Karla Bonoff — Wild Heart of the Young
There are some artists to whom I feel like I owe an apology. Karla Bonoff would be one. I’ve already written about how, despite my absolute, total love for her first album, and despite...
Category: ’80s
The Blues Brothers – Made in America
This is the followup to Briefcase Full of Blues, coming out in 1980, around or after the movie was released. I’m not sure why I didn’t buy the movie soundtrack at the time —...
Blotto – Hello! My Name is Blotto. What’s Yours? (2)
So, I’m at our local twice-a-year vintage festival, “A Whole Lot of Lulu,” possibly spring of last year. Sometimes we call it Lulufest, because the store that sponsors it is also called “A Whole...
Blotto – Combo Akimbo
1982’s Combo Akimbo was Blotto’s Big Chance — their opportunity to be recognized on a national scale, to be the Weird Al of their day (which, of course, was exactly the same day). That...
Blondie – Autoamerican
Okay, I just listened to this for this project. Somebody owes me. With this 1980 release, the band got experimental, branched out, tried new things. That’s fine, and I strongly encourage it. But that...
The Blasters – Hard Line
One more Blasters album. Even though this came out in 1985, I don’t ever remember running across it until last year, when I picked it up locally at Shady Dog records. Honestly haven’t given...
The Blasters – Non Fiction
This was actually my first Blasters album, the one I got after being completely blown away by their appearance in “Streets of Fire.” “The Blasters” was completely in line with the incredible hard-rocking, fast-bopping...
The Blasters – Over There
Picked this up just a couple of years after discovering The Blasters. It was a frustratingly short glimpse at what a Blasters live show must have been like. Just six songs, only one original...
The Blasters – The Blasters
I’m afraid being an East Coaster, I had no concept of the LA roots scene. I didn’t know there was such a thing as cowpunk. And I sure had no concept of The Blasters....
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