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2 days ago16 min read
Badfinger - Magic Christian Music, 55 Years Later
A band full of interrupted brilliance, feeling the winds change.
Jan 1314 min read
In Defense of Trout Mask Replica
You may ask yourself, head in your hands, “What are they doing?” The answer is more sinister than you could ever imagine...
Dec 20, 202415 min read
Drugs, God, and the White Album
Every double album should aim to be as discombobulated and daring as this.
Dec 13, 202413 min read
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
A never-ending party, turned into a hungover search for salvation.
Dec 6, 202415 min read
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
The ballad of all who want something more, but don’t know what more is yet.
Dec 2, 202413 min read
The Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat
The blood and guts of the Summer of Love.
Nov 18, 202412 min read
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, 50 Years Later
The Spinal Tap writers wish they came up with Genesis circa 1974.
Nov 11, 202414 min read
Led Zeppelin III
“I keep nursing this love-hate attitude towards Led Zeppelin."
Nov 4, 202416 min read
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
“Thank the lord for music. It’s a healing force beyond words to describe.” – Phil Lesh (1940-2024)
Oct 28, 202431 min read
MC5: A Brief Discography
Rock-and-roll’s great comedy of errors, as told by the music.
Oct 21, 202415 min read
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
This review wasn’t supposed to happen.
Oct 14, 202412 min read
Santana - Abraxas
“Our god’s name is Abraxas and he is God and Satan and he contains both the luminous and the dark world.” – Hermann Hesse, Demain
Oct 7, 202410 min read
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats, 55 Years Later
A piping-hot buffet of sound. “That's where I got the idea for...the title for the Hot Rats album. There is a recording that I picked up in
Oct 7, 202410 min read
In The Court of the Crimson King, 55 Years Later
The greatest debut album ever released, period. Going in: as a zoomer fan, I have an interesting perspective on King Crimson. Most of us wer
Sep 23, 202415 min read
Bob Dylan - Desire
A portal into explorers’ wildest fantasies. In keeping with the album at hand, I'll start this one off by telling a little story. Once upon
Sep 22, 202413 min read
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
If the lens with which I see the world had a sound, it would be this album.
Sep 21, 202415 min read
The Clash - London Calling
"If the world ended tomorrow and this were the last rock-and-roll album ever made, what should it be?"
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