Stereo Embers’ Guide to New Album Releases for Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Click on the artist and album title to hear a track from the album. Bonobo, The...
Author: Paul Gleason
Reenergizing Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures/Closer Live at Christ Church in Macclesfield by Peter Hook & The Light
Joy Division’s singer and lyricist Ian Curtis was born and grew up in Macclesfield, a town...
For Ian Curtis
When you see him twirling in his frenzied epileptic dance on September 15, 1979, you don’t...
The Revolution That Wasn’t: Charles Fairchild’s Look at Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album
(The photograph of John Lennon is an insert, included with the LP edition of The Beatles)....
A Palimpsest of Sorts: Lazer/Wulf’s There Was a Hole. It’s Gone Now
The discographies of rock ‘n’ roll bands are a palimpsest of sorts – a series of...
Country Soul: 12 Things You Need to Know About Lucinda Williams’ Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
1. Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone is Lucinda Williams’ first double album, and it...
Leap of Faith: Haruki Murakami’s Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Music defines Haruki Murakami’s life, imbuing every aspect of all his passions. Over 10,000 records line...
A Magical Record That Sounds Like Love Feels: Jimmer’s The Would-Be Plans
Great songwriting is alchemical, an act of sorcery. And even though a great song emerges from...
Stereo Embers’ Guide to New Album Releases for Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Click on the artist and album title to hear a track from the album. Alice Gerrard,...
Mission Accomplished: Susan Fast’s Look at Michael Jackson’s Dangerous
Mission accomplished. Susan Fast’s new monograph on Michael Jackson’s Dangerous album is an utterly compelling, utterly...