An Introduction to David Berman
Anyone with more than a passing familiarity with Pavement should know the name David Berman. A college friend of Stephen Malkmus and Bob NastanovRead More…
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An Introduction to Country Blues
Few genres loom larger in the history of American song than the blues. The style first emerged in the South, prior to the Civil War, deriving froRead More…
An Introduction to Eccentric Soul
Launched in 2004, the Chicago-based Numero Group quickly established itself as a leader among reissue labels – combining outstanding music, sharpRead More…
An Introduction to the Elephant 6 Recording Company
For a certain type of fan – of which I most definitely include myself – there is a very specific romanticism about the story of the Elephant 6 coRead More…
An Introduction to Yé-yé Girls
Though The Beatles would not play their first show in France until January 1964, their influence began to creep across the English Channel duringRead More…
An Introduction to Lee “Scratch” Perry
Yesterday, the musical world lost a true giant: producer, singer, songwriter, and a general embodiment of human creativity, Lee “Scratch” Perry. Read More…
An Introduction to Tropicália
Few musical scenes have ever burned as briefly, brightly, or brilliantly as Brazil’s Tropicalismo movement. Essentially emerging in March of 1968Read More…
An Introduction to Blaxploitation Soundtracks
On the last day of March 1971, a film with little precedent was released in two American theaters: one in Detroit, and one in Atlanta. Written, dRead More…
An Introduction to Space Age Pop
It’s the mid-twentieth century, and America is locked in an existential Cold War with the Soviet Union. At the center of this conflict of superpoRead More…
An Introduction to Exotica
In terms of “kitsch-factor,” few – if any – genres in the history of popular music can compare to exotica. Arriving at the peak of post-war affluRead More…