Musings on the past and present state of music, film, and pop culture. Get off my lawn.
Concert Review: Echo and the Bunnymen at Stubb’s, Austin: post-punk icons deliver the goods under the killing moon. [rating=5] It was an unseasonably humid October night last Thursday at Austin’s Stubb’s Waller Creek amphitheater. But the arrival of British post-punk/New Wave/neo-psychedelic legends Echo and The Bunnymen brought a refreshing European chill to the proceedings. After a (very loud) opening set […]
Top 21 Best Alternative Rock Compilation Albums: the most essential greatest hits, B-side collection and rarities compilations in alt-rock. This month two classic 1985 compilation albums turn 30: ‘Catching up with Depeche Mode’ (on Nov.11th) and Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Songs to Learn and Sing’ (Nov. 15th). That got me thinking: in some cases, greatest hits collections, non-album single comps, and b-side/rarities albums […]
Albums revisited: Echo and the Bunnymen’s Reverberations at 25-A tremor in the wires By: Peter Marks After scaling the dizzying heights of fame what’s a band to do? In the case of Echo and the Bunnymen that answer was to split up. At least that’s what their frontman intended to have happen, everyone else had […]
SLIS’s 30 Best Rock Songs of 2014: the best rock, alternative and metal tunes of the year. Last week I revealed my list of best 2014 albums. But it’s only fair to do a list of best songs too. There were great singles released this year, and given not all albums are created equal, I’ve […]
