Thursday, August 19 2010
Hey Gibson, Let’s Talk Guitar Albums: An Alternative Top 10
When it comes to matters of taste and ranking (a particularly combustible combination), there is no pleasing everyone. In fact, there is no pleasing anyone, since the list makers themselves are invariably disappointed or frustrated. And yet...
Friday, March 5 2010
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
Little Richard once proclaimed that "rhythm-and-blues had a baby", and their offspring was rock 'n' roll.
Thursday, August 9 2007
Bad Brains: Build a Nation
Punk godfathers produce another slice of intense thrash mixed with reggae.
Monday, December 4 2006
Harold Bloom and Hardcore
Hardcore punk has sought to reject inevitable impact of influence, regarding it as sellout conformity. But anxiety over influence conforms with a longstanding poetic tradition of rejecting artistic heritage.

































