Florence + The Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
A couple of years back (2022, apparently!) I wrote that I was really hoping to get my hands on a vinyl edition of Florence + The Machine’s “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful,” and...
Category: Rock
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours Live
Here we are in 2024, and Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” remains one of the top-selling albums of all time, still sitting high up on the weekly indie store charts. Any store owner will tell you...
Country Joe McDonald – Paris Sessions
When the COVID lockdowns finally ended and vaccines made travel less risky, I was anxious to get back to Troy, NY. Yes, I desperately wanted to see my child, whom I hadn’t seen since...
Various – Believe In Music
Once again, I missed one even as I was catching up with my new records starting with ‘B’. Or maybe I wasn’t sure I was going to own up to this one? I actually...
Various Artists – Psyché France Vol. 8
I admit I usually struggle to find a lot to get excited about with Record Store Day releases – sometimes there are three or four things I want, maybe one that I desperately want,...
Louise Post – Sleepwalker
Sure, I can alphabetize. Zoiks. Well, sometimes I just miss a record – in this case, literally because it was right next to the turntable and not on the shelf, because I play it...
Public Image Ltd – Album
This album is evidence of the unreliability of memory, because in my mind I associate this with an apartment we had moved out of years before this album was even released. That’s probably because...
The Psychedelic Furs – Mirror Moves
1984, and The Psychedelic Furs are down to a trio. They’ve moved on to a producer, Keith Forsey, who was having a bit of a moment, having just hit big with Billy Idol’s albums,...
The Psychedelic Furs – Forever Now
So even though I was already aware of The Psychedelic Furs as a concept, having seen that first record hanging around at Desert Shore, it wasn’t until “Forever Now” was released in 1982 and...
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