40 licks, ripped out of time, for your listening pleasure. Has there ever been a rock band as cool as The Brian Jonestown Massacre? Hailed as “The Velvet Underground of the 90’s,” with a turbulent past characterized by rivalry and crime, a vitriolic hatred of the corporate music industry, and a requisite tortured genius of …
I’ve heard that Kim Gordon chose one of my records for this special. I’ll gladly return the favor, not just out of politeness, but with complete conviction. Sonic Youth‘s EVOL striked us Noise-Rock kids like no other record. I was 20 years old back then and studied at the University of Virginia. That was a …
Not many albums dare to open with a track so super-charged with raw “spunk” like “Blind Promise” (sonically speaking). It’s big and loud and beautiful. Wait… we can do better than that lame description- dismissing the album as merely “loud” or “beautiful” would be to miss its essence of depth and power. So let us try …
