Who Blind Melon was as a band often gets pigeonholed with “No Rain” and the Bee Girl video. But that read is inaccurate. Dig deeper into their music and you’ll discover a depth not often found in the 90s alt rock scene. “St. Andrew’s Fall” off their 1995 album Soup […]
Pull up any ranked list of top songs by The Smashing Pumpkins, and “Soma” is probably on it. Tucked near the midpoint of the band’s 1993 masterpiece Siamese Dream, the song was never a single, didn’t have a music video, and wasn’t promoted like Today or Disarm. Yet it’s a […]
Why do records skip and can you fix a skipping record? Here are 5 reasons and how to fix it (when possible). From the vinyl itself to simple turntable tricks with your record player, check these items to help determine what is causing skipping, and some common fixes for the […]
In Radiohead’s early days, back when they were known as On A Friday, multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood had the most shocking beginning in the band: He couldn’t play. Yet from those early days, he has become one of the most cherished and influential rock musician and film composers in the modern […]
This has to be one of the funnier stories in indie rock history, and it all centers around one of the more pleasant indie pop bands out there: Belle And Sebastian. After the success of their first two albums in 1996, the Scottish band ventured to London with Arab Strap. […]
Two years after the death of Nirvana’s frontman, The Church of Kurt Cobain was formed in Portland. Press ran brief articles announcing its formation and a handful showed for the debut sermon of its founder Reverend Jim Dillon, outnumbering the small congregation. But things were not as they seemed. This […]
Spiritualized and The Verve crossed paths in 1995 and shared some stages. But they also shared a little more than that. Kate Radley, who had been a core piece of Spiritualized and was frontman Jason Pierce’s girlfriend, started up a secret relationship with Richard Ashcroft of the Verve. In fact, […]
Ray Davies wrote “Sunny Afternoon” while sick, feverish, briefly separated from his own band, and legally barred from touring the country where the song would eventually chart. He recorded the vocal in one take, hated it, asked to do it again, and was told there was no time left in […]
What are the best spots to buy vinyl online? In this video, I explore this question and share some of the top spots to find and buy vinyl records online. I also dig into some of the pros and cons of each. From online marketplaces and auction sites, to well […]
In 1966, The Sonics dropped their second album, BOOM, on Etiquette Records. After that, they largely faded away. But what what’s gone isn’t always forgotten. This is the story of how The Sonics’ Boom and their debut Here Are The Sonics festered in the background and went on to influence […]
