The Luv’d Ones – Truth Gotta Stand
Last time, when writing about Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets, I mentioned that Yep Roc Records was one of the only modern record labels I gave any credence to as a label. Well, Sundazed...
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Nick Lowe – Indoor Safari
Since I picked up a pile of used Nick Lowe records in the early 1990s, the rest of my Lowe collection was by way of CD. And all of my Los Straitjackets albums have...
Claudine Longet – We’ve Only Just Begun
Okay, not every purchase is a good purchase, even if it’s from the dollar bin, even if it’s likely my dealer just tossed it in with whatever else I was buying that day. I...
Light In The Attic and Friends
Light In The Attic is a label that I was really only familiar with because of their really excellent reissues of Betty Davis’s groundbreaking funk albums, which showed a real dedication to the music...
Jenny Lewis – Joy’All
I guess one good Jenny Lewis deserves another, so here’s another – 2023’s “Joy’All.” I was uncharacteristically aware that this was coming out. Sometimes the algorithm gets it right. It may also have been...
Laufey – Bewitched: The Goddess Edition
My love affair with contemporary music, with keeping up with the latest releases, lasted for a fairly short time in my life – from when I got my first clock-radio in 1972 to about...
Lake Street Dive – Fun Machine: The Sequel
Back in 2012, Lake Street Dive put out an EP of cover songs called “Fun Machine.” Ten years later, they went somewhat longer and made a full album of cover songs, which I bought...
The Kinks – Something Else By The Kinks
I’ve written before about how I somehow managed to consider myself a Kinks fan while still owning hardly any Kinks records. I had the stuff from Misfits on into the ’80s, and an old...
Carole King – Writer: Carole King
It may just be that, back when I was collecting records in the ’70s and ’80s, I really wasn’t looking for any Carole King. Since Tapestry was ubiquitous and its music inescapable, and I...
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