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Dr. Rhino's Picks #60
So, Damon Albarn has a new solo album out and that got me thinking about Blur. Man, I loved that band. They did a lot of different things and charting their development is somewhat of a master class in doing...
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Happy Anniversary: The Cure, The Top
30 years ago today, the Cure released The Top, an album which, while not exactly what you’d call a happy-go-lucky affair, at least wasn’t as soul-numbingly depressing as its predecessor. In the wake of the none-more-black sentiments pervading every groove...
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Just Can't Get Enough - The '80s - Presented By Slicing Up Eyeballs
We came to dance! Oil up your best Robot because we've got 25 brand new tracks from all your, like oh my god, favorites including Ultravox, The Undertones, O.M.D., Soft Cell, Bronski Beat, Oingo Boingo, and more. This playlist update...
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Aquarium Drunkard Presents: The Rock*A*Teens: A Primer
Last week I had Okkervil River's Will Sheff guest on my SIRIUS XM radio show. I've been a fan of Sheff's music for a decade, but that's not what eventually connected us. Earlier this year, I learned, via this excellent...
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Happy Anniversary: Van Halen, Fair Warning
33 years ago today, Van Halen released the one album amongst their classic David Lee Roth era output which can reasonably described as “underrated,” inasmuch as you can use the word to describe an album that hit #5 on the...
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Happy Anniversary: Alice Cooper, Flush the Fashion
During the ‘80s, more than a few rock ‘n’ roll types fell victim to a desire to freshen up their sound by giving it a bit of new-wave flair. Why do we say “fell victim”? Because although it proved a...
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Happy Anniversary: Blur, Parklife
Throughout the course of the mid-1990s Britpop movement, the battle royale remained the same: Blur vs. Oasis. Which was bigger? Which was better? Well, they’ve both got plenty of top-notch radio fare in their back catalogs, so we’d hate to...
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Bob Lefsetz: Welcome To My World - "Janis Joplin Primer"
DOWN ON ME Nobody heard it until after "Cheap Thrills," but despite distant, lame instrumentation and production, Janis's magic shines through. At first, we in the hinterlands, i.e. not San Francisco, were thrown off by Joplin's vocals, the same way...
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Happy Anniversary: The Drifters, “There Goes My Baby”
55 years ago today, Atlantic Records released the first single by the second incarnation of the Drifters – formed after the group’s manager, George Treadwell, who owned the rights to the name fired all of the original members – and...
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