‘More like brothers than actual friends’: The complicated, but enduring, partnership that is Hall and Oates
Forever linked by music, and by their band name, each is actually very different.
Archive for July, 2014
Something Else! sneak peek: Jeff Crosby and the Refugees, “Love, Hate Relationship” (2014)
This brings us back to when we first got smitten with rock music so long ago.
The Band, “Jupiter Hollow” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide
An odyssey toward imagination’s outer limits, with the Band’s Garth Hudson as rocket fuel.
Something Else! Interview: Larry Tamblyn of garage-rock pioneers the Standells
Decades after their biggest hits, the Standells are still creating garage-shaking rock.
And now, an important message from Wilco guitarist Nels Cline …
Cline talks up Scott Amendola’s orchestral ‘Fade To Orange’ crowdfunding project.
One Track Mind: Roddy Frame, “Postcard” from Seven Dials (2014)
It’s been eight years since Aztec Camera’s Frame last released a solo disc.
Cagematch – Missing The End All (2014)
This nifty little sax/guitar/drums combo applies a rock poise and an electrified sonic din to avant-jazz structures.
Fred Phillips’ Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Southern Rock and Country): Bob Wayne, Sturgill Simpson, Mat D, Jackson Taylor, Willie Nelson
Sturgill Simpson? The genuine article. Bob Wayne? Back with his best ever.
One Track Mind: Tweedy, “Diamond Light Parts I and II” (2014)
Another song emerges from Tweedy’s new solo album, along with a bonus track.
John Russell, jazz guitarist: Something Else! Interview
“I’m not too much of a fan,” free-form legend John Russell admits, “of the ‘jazz’ label.”
