Lament for the recently departed Electrelane. A terrific and much under-valued band, but they'll be back some time, hopefully.

This is old so I've probably changed my mind on it a bit but it's a good enough intro to Ludus if you're curious about that sort of thing. Or you could just buy The Damage.

I finally had the chance to sit down and properly pay tribute to one of the most unique and playfully innovative (not to mention unfairly unheralded, at least on this side of the pond--I and about 40 o …

I've been a huge fan of U2 since high school in the early '80s, and while I haven't loved all the changes they've gone through, I've continued to collect their singles and rare tracks. A couple of thes …

I absolutely love the good Captain (and have from the first time I heard the first note of "Frownland" eleven and a half years ago) and this mix (revised from two separate volumes done five and a half  …

In response to Mahdishain's opening salvo on his attemp to define his Desert Island Favorite Songs list (boy is that going to be a long process if you do this for all of your favorite artists!), I have …

Like nothing else in the music world. Clever, intelligent, bizarre, and beautiful. AmericanaGothMetalRockandRoll stew. Concluding with one of my favorite covers, better than pink floyd's version.

I received an email from one of my favorite AofMers, Abangaku, reminding me that I have not posted a mix for quite some time. I have a backlog of mixes almost complete and couldn't figure out why none  …

The second of two 2-cd compilations (see also 1964-1969) tracing the evolution of one of history's greatest bands, and one that documents a band in a bit of artistic decline yet still offering some tru …