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Abigail Devoe
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The Loves and Songs of Leonard Cohen
Leonard and all his muses: women, men, and gods.
3 days ago25 min read
I Was Born Then I Was Dead: Can - Tago Mago
Enter the realm of Tago Mago, the most lucid sleepwalk you’ve ever had.
Jan 1921 min read
The Velvet Underground and Nico
“Musically, the Velvets are the daddies of us all…”
Dec 22, 202526 min read
The Marble Index/The Second Nico
“The marble index of a mind for ever, Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.”
Dec 15, 202518 min read
John Cale - Paris 1919
Or: a love letter to the fish who swims down.
Dec 8, 202519 min read
The Minutemen - Double Nickels On the Dime
THE PEOPLE WILL SURVIVE.
Dec 5, 202519 min read
On Tracking Angle! Neil Young - Tonight's The Night at 50
After writing two Neil Young reviews in a month...what the hell. Why not a third?!
Dec 2, 20251 min read
Patti Smith - Horses, 50 Years Later
Do you want to shatter the sky?
Nov 17, 202522 min read
Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Zuma, 50 Years Later
Fifty years ago today, Neil Young celebrated the end of his trial-by-fire years and the return of Crazy Horse.
Nov 12, 202521 min read
Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
(Re)-introducing Neil Young.
Nov 3, 202518 min read
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 30 Years Later
"Believe in me as I believe in you..."
Oct 20, 202522 min read
The Byrds, Fifth Dimension, and 'Eight Miles High'
“Nobody was prepared for that kind of dimension.”
Oct 13, 202519 min read
Larks' Tongues in Aspic: King Crimson the Mystic
“Possibly you readers will be reading this and think it’s a load of garbage – spells don’t possibly work. I’ve had a couple done for me, and I can tell you they work.”
Oct 6, 202519 min read
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
The Ballad of The Basement Tapes
A conglomeration of the incredible past.
Aug 11, 202520 min read
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