Monday, October 22 2012
Jamming the Pistols
While the Sex Pistols were specifically designed to cause havoc, the Jam started as a community hall dance band, doing watered-down Beatles covers and Motown standards for disinterested pub-goers and overboozed wedding guests.
Tuesday, June 1 2010
Paul Weller: Wake Up the Nation
With his 10th solo album, Wake Up the Nation, Paul Weller demonstrates not only his perennial songwriting prowess, but also his incredible endurance as an artist.
Wednesday, January 6 2010
The Who, the Mods, and the Quadrophenia Connection
It may be that Quadrophenia is best digested as a missing socio-cultural link between postwar England and its strife-torn, IRA-fearing '70s.
Monday, July 21 2008
Paul Weller: 22 Dreams
The Modfather's ninth solo album just happens to be the most rewardingly eclectic of his storied career.
Wednesday, May 14 2008
Various Artists: Secret Love 4
A compilation that merely intends to explore the possibilities of modern folk music but winds up articulating your deepest yearnings with surprising potency.
Wednesday, February 1 2006
Paul Weller: As Is Now
The new album from Paul Weller does exactly what it says on the tin. A return to form? Not quite, but not a bad attempt.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Paul Weller, Modern Classics
Weller has written an entire catalog of memorable songs—remember The Jam.
