selecting the single for this feature, I initially wanted to highlight the ultimate summertime song, “All Summer Long,” but, surprisingly, it was not initially released as a single in the US, although it was a popular album cut, and was released in various formats… Read more
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