I loved Pylon, but that was because they were in the Athens, Ga./Inside Out documentary and because I was stationed as a teen in the South. (I have Boston and Upstate NY roots.) I saw them many times in Tennessee ... as well as my favorite band from that documentary, Dreams So Real. Post Edited (07-22-16 19:55)by erikalbany
They did play "All for the Best," Rhett ... And pretty much every Legion song you'd ever want to hear. It was a bit of a hometown show, as Mark lives minutes away in Springfield. (The show was in Northampton, Mass.) Blew me away. Brad, It's strange that they aren't playing much out of the Northeast ... but, as a huge Connells fan, I think there's something similarby erikalbany
So I saw Miracle Legion last night ... My short review: So goddamned good. Wow. I missed them in Nashville in 1988 (at 19), because the 101st Airborne put me on lockdown. (A Central American dictator ruffled his feathers or something.) I had it on my bucket list to see them since then, but their dissolution in the early 1990s wrecked that. So, 28 years later, at 47, I saw them. I'm convincby erikalbany
I'm with Post-Punk Monk on Bauhaus ... that was the first cover that came to mind when the question was posed.by erikalbany
Damn it. RIP.by erikalbany
First time in a long time I've seen a Wakeling set without "Never You Done That," though I haven't seen him in a couple of years. (But have seen him fairly regularly since 2000.) I had intended so see him Boston in May, but with a Red Sox/Yankees game at Fenway for me the next day, the logistics got complicated. Post Edited (12-27-15 15:11)by erikalbany
The song that I've seen performed the most times live has to be "Itchy Chicken" ("Run Chicken Run") ... having seen Eddie perform that in numerous masked and unmasked incarnations over the years (including many in hometown Albany and Troy bars). Eddie is the true inheritor of the Link Wray sound ... and even played a bit with Link in the 1970s. Oddly, I've somehoby erikalbany
I'm a bit late to this conversation ... but, yes, what Fab said. First published in 1975:by erikalbany
This is a wonderful piece of music journalism, for anyone interested ... the Oxford American, in general, features some of the best cultural writing out there, and this is no exception.by erikalbany
Good to see Sufjan and SOAK in there. Those are the two with which I mostly highly concur.by erikalbany
Perhaps a bit premature ... but very enlightening for me. Lots of stuff here that I hadn't encountered -- and the fact that I had no idea that there was a new Libertines album shows how out-of-the-loop I am.by erikalbany
Lush update ... US show announced.by erikalbany
He lived in the Woodstock, NY, area (likely still does) when my parents lived there in the early 1990s. There was a bar on the Main Street that had music, and when bands were in town to record at one of the famed studios they would sometimes do surprise sets -- I saw the Sugarcubes once in nearly empty bar and saw Alekka's Attic (River Phoenix's band) with about ten people in attendancby erikalbany
Joe Moss, Smiths manager ... some nice words from Johnny Marr.by erikalbany
Kix. Gives this list some weird, weird but unmistakable cred. I had an Army buddy from Hagerstown, MD, in the 1980s. He always said his town's only claim to fame was Kix. A great assessment of them by Mr. Toland.by erikalbany
HollowbodyKay wrote: > Hmm. I > wonder. The webmaster had me at "gauche."by erikalbany
He did a pretty through tour of the East and Midwest back in the spring ... and now he's back already (even if it is a coastal swing). That's more than he's done since (I think) the very early Jam days.by erikalbany
I saw him in the spring, and my experience was similar ... I had seen him in 1993 -- and he and band (Craddock being the one constant) were in top form each time. His genuine commitment and workmanship was particularly remarkable, it being a small Upstate NY stop in between big shows in Boston and Toronto. It's great to see him out so much in the US after decades of hitting the coasts everyby erikalbany
Morning Benders did this ... never to be heard from again. In fact, I don't even remember the new name. And I liked the band a lot. They decided that the British slang "bender" (derogatory gay term) was not one they wanted to be associated with.by erikalbany
The Ringo Starr of baseball ...by erikalbany
Delvin, The issue is that even if you address it carefully and with good taste and sensitivity ... in a broadcast scenario there is always someone out there who could take it wrong and make a stink. It's not right; it just is. Also, many listeners just checking in for a portion of the show many not appreciate the entire context and the way in which you're framing it. There's no douby erikalbany
... who played with the Specials and many others. A Message to You, Delvin: Out of this sadness, perhaps a show theme? Post Edited (09-05-15 15:43)by erikalbany
It's available for instant streaming at Amazon . . . Thanks for the tip; I put it on my watch list.by erikalbany
Wrote for them starting in the pretty early days (stopped 8-9 years ago?). Still use it. I guess I haven't encountered the newer reviews -- I teach a course in rock & roll history and recommend it as a source for general info. That likely won't change, since we're looking at older artists. Wikipedia did a number on AMG. I was aware of all of the corporate fish-swallowing anby erikalbany
Over the past month, I've really fallen in love with Seoul's I Become A Shade LP, which came out this summer. Montreal band . . . it's a pretty inspired album.by erikalbany
With the Camera Obscura song, one really has to get the reference to begin with ... in order to appreciate it. Therefore, it's still in the realm of longtime Lloyd fans and not really resonating outward toward new fans.by erikalbany
I sat next to a woman (from Ireland) at a wedding last weekend whose son is in the band BFA with Will Cole (Lloyd's son). Both of us professed to being big Lloyd Cole fans -- and, fittingly, both of us happen to be in our mid- to late 40s.by erikalbany
Merseyside singer Cilla Black, who had a '60s hit with "Anyone Who Had a Heart." (Forgive the Sun link . . . I assure you I'm not a regular reader of it.)by erikalbany
Albarn and Gorillaz are recording a new album projected for 2016. So go the seasons of Damon . . . Blur will presumably be put aside for a while. But that's perhaps good news for Simonon and Mick Jones, who have been touring Gorillaz members. Post Edited (07-29-15 16:13)by erikalbany
I can't even imagine what he's going through ... terribly sad news.by erikalbany
