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Abigail Devoe
It's my flagship series, brought to text! A written review comes with every new episode of Vinyl Monday.
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Or, who is Harry Nilsson, and why isn’t everybody talking about him?
Mar 1015 min read
Bitches Brew is the hole. Now get lost.
“The moment where I began to feel that something really extraordinary was happening – that something was really breaking open – was Bitches
Feb 2417 min read
Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Soundtrack Review
Once again, existing in spite of it all is an act of rebellion.
Feb 1713 min read
Presenting: The Fabulous Ronettes
When three girls from Spanish Harlem redefined rock-and-roll femininity.
Feb 315 min read
Physical Graffiti, 50 Years Later
It was here before you, and it will be here after you.
Jan 2715 min read
Badfinger - Magic Christian Music, 55 Years Later
A band full of interrupted brilliance, feeling the winds change.
Jan 2016 min read
Drugs, God, and the White Album
Every double album should aim to be as discombobulated and daring as this.
Dec 20, 202415 min read
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
A never-ending party, turned into a hungover search for salvation.
Dec 13, 202413 min read
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
The ballad of all who want something more, but don’t know what more is yet.
Dec 6, 202415 min read
The Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat
The blood and guts of the Summer of Love.
Dec 2, 202413 min read
Led Zeppelin III
“I keep nursing this love-hate attitude towards Led Zeppelin."
Nov 11, 202414 min read
MC5: A Brief Discography
Rock-and-roll’s great comedy of errors, as told by the music.
Oct 28, 202431 min read
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
This review wasn’t supposed to happen.
Oct 21, 202415 min read
Santana - Abraxas
“Our god’s name is Abraxas and he is God and Satan and he contains both the luminous and the dark world.” – Hermann Hesse, Demain
Oct 14, 202412 min read
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats, 55 Years Later
A piping-hot buffet of sound. “That's where I got the idea for...the title for the Hot Rats album. There is a recording that I picked up in
Oct 7, 202410 min read
In The Court of the Crimson King, 55 Years Later
The greatest debut album ever released, period. Going in: as a zoomer fan, I have an interesting perspective on King Crimson. Most of us wer
Oct 7, 202410 min read
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