Category Archives: Music

If you want to know where the Young Brothers got their rock aesthetic from, what become the iconic and distilled sound of AC/DC, you must look to their older brother George, whose work with The Easybeats prefigured the basic song … Continue reading →

Written 45 years ago, here’s Pete’s demo for “Let’s See Action”, with the maestro playing all instruments and doing all vocals. The song was one of the many tunes slated for The Who’s ill-fated Lifehouse project, which Pete decided to … Continue reading →

The new Nines album Colour Radio (American Transistor), which will be out October 26th, includes 14 new Nines songs and 2 additional bonus tracks when you preorder.

Pinewood Smile, the new album by The Darkness is a near masterpiece and a career high for the band. (The Darkness has posted the entire album on YouTube for free listening. If you dig it, buy the album!) This review … Continue reading →

He has apparently died at the age of 66, having been removed from life support after a cardiac arrest left him brain-dead. He was one of the best rock songwriters of the past 50 years, and among the last of … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting piece on how and why A440 is the standard tuning for Western music: The sound of an orchestra tuning is instantly recognizable. As soon as you hear it, you know exactly what’s about to happen. But there … Continue reading →

Here’s Chuck at his swingin’ best, with lyrics that are pure American poetry.

Grant Hart, who with Bob Mould co-founded the great post-punk band Hüsker Dü, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. Mould has penned an homage here. While I greatly preferred Mould’s songs, below are … Continue reading →