Eagles “Those Shoes” (1979)
A familiar looking pair of shoes led to an unfamiliar office fiasco.
"Oh no you can't do that, once you started wearin' those shoes."... Read More
The Beatles “I Feel Fine” (1964)
John Lennon accidentally created rock's first-ever recorded feedback on the early Beatles classic 'I Feel Fine.' With a new kitchen appliance, I've recently matched his serendipity.... Read More
Scandal “Goodbye To You” (1982)
Patti Smyth (not Smith) of Scandal punctuates the end of 2020. At last.... Read More
Counting Crows “A Long December” (1996)
Music City, matted hair, and a message of hope: A short story via Nashville.... Read More
Lone Justice “I Found Love” (1986)
Fireball Maria McKee led Lone Justice to a meteoric arrival. Two years later they were down in flames. But some scorching tunes remain.... Read More
Big Star “Thank You Friends” (1978)
"The most influential band you've never heard of" helps bring jangly Thanksgiving wishes.... Read More
Oasis “Champagne Supernova” (1995)
They recorded some of rock's greatest songs, but broke up over a decade ago because the two leaders, brawling brothers, just couldn't take each other. Could Oasis ever be together again?... Read More
Elvis Costello “Accidents Will Happen” (1979)
Elvis Costello has been a lot of things in his astounding forty-years-and-counting musical career: post-punk prototype, new wave renegade, encyclopedic musical raconteur, image-bending iconoclast, standards revivalist, acerbic pop culture polemicist, hook-mastering marvel, and whip-smart wordsmith. What he has never been is sloppy. So whether it was a quirk of his songwriting style, or a subtle...... Read More
Hall & Oates “Back Together Again” (1976)
Who's the most successful duo of the rock era? I think most people’s first reaction would rightfully be Simon & Garfunkel, while some would choose The Everly Brothers. Upset picks could go to Sam & Dave, The Carpenters, or Jan & Dean. They’d all be wrong..... Read More
Maxshh “Song For Dad” (2020)
..Rather than try to record what he’d conceived of as his far-reaching “super-incubated encyclopedia of everything,” he returned, instead, to one of his earliest listening roots: pop/rock music, songs formulated and stylized to leave a first impression of “nice” rather than “challenging.”... Read More