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Abigail Devoe
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The Byrds, Fifth Dimension, and 'Eight Miles High'
“Nobody was prepared for that kind of dimension.”
Oct 13, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
Bob Dylan - Highway 61, Revisited, 60 Years Later
“Exit the ‘Woody Guthrie jukebox,’ enter Rimbaud with a Rickenbacker.”
Sep 1, 2025
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, 2025
Vinylettes x Abigail Devoe!
Abby talks Vinyl Monday, the Dolls Podcast, record collecting, and holy grail albums with the Vinylettes blog
Aug 18, 2025
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, 2025
When Frank Zappa Freaked Out The Neighborhood
This album kinda scares me. Yes, that is a compliment.
Jun 25, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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