by Sean Passmore | Oct 7, 2018 | Album of the Week
Fiftysomething trailblazer Kristin Hersh is perhaps best known for her work with Throwing Muses, the band she helped form in 1981 at the age of 14 while attending high school in Newport, Rhode Island. In the years since she has released over 20 albums and published...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 2, 2018 | Album of the Week
It’s a rite of passage in many suburban homes throughout North America and beyond, teens and tweens banding together in garages and basements across the nation setting up amplifiers, drum kits, microphones and guitars, plugging in and rocking out. Heck, there’s an...
by Sean Passmore | Aug 7, 2018 | Album of the Week
Who are Parquet Courts and why haven’t you heard of them? In the years following their initial release, the 2011 limited edition American Specialties cassette, subsequent albums by Parquet Courts have had the enviable distinction of not only charting successfully in...
by Sean Passmore | Jul 30, 2018 | Album of the Week
In an all too brief period of just 18 months between May 1967 and October 1968 Jimi Hendrix released the only three studio albums that would be issued during his lifetime, the explosive stunning debut Are You Experienced, the equally brilliant sophomore effort Axis:...
by Sean Passmore | Jul 20, 2018 | Album of the Week
George Clinton, the Godfather of Funk, is back, back after a 38-year-old break between Parliament albums and, damn, it’s been worth the wait. With Prince’s tragic and untimely passing having left an irreplaceable gap in Afrofuturism’s all too narrow field of...
by Sean Passmore | Jul 17, 2018 | Album of the Week
The mid-tempo melodic melancholy of Gorillaz’s 6th album in 17 years (The Now Now) is more akin to the last Blur album (Magic Whip) than last summer’s blockbuster Humanz LP. A wonderfully cohesive addition to Damon Alban’s resume as well as a perfectly respectable way...
