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 […]
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 […]
Last year, Geese released their (technically) fourth studio LP, Getting Killed. And suddenly they were everywhere and everyone was talking about them. This breakthrough album arrived after years of deliberate steps: high school experiments, lineup shifts, solo detours, and relentless sonic reinvention. Today we’re doing something a little bit different. […]
Boop-beep-beep, boop-beep-beep YEAH! Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. It’s another double-feature episode! My thoughts on Love’s 1966 self-titled album AND its follow-up, Da Capo. Subscribe for more Vinyl Monday! […]
Holiday weekends tend to be synonymous with sales at record stores these days, and the Memorial Day sale here in Texas definitely didn’t disappoint! Today I’ll be sharing what I picked up at the Josey Records shops in Dallas and Garland over the long weekend. And I got it all […]
The Seeds emerged as a cornerstone of 1960s Los Angeles garage rock, delivering raw, fuzz-driven protopunk that captured youthful rebellion against polished pop with their self-titled 1966 debut and follow-ups like A Web of Sound and Future. Their innovative no-bass lineup influenced punk pioneers like The Stooges and The Ramones, […]
In mid-1960s Germany, five American GIs created a sound that sparked riots, tear gas, and onstage assaults. This is the wild story of The Monks and “Black Monk Time.” We’ll chronicle their beginnings as The Torquays, look at how they got their sound, and dig into the history of their […]
Is it psychedelic? ✅ Is it prog-adjacent? ✅ Is it (almost) jazz fusion? ✅ Was it released in 1968? ✅ Is it a no-brainer for Vinyl Monday? ✅✅✅ Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic […]
You THINK you know how Radiohead got their name. They named themselves On A Friday, the label hated the name, they pulled True Stories from Talking Heads and landed on “Radio Head,” and the rest was history. Yes, but that’s incomplete. Today we’re exploring the true story behind Talking Heads […]
The Smiths are undoubtedly funny, despite playing such dreary music. So claiming a song is their funniest can be tricky. “Vicar In A Tutu” is absolutely in the running, with a full cast of characters and a bit of added trolling from Morrissey himself, directed straight toward the Church. This […]
