Columns
Shuffle: Now that’s what I call 1984
Every so often a Minutemen track will turn up on my iPod and it will rekindle my love for the San Pedro trio and I’ll just have to have another listen to ‘Double Nickels on the […]
The Replacements
AUK's Chain Gang
AUK’s Chain Gang: The Replacements “Swingin’ Party”
Where better to look for a suitable link to Alex Chilton’s ‘No Sex’ than from a band that wrote a homage to him in one of their best-loved songs. And where better to go when feeling […]
Features
Classic Americana Compilations: Various Artists “Songs for Slim: Rockin’ Here Tonight – A Benefit Compilation for Slim Dunlap” (New West Records, 2013)
If you remember the 1980s – and I can think of several reasons why you wouldn’t, not the least of which is the ever-expanding possibility that you weren’t even alive yet – then you probably remember […]
AmericanA to Z
AmericanA to Z – The Replacements
I’ll admit to not knowing what is and isn’t Americana. If I thought it was cowboy boots and Southern charm, I’d not be here. What I think of as Americana is more than that, and you […]