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I haven’t updated this blog for two years, for a variety of reasons. Major tussle with the worst kind of dishonest swine that ever crawled out of the devil’s asshole (my ...

I have been mulling over that list for a while. The 10 most underrated albums of the freaking decade. And then I realized that covering 2000-2010 includes, actually, 11 years. So there. ...

I started this post trying to make some witty intro for Canada, with jokes about the proud North, the North-American-European-Mild-Placid stereotypes, the Moose-ish based fauna and ...

Doves: A rock band that simply does sublimely sincere music… But before we take a good look at this band, let’s do a quick recap on the ole Manchester scene, also known ...

Mogwai is « Evil mind » in Cantonese, and just awesome post-rock shoegazing music in Scottish. The band is probably the most famous contemporary exponent of ...

Lisa Gerrard and my far-out segue: Do you know this Beatles song, « A day in the life »?  What with all the changes in pace / harmonies, yet, it all sounds alike, ...

Dear friends, this week marks the 40th anniversary of the recording of « Fun House », one of the two mythological albums by iconic punk band Iggy Pop and the Stooges. ...

Peter Hayes is the missing link between the Brian Jonestown Massacre and today’s band, the similar sounding, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, a.k.a. BRMC. Friends of acronyms, welcome! BJM ...

Anton Newcombe is a musical genius, frontman (and repeat destroyer) of his band, the Brian Jonestown Massacre (aka BJM) He is, also, a heroin enthusiast. And he really likes payote ...

Fela (Anikulapo) Kuti: The original Afrobeat Who better to start this blog with, than Fela Kuti, Nigerian  multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, ...