80s music
Hellos and goodbyes! Over at Oxford American, I ponder The Who's 1982 Farewell Concert and debut the title track from my band, the Paranoid Style's new LP A Goddamn Impossible.
In the third installment of my Oxford American Column, "A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life" I wrote all about the Meat Puppets and the 1985 SST Records tour. I also.
Over at the Ringer, the film critic (and my friend) Adam Nayman and I endeavored to explain what makes R.E.M.'s Reckoning such a timeless masterpiece, on the occasion of its 35th birthday. With assists from Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, R.E.M. sideman Scott McCaughey...
Let’s discuss Learning to Crawl, the extraordinary third album by the Pretenders which was released thirty five (35!) years ago this year. To say that Learning to Crawl was brought.
Let’s discuss Spike by Elvis Costello, another curious album in a formidable catalog which is experiencing its 30th anniversary. By 1989, Costello was understandably listing a bit beneath the weight.
Let’s talk about Don't Tell A Soul, The Replacements’ 1989 album which turns thirty (thirty!) this week. I was a little young to be hip to the ‘Mats at the time of its release, but when I eventually caught up with their rich catalog of...
