Everyone knows Michael Nesmith as the dry, sarcastic, hat-wearing member of 60s ‘boy band’ the Monkees. Of course that’s part of his story, but only one part, and the rest seems to be widely overlooked. I can’t say why, except that the post-Monkees prejudice is widespread and long-lasting, and that most of music history chooses [...]
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Mötley Crüe’s The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band is, despite my initial assumptions, a really great music book. Even if you haven’t read it, I’m sure you’ve heard the stories about the band hanging out with Ozzy Osbourne, snorting ants and whatnot. Yes, it’s all in there and it is indeed [...]
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Is it just me or has it been an incredibly slow music news week? Here’s just a few news-ish stories I came across in my internet travels… Rolling Stone has an interesting run-down of all the musicians who have disagreed with the use of their music in the current US election campaigning. Am I the [...]
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Chin Up Chin Up’s debut came out exactly four years ago and I completely forgot I had it! A friend of mine had given it to me, because I mentioned the song – that shares the same name as the album, is so lovely I used to listen to it over and over again. And [...]
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Sounding like a haunting mix between hobos traveling during the Great Depression and East European gypsies, Dark Dark Dark creates an image of sepia-toned photographs of long-forgotten wayfaring musicians just trying to make their way in the world. And no wonder, because Dark Dark Dark are basically following the tradition of those musicians themselves. According [...]
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