Musings on the past and present state of music, film, and pop culture. Get off my lawn.
30 Rock Albums Turning 40 in 2017: The Best of 1977: from punk to metal to electronic music, ’77 was one of the most pivotal years in music history. Here are the 30 best albums from four decades ago. By SLIS and Peter Marks This Saturday marks two major musical milestones–the 40th anniversaries of two […]
Albums Revisited: INXS ‘Kick’ Turns 30: celebrating INXS’s career-defining album 30 years later. I wrote recently about how 1987 was the most pivotal year for music in the Reagan era (click here for my list of the 30 best albums from 1987). And one of the most iconic releases was certainly Kick (which celebrates its 30th […]
Sonny Vincent is a true punk-rock journeyman; from his 70’s NYC punk beginnings with the Testors through the ensuing decades, he’s put out high-energy rock and roll of the first order, from his solo work to his notable collaborations with other punk and art-rock icons. His latest project is Spite: a supergroup featuring Damned drummer Rat Scabies, […]
Album Review: Sonny Vincent and Spite ‘Spiteful’: garage-punk supergroup blows the doors off with new album. [rating=5] What do you get when you mix members of The Stooges, The Damned, The Sex Pistols and The Testors together? If your answer is a badass punk rock supergroup, well that’s a given. But supergroups can often come […]
PiL returns with New Album in May. John Lydon’s post punk band P.I.L. (Public Image Limited) will release their new album ‘This is Pil’ on May 28th, their first release since 1992’s ‘That What Is Not’. While his earlier act ‘The Sex Pistols’ retain more historical cache, P.I.L were very ahead of their time, blending […]
