Step back in time to 1980! Join me as I dust off some of my favorite vinyl records from this incredible year in music history. In this video, I’ll be sharing a deep dive into my personal record collection, highlighting the albums that defined the sound of 1980. From post-punk […]
Morrissey once said that “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side” was his favorite song by The Smiths. Today we look into the story behind the song, and why it resonated so deeply with the band’s former frontman. Released as a single in 1985, the track would find a […]
La Mia Vita Violenta, Blonde Redhead’s second album, was a turning point in their evolution and, in the words of Kazu Makino, they “destroyed it.” From the band’s journey as outsiders in New York, to their struggle to balance noise with beauty, and to the personal tensions that fueled their […]
In October of 1995, The Smashing Pumpkins gave us Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, a wildly ambitious double album (or even triple album) that remains revolutionary 30 years later. To celebrate its release, they unleashed an equally ambitious launch including a record release show at the Riviera Theatre in […]
When Radiohead created “Everything In Its Right Place,” it became the key that unlocked Kid A, both musically and emotionally. In the aftermath of OK Computer, Thom Yorke was crushed by fame and burnout, unable to write, frustrated by false starts and creative paralysis. Yorke’s block became an existential crisis […]
It’s time for an album review of The World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener by indie rock artist Chad VanGaalen. Andy at the FensePost Vinyl Channel digs into his vinyl copy of the Sub Pop Records Loser Edition on translucent gold marbled vinyl. GET THE GOODS: 🔥 Loser Edition on Discogs: […]
In 1975, Patti Smith’s “Horses” was one of the first albums to drop from the newly burgeoning CBGB scene. This debut fused poetry, punk, and rock into something entirely new. Recorded at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios and produced by John Cale of The Velvet Underground, the album channeled the […]
In November 2025, Radiohead surprised everyone with a return tour, their first in nearly a decade after quietly slipping away in August of 2018. What was behind this departure was a blend of grief, controversy, and the feeling that they had pushed themselves too far. Thom Yorke’s previous partner and […]
Nothing sounded like The Jesus And Mary Chain in 1985, when their debut album “Psychocandy” hit the airwaves. Brothers Jim and William Reid, trapped in the grey sprawl of East Kilbride, Scotland, transformed pop music into a weapon of noise, birthing a new sound. Fueled by attic 45s and a […]
The story of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” begins in the late 1970s. Joy Division was transforming Manchester into the epicenter of a new post-punk sound. Frontman Ian Curtis was beginning to unravel. His marriage to Deborah Woodruff was unraveling and he had fallen into a complicated relationship with Belgian […]
