The Dils – Live! [Reissue] LP + CD
The Dils Live! [Reissue] LP+CD (Porterhouse Records) While plenty of punk bands have been well exposed since the public became interested in learning about…
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Jane’s Addiction – “Stop!”/”Three Days” and “Been Caught Stealing” 12” singles
Now thirty years and several significant cultural movements later, it’s difficult to get a sense of how much excitement and promise there was surrounding…
Richard Hell and the Voidoids – Blank Generation [reissue] LP
Richard Hell and the Voidoids Blank Generation (Record Store Day 2017 40th Anniversary reissue) (Sire/Warner Brothers) Not so very long ago, I was muddling…
The Lorrainas – Party ‘Til It’s Dark [Reissue] LP
The Lorrainas Party ‘Til It’s Dark LP (Reissue) (Surfin’ Ki’ Records/Mom’s Basement Records) Sure, this vinyl reissue of Party ‘Til It’s Dark – The…
The Vapids – Charm School Dropouts [Reissue] LP
The Vapids Charm School Dropouts LP (reissue) (Surfin’ Ki’ Records) For almost three decades now, The Vapids have been one of the hardest working…
Neil Young – Young Shakespeare LP
Neil Young Young Shakespeare LP (Reprise Records/Warner Brothers) One of the more interesting things that has happened since the CoVid pandemic basically put the…
Infinite X’s – S/T (Standard Edition black vinyl reissue) LP
Infinite X’s s/t (Standard Edition black vinyl reissue) LP (Jealous Butcher/Chainsaw) After Longstocking met its end in 1997, singer/guitarist Tamala Poljak was clearly still…
The Avalanches – Since I Left You (4LP Deluxe reissue)
The Avalanches Since I Left You 4LP (20th Anniversary reissue) (Astralwerks/Universal Music) While I have serious reservations about a reissue which features enough remixes…
Longstocking – Once Upon A Time Called Now LP
Some events simply defy the laws of probability – and that Longstocking never got a fraction of the attention the band deserved is definitely…
Tom Petty – Wildflowers & All The Rest 3LP
A deeper look at the grooves pressed into the Wildflowers & All The Rest 3LP reissue by Tom Petty. Author Rae Carson once wrote…