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Abigail Devoe
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A written review comes with each new episode of Vinyl Monday.
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The Meddle Children, Part 2: Atom Heart Mother
“We were saying, ‘Why?’, but the band were like, ‘Why not?’”
Sep 19, 202519 min read
The Meddle Children, Part 1: Ummagumma
Smoke bombs, inhale screaming, and a guy in a gorilla suit. Welcome to Pink Floyd’s experimental period.
Sep 15, 202521 min read
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, 50 Years Later
50 years later, Wish You Were Here still articulates the unique half-absence of mourning someone who’s still alive.
Sep 12, 202527 min read
Bob Dylan - Highway 61, Revisited, 60 Years Later
“Exit the ‘Woody Guthrie jukebox,’ enter Rimbaud with a Rickenbacker.”
Sep 1, 202526 min read
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run, 50 Years Later
If you thought this was your last shot, what would you do? Would you sulk off back where you came from, or would you keep running?
Aug 25, 202519 min read
On Tracking Angle! One Size Fits All, 50 Years Later
Conceptual continuity comes to Tracking Angle: this Zappaverse traveler unpacks the 50th anniversary remaster of One Size Fits All
Aug 14, 20251 min read
The Ballad of The Basement Tapes
A conglomeration of the incredible past.
Aug 11, 202520 min read
The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
When the deposed kings of the Sunset Strip got together with a Florida boy to blow the freakin' lid off country rock.
Aug 4, 202519 min read
On Tracking Angle! The Brondesbury Tapes Review
Read this review while you can: Fripp could find a way to copyright-claim something in here!
Jul 24, 20251 min read
SMiLE vs. SMiLE
This is the story of the greatest album almost made.
Jul 21, 202527 min read
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
Stand! In the end, you’ll still be you.
Jul 7, 202514 min read
Hello Buffalo Springfield (Again)
A dreamier blend of dysfunction.
Jun 30, 202517 min read
When Frank Zappa Freaked Out The Neighborhood
This album kinda scares me. Yes, that is a compliment.
Jun 25, 202517 min read
On Tracking Angle! The Music Never Stopped Review
One of the least likely people to "get on the bus" reviews the latest Grateful Dead box set, The Music Never Stopped.
Jun 21, 20251 min read
Neil Young - Tonight's the Night, 50 Years Later
If you could shoot an album in the stomach and have it live, it would be Tonight’s the Night.
Jun 16, 202517 min read
Rehearsals For Retirement: Phil Ochs, 1968, and "the death of the American"
Though it killed his career, Rehearsals For Retirement was the most important creative statement Phil Ochs ever made.
Jun 9, 202524 min read
Tim Buckley Never Asked To Be Your Mountain
Goodbye and Hello is my favorite Tim Buckley album - and one of his least "Tim Buckley" albums.
Jun 2, 202517 min read
The Gospel, According to Power of Zeus
This is the story of the Power of Zeus, the coolest Detroit band you’ve never heard of. Unless you have. Then you're cool too.
May 19, 202518 min read
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