Released: 1978 Sylvester James was born in LA and grew up singing gospel in his local Pentecostal church, before as…
Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band – Dear Scott review
If there was only one musician you could give complete license to for feeling bitter about where luck has taken…
May 2022’s Best Albums
Album of the Month Rolling Blackouts, Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms Read about it here. Also great.. The Smile –…
May 2022’s Best New Music
10. Dolores Forever – Baby Teeth 9. Moderat – Neon Rats 8. caroline – Dark Blue 7. Suede – She…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #63 Gil Scott-Heron – The Bottle
Released : 1974 Compared once in an interview to Bob Dylan, Gil Scott-Heron could only bristle, retorting to the suggestion…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #64 Leonard Cohen – Chelsea Hotel #2
Released : 1974 In an industry and time where if you wanted it to be sex was the cheapest drug…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #65 Sparks – The Number One Song in Heaven
Released: 1979 Or, when Ron and Russell met Giorgio. Back in Los Angeles following a spell in England, the brothers…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #66 Junior Murvin – Police and Thieves
Released : 1976 Born in Port Antonio in Jamaica and one of seven children, Junior Murvin was selling watches in…
Hatchie – Giving The World Away review
Hatchie – AKA Harriette Pilbeam – had decided not long after it’s release that the sound of her 2019 debut…
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #67 Gram Parsons – Love Hurts
Released: 1973 Similar to the legacies of other mavericks like Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Elliot Smith or Delia Darbyshire, the understanding…