32. The Creatures, “Fury Eyes” Siouxsie and the Banshees were coming off of one of their biggest hits — the single “Peek-A-Boo” from the 1988 album Peepshow — when key band members Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie slipped away to a … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 40 Cuts, March 16, 1990 — 32 – 29
When I was on the radio, I used to get overly enthused about about those instances in which I could make a tangential connection between a song I played and some current event stirring chatter outside of the confines of … Continue reading One for Friday — Eva and the Heartmaker, “Superhero”
There’s plenty to like about the music of Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, but I honestly don’t know that it would have ever occurred to me that the pair would make dandy collaborators. While they both exhibit an arch cleverness … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Lotta Sea Lice
36. The Smithereens, “A Girl Like You” As I’ve previously acknowledged, the Smithereens were the quintessential band of my college radio experience, so thoroughly in sync with the internal vibe of my station at the time I was there that … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 40 Cuts, March 16, 1990 — 36 – 33
As I’m sometimes wont to do in this weekly excavation of old words, I am opting to dip into the voluminous collection of “Five for Friday” posts at my former online home. Back in the end, I helped usher in … Continue reading From the Archive — Five for Friday, Happy Halloween edition
I suspect every person who’s sat behind a music-based radio station broadcast board — at least at a spot on the dial that confers the authority of music selection to the announcers — has a small cache of special occasion … Continue reading One for Friday — House of Freaks, “Sun Gone Down”
Since the release of Sleep Well Beast, the seventh studio album from the National, the commentary has settled into two camps. There are those who insist that the album represents a serious modification of the band’s sound, pushing into intriguing … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Sleep Well Beast
40. John Wesley Harding, “The Devil in Me” Included on the John Wesley Harding’s debut album, Here Comes the Groom, “The Devil in Me” was the track that introduced most college radio programmers to the British singer-songwriter who would eventually … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 40 Cuts, March 16, 1990 — 40 – 37
I remember when the first full-length release from the Tragically Hip arrived at my college radio station. It was at the beginning of my second year, when my footing was a little sounder and I finally had an inkling of … Continue reading One for Friday: The Tragically Hip, “Blow at High Dough”
I mean, no one really thought there would never be another LCD Soundsystem album, right? For all the anguish and wistful valedictory celebration that accompanied the announcement of LCD Soundsystem’s farewell, back in 2011, the dissolution of James Murphy’s triumphant … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf: American Dream
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