The Courettes – Back In Mono
It was “Want You! Like A Cigarette” that first brought The Courettes to my attention earlier this year – and then “Hop The Twig,” and “Trash Can Honey,” and holy cats is this a...
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The Courettes – We Are The Courettes
I don’t have much to say about this, being brand new to me just this March, except that this 2018 release is even more exciting than their debut. Every song is a rocking good...
The Courettes – Here Are The Courettes
I know I’m not unusual in occasionally getting obsessed with an artist I’ve discovered on YouTube – the algorithm pushes me something remarkable, I browse through nearly everything they have to offer, add them...
The James Cotton Blues Band – The James Cotton Blues Band
Don’t let the relative roughness of this record cover fool you – this thing is in pristine condition. Verve was one of those labels that, for whatever reason, had indestructible vinyl. Every Verve record...
Shemekia Copeland – Done Come Too Far
As much of a blues fan as I am, I don’t keep up a lot with the contemporary artists. I’m all over every single new old John Lee Hooker release, but when it comes...
The Clash – If Music Could Talk
(Still catching up on relatively recent acquisitions, still struggling with doing anything in alphabetical order) Delighting in this Father’s Day gift from my kid – a Record Store Day release from 2021 of a...
The Clash – Combat Rock, The People’s Hall Special Edition
By the time The Clash actually hit it big, I was completely uninterested. I had listened obsessively to “London Calling”, “Black Market Clash,” and “Sandinista,” but you couldn’t have paid me to listen to...
Chicago / The Blues / Today! Vol. 3
Well, I already had Volumes 1 and 2 of this series, so yeah, when I ran across a copy of Volume 3, I was going to grab it – and I was also going...
Bully – Lucky For You
Like Bikini Kill, I found out about this by pulling a shift in my local record store and deciding to give it a listen. Unlike Bikini Kill, I had never even heard of Bully...
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