From San Diego, California came the Monroes, whose impossibly infectious “What Do All The People Know” stalled at the #59 spot on the national charts in the spring of 1982. You May Also Like: Tommy Tutone – Tommy Tutone 2 (1981): On Second Thought Huey Lewis and the News –Read More

Copping a cue from the Beatles, the Byrds and the Vejtables, the Whatt Four figured it would be quite hip to misspell their name. Yes, that was the thing to do back then, and such a practice continued on You May Also Like: Mudcrutch’s belated self-titled debut brought Tom PettyRead More

Pressed in very sparse quantities on the Liverpool label in the fall of 1966, this single quickly drifted into darkness with the assumption it would never be heard again. But you can’t keep a good disc down You May Also Like: The Beatles, “Paperback Writer / Rain” from Past MastersRead More

The Eddies are one of the greatest bands making the scene, and ‘Gonna Sing About This’ shows they’re still moving in the right direction.

Some one hit wonders are deserving of the status simply because they lack quality material to make a further stand. But that is definitely not the case with the Syndicate of Sound You May Also Like: The Bangles, Dream Syndicate + Others – ‘3 X 4’ (2019) The Rugbys –Read More

Although the mystical name suggests a psychedelic consciousness, this Southern California act actually specialized in jugband-styled folk rock. You May Also Like: Joe Mandica, “I Feel Fine” (1980): One Track Mind Just Us, “I Can’t Grow Peaches on a Cherry Tree” (1966): Forgotten Series Wes Montgomery – ‘The Complete FullRead More

JL Stiles comes out of a blues-playing tradition, but he moves far afield of anything so straight-forward on House of Murmurs, a layered, connective album that can’t be anchored to any one specific genre. You May Also Like: Pink Floyd, “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast” from Atom Heart Mother (1970): One TrackRead More

There is a majestic weirdness to Camper Van Beethoven, recaptured in all of its freak-flag glory on La Costa Perdida, their first studio effort in some eight years. You May Also Like: Dan Costa – ‘Beams’ (2022)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwrvqh0z5-Q&w=500&h=305] Hawkwind guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton, after his death at just 61 in December 2012, becomes a central focus of this multi-artist two-DVD release from Cleopatra Records. You May Also Like: Richard Lloyd Giddens Jr. – Mimosas (2017) Bill Lloyd – Feeling the Elephant (1987): Forgotten Series Hue Gower –Read More

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPtBOpq4v1E&w=500&h=305] With another year gone, the time for lists is upon us. I’ve already toiled over my list of favorite metal albums and my list of pop/rock/whatever albums, so the unenviable task now falls to identifying 2012’s favorite jazz records. You May Also Like: Jimmy Haslip, jazz bassist: TheRead More