Archive for May, 2011

I’ve been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn’t understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It…

The first time I heard American Analog Set was right after I had just written and recorded my first song. I was in college and a friend of mine played…

This song changed how I listened to music. I think I was 12 when I got Siamese Dream, one of the first CD’s I owned along with Green Day’s Dookie,…

Some people have artists or musicians in their family, and perhaps they do their best to support or encourage them. But maybe [just maybe] they don’t really like them. I…

This song is one of my all time favorite songs by my dear friend Chris Kincaid, who was kind enough to perform it at my wedding. I obtained this recording…

This song, while Marc Bolan’s first real hit that made him a start and “started” what would be later coined as Glam Rock, is a swaggering chant of boogie music…

Song of the Day by Rob Zabrecky: I picked one of my faves by the Records. “Girl” by the Records. Why? Because this type of late 70s English power pop…

Montreal’s Sunset Rubdown is probably the band with the widest disparity between their sophisticated music and stupid band name. What began in 2005 as the lo-fi solo project of Spencer…