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The Reworking Hour: Songs From The Big Chair
I do enjoy rethinking and resequencing tracklists, but I stumbled onto this Tears For Fears topic by accident. Here on the cusp of The Tipping Point, bookmark this as a fresh way to enjoy the 1985 album that put Tears…
Albums That Surprised Me: Everybody Loves A Happy Ending / Tears For Fears
Fifteen years after Tears For Fears’ last collaboration — 1989’s classic The Seeds Of Love — I did not expect a solid, full-on post-Beatles baroque pop collection from Curt and Roland. By all means, call it a comeback. The title…
Gateway Prog: Brad Mehldau explores rock roots of his jazz and spiritual paths
Whether via a range of collaborators, his choice of cover material, or even his piano work within a traditional jazz/standards setting, Brad Mehldau has spent a career pursuing his adventurous side. Mehldau takes a look back and another step forward…
Albums That Surprised Me: It’s Like This / Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones tried a variety of approaches between 1995-2001 — originals, acoustic versions, live album at Red Rocks. But in the middle, she accomplished the unusual: a quality all-covers disc, coherent in sound and reflecting the artist’s diverse tastes in…
Aiofe O’Donovan and Jethro Tull: new albums, Springsteen covers, and … Indian food?
Jethro Tull breaks a a nearly 20-year drought in one week with The Zealot Gene. It’s the first Tull studio album since a Christmas album in 2003. The title track sports a rather involved animated video that may feel stylistically…
“Oh Girl” by The Chi-Lites
The 888/88/8 Project: Song #002. Do you have a better chance at musical success if your name is Eugene Record? Things worked out pretty well for the one Mr. Record we know about. The Chi-Lites had scores of successful singles,…
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood / Neko Case
The 888/88/8: Album #01. Do you have examples of where you’re a fan of the artist, like and love some of their work, don’t necessarily own every last thing – but there’s that one album connects with you in a…
Late Listen: Talk Talk / Laughing Stock
Some 1974 bootleg Miles Davis just seemed to set the table perfectly for Talk Talk tonight in the headphones. Here’s a vinyl rip of Laughing Stock. Come on in.
1964 / Motown Meets UK Scruff & The Tremolo Umami
Play this on Spotify // M8’s Spotify home // M8 Playlists Headphones revealed the unintended theme of this 1964 playlist: the trans-Atlantic gap in production quality between Motown and the singles from these up-and-coming English groups. As you’ll hear, everyone…
Substitute Keith Richards.
If you weren’t into one of the traditional “good luck” New Year’s foods — in my case, black-eyed peas — you don’t have let that put you at a disadvantage for the whole year right off the bat. Just substitute…