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Abigail Devoe
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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
Villains, Monsters, and Lou Reed's Berlin
“If I hadn’t done it, I’d have gone crazy.”
Dec 1, 202519 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
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 4: Obscured By Clouds
If “Echoes” at Pompeii is the father of Dark Side of the Moon, Obscured By Clouds is the mother.
Sep 26, 202516 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
Vinylettes x Abigail Devoe!
Abby talks Vinyl Monday, the Dolls Podcast, record collecting, and holy grail albums with the Vinylettes blog
Aug 18, 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
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
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