Something Else! sneak peek: Jerry Lee Lewis, “Rock and Roll Time” from Rock and Roll Time (2014)
An enduringly ornery delight, the Killer still sounds as dangerous as ever.
Archive for June 29th, 2014
‘It’s hard to complain about it’: Neal Doughty says REO Speedwagon happily delivers the big ballads
They’ve had other hits, but REO is famous today for two sweet-talking No. 1 smashes.
S. Victor Aaron’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Avant Garde & Experimental Jazz): Jimmy Giuffre, Roscoe Mitchell, Jamie Saft/Joe Morris
The appeal of this music is its unbiased diversity and lack of set rules.
Steely Dan Sunday: “I Can’t Write Home About You” (1980)
A crown-jewel Steely Dan outtake from around the ‘Gaucho’ recording sessions.
One Track Mind: The Stooges’ James Williamson, “Open Up and Bleed” from Re-Licked (2014)
Add a blues belter, and this little-heard early-1970s Stooges demo is reborn.
