Alice Cooper, John Coltrane, Dream Syndicate + Others: J.C. Mosquito’s Best of 2019
Here’s a Best of 2019 list featuring favorites from this year’s new releases – along with some albums that were just new to me.
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Songs about Phone Numbers by Tommy Tutone, the B-52’s, Steely Dan + others: Gimme Five
Remembering those times when Steely Dan, Tommy Tutone, the B-52’s and others dialed up some phone number-focused rock songs.
Empty Hearts [Andy Babiuk, Wally Palmar, Clem Burke + Elliot Easton] – Empty Hearts (2014)
Sturdy rock and roll that pays tribute to its influences without sounding trite.
One Track Mind: Blondie, “I Want To Drag You Around” from Ghosts of Download (2014)
Blondie still sounds like Blondie, a space-age mixture of icy dance beats and fiery post-punk attitude. Finally, it seems, the rest of popular music has come around again to Debbie Harry’s way of doing things. You May Also Like: The Lickerish Quartet, “Bluebird’s Blues” (2020): One Track Mind Kansas, “WithRead More
The Police, Talking Heads, the Velvet Underground, Television, the Stooges, MC5, Blondie – CBGB (2013)
The irony, of course, was that Hilly Kristal originally wanted to open a roots-rocking Bowery bar — thus, the name: CBGB, which stood for “country, bluegrass and blues.” Lucky for us, that’s not how it turned out. You May Also Like: The Police – ‘Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out’Read More