Showing posts with label 2000's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2000's. Show all posts
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Book Review: Acid Detroit

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Redefining the counterculture as a time of Acid Communism, Acid Detroit: A Psychedelic Story of Motor City Music diverges from most books...
Friday, June 3, 2016

ABC - The Lexicon of Love II

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Last week (May 27th) marked the release of The Lexicon of Love II , the ninth studio album from ABC (now consisting of singer/songwriter Mar...
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Saturday, July 4, 2015

J.D. Shelburne - live and on CDs

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Our final day of our Nashville trip rounded out with a stop at the Tequila Cowboy, a restaurant and bar on Broadway. It was there that we w...
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Friday, May 24, 2013

State Cows - The Second One

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Today (May 24th) is the release date of The Second One , the aptly titled second studio album from the Swedish band State Cows. At the core...
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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Nu Shooz - Kung Pao Kitchen

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Do you ever have one of those days when you wanted to just party like it was 1992? Well, now here's your chance. Last week, the Portl...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Foster the People - Torches

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A trio of guys from Los Angeles, California, formed an indie pop band in 2009. Together, Mark Foster (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Cubbie Fi...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

1-Stop-Experience - Peeping Tom

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1-Stop-Experience is a group that combines the styles of Ska and reggae with Latin and jazz elements to create a spicy musical mix. The b...
Friday, January 13, 2012

Limahl - 1983 (EP)

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This week saw the single and EP release of 1983 by Kajagoogoo lead singer Limahl. Working with Tommy Olsen and writer/producer team Rune M...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

Shy Blakeman - Long Distance Man

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One of the things I enjoy about doing a blog and being on Twitter is having the chance to interact with musicians whose creative output migh...
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Kimberley Locke - One Love

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In 2003, American Idol was starting its second season, which happened to be the first full season of the show I actually watched. There wa...
Monday, December 26, 2011

Daughtry - Daughtry

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Happy thirty-second birthday today (December 26th) to American rocker Chris Daughtry. The native North Carolinian came to national fame a...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Brian Setzer Orchestra - Boogie Woogie Christmas

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Brian Setzer got his musical start as part of the Stray Cats, a rockabilly band in the early 1980’s. Having grown up playing the baritone h...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Twisted Sister - A Twisted Christmas

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I decided to take a break from Soundtrack Sunday for a few weeks so that I could present some more holiday albums for the season. In 2006,...
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Janelle Monáe - Metropolis: The Chase Suite

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Happy twenty-sixth birthday today (December 1st) to American R&B/soul musician Janelle Monáe Robinson. It was February this year when ...
Friday, October 28, 2011

fDeluxe - Gaslight

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A couple weeks back I was reviewing the Family’s 1985 self-titled debut album ( click here for that review) and I mentioned that I really w...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now

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Happy birthday to Simon Le Bon, born today (October 27th) back in 1958. In late December of 2010, Duran Duran released a truncated version...
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Monday, September 26, 2011

State Cows - State Cows

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The end of last week I got an unexpected email from one Daniel Andersson. Turns out he is the lead singer and guitarist for a group he form...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Kajagoogoo - Death Defying Headlines

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Earlier this year of 2011, a number of my good Twitter followers alerted me the efforts by the fan community of Kajafax ( http://kajafax.co....
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Monday, July 4, 2011

MYNX - Out of Sight Out of Mind

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The musical duo known as MYNX are Ara Thorose and Holly Lovecat, two Los Angeles performers who’ve known each other since 2002 and became go...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Thomas Dolby - Oceanea EP

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In 2010, Thomas Dolby began working on a new studio album called A Map of the Floating City which should be released some time in 2011. Ho...