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One of the more fun—if not slightly more obscure—musical trends from the early 1990s was the amalgam of jazz, pop, and soundtrack music. Sure, bands like Stereolab and Combustible Edison made the papers, but there were plenty of other bands out there, making quality music. Few bands did so with aplomb than London-based Corduroy. Recording Read more
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It’s extremely hard to not enjoy chatting with Bottle Rockets leader Brian Henneman. Unpretentious, straightforward, and always enjoying himself, he is the antithesis of a lot of people in the alt.country scene, as he’s the real deal–not some cheesy impersonation of a down-to-earth country boy who loves a little bit of rock and roll and Read more
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Followers of the Seattle-area punk rock explosion of the late 1980s and early 1990s know and trust the name Girl Trouble. For the past thirty years, this foursome has held on to the same lineup, and their sound hasn’t changed; gritty blasts of punk rock and garage rock that places itself nicely in the history of that area’s Read more
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So many cities, so many different scenes. Due to the sheer size of America and the size of large cities, it’s inevitable that many truly great local bands go unheard, while those with a small following are often forgotten about after they split, living in on in the memories of those lucky few who saw Read more
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In 2001, A Girl Called Eddy–the project headed by Erin Moran–released its debut, a five-song EP of lovely, slightly melancholy jazz-pop. Three years later, this little record would be eclipsed by one of the most amazing albums of the past decade, a orchestrated pop record so grand, so big, it seemed to come out of 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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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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Following the demise of Young Marble Giants, singer Allison Statton formed Weekend, a lighthearted, jazz-minded pop group a la Everything But the Girl and Kalima. That band, too, was short-lived, but members of Weekend went on to form a more experimental, heavily improvisational group entitled, cleverly enough, Working Week. With influences ranging from soul to punk Read more
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Guest Author: Guided by Voices’ James Greer: The fifth song on the album Under The Bushes, Under The Stars was originally intended for a concept album called The Power of Suck. That album was scrapped at some point for unimportant reasons (many Guided By Voices albums have been proposed and scrapped throughout the course of Read more
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