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"Miscellaneous"

“Miscellaneous”: What Comes After Post-Punk?

Sometime in the run-up to the new century, in the course of checking out live music, it began to dawn on me that blues was no longer the lingua franca for musicians operating within the realm of modern rock. For many bands, The Velvet Underground had become the new common

May 14, 2014 No Comments

"When I Go to the Beach"

“When I Go to the Beach”: The East Coast Surf Sound

June 1967’s single release, “Hit the Surf” by The Sea Shells, may or may not have been the last recording of surf music’s original Golden Age. Sgt. Pepper‘s release that same month might well have been the final nail in surf’s fiberglass coffin. The music scholars at Rhino Records —

May 9, 2014 No Comments