Punk subculture was born in the 1970’s from oppressed youth who wanted no part in conforming to the colonial mass culture surrounding them. The movement was “ag...
This week marks the five-year anniversary of the death of Jason Molina, a songwriter and musician who recorded under his own name, and under the guise of bands ...
Valerie Wilmer was born in Harrogate, England Dec, 7th 1941. She is an English woman, photographer, jazz/African, Jamaican West Indies music historian/archivist...
Wednesday, January 24th…I am seated in my living room, having just learned that Mark. E. Smith, leader of the group, The Fall has passed away. Devastating...
I came across Leong Lau through Australian music aficionado and obscure music expert Mark Egan and his Australian funk channel on YouTube. As an avid music conn...
Among many other things, Harry Everett Smith made seminal surrealist films, overstayed his welcome at countless cheap hotels, produced the first Fugs album, att...
Where does music end and memory begin? Some of my earliest recollections exist solely because of the music that accompanied my experience. I have vivid memories...
Back in my high school years, when rave went mainstream, I asked a friend, who was a standout cellist, what he thought of electronic music. He said, “Do you mea...
Richard Lloyd was a guitar player in the band Television. Not the rhythm guitar player. Not the second guitar player. No. One of the two guitar players in the b...
*Disclaimer: I’m just a human, but decided to write this post in the voice of a ghost. Happy Halloween! I love when October rolls around. It’s the one time of y...
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