Girl Talk: Fun with Illegal Art
The reference in my title above is to the name of the label that released Girl Talk’s “All Day” album in late 2010. But it […]
Month: January 2020
The Flying Lizards: How Lo-Fi Can You Go?
If you know the The Flying Lizards, you likely first became aware of them from their cover version of “Money (That’s What I Want),” a […]
Prince: He Rocks, Therefore He Is
It can be difficult to keep up with an artist as prolific as Prince. He was particularly busy releasing material in the mid-late 90’s (including […]
Julian Cope: A tale of two cities.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…okay, that’s overstating it. I was fortunate to see Julian Cope live twice in […]
Bo Ningen: Intense psychedelic spectacle.
On their website, Bo Ningen describe themselves as “Enlightenment activists from far east psychedelic underground.” Later they say “Being ‘psychedelic’ means to us that stand […]
Do you remember your first?
When I look at my extensive music collection, which has evolved over decades and incorporates everything from vinyl and cassettes to cds and mp3s, I’m […]
Makunouchi Bento – Let’s go for a Swimé.
Makunouchi Bento is Felix Petrescu (a/k/a Waka X) and Valentin Toma (a/k/a Qewza). I’ve seen this Romanian duo’s music described (by themselves and/or others) as […]
James: Young boys melt into men.
The fresh energy of the “Village Fire” EP by James jumps out of speakers. You likely know James more polished and, at times, commercial sound […]
The Replacements: Hootenanny, but not a hootenanny.
The Replacements came to Buffalo on a cold night in 1984 during the tour for their album “Let It Be.” But the flyers played off […]
Spoons: This nova won’t burn out.
I first became familiar with Spoons because, although I lived in the US, I often listened to the great radio station CFNY out of Toronto […]