Tag Archives: rock

#803: M is for Missing Persons

What could be better in the knownuniverse than alumni from the greatFrank Zappa band forming a new wavegroup? I can barely think of a single thing.Dale Bozzio was sexy and weird and provedshe could really sing, albeit eccentrically, her then husband Terry was about the greatest drummer in all of rock music, and Patrick O’HearnContinue reading “#803: M is for Missing Persons”

#802: M is for Mitchell, Joni

I didn’t really start listening to Joni until the 80’s as I movedfrom the hard rock of my childhoodand the new wave and punk of myteenage years and learned to be a moresophisticated listener. A musician friendof mine turned me on to Wild Things RunFast and I was hooked. I followed Joniforward pretty religiously untilContinue reading “#802: M is for Mitchell, Joni”

#801: M is for The Minus 5

Portland, Oregon music giant, Scott McCaughey, inducted into the state’s Music Hall of Fame in 2022, founder of The Young Fresh Fellows, once an auxiliary member of R.E.M., frequent collaborator and friendof Peter Buck and English rocker Robyn Hitchcock, has been over the last few decades writing and recording under the band name The MinusContinue reading “#801: M is for The Minus 5”

#798: M is for Men At Work

I will confess straight awaythat, while I liked them all right, and appreciated Colin Hay’s manicpresence on the music videostation, I didn’t buy a single album from Men At Work. Recently, when my brother decided hewould not likely ever play a recordagain, he bequeathed to me hiscollection of albums, and the debutand the sophomore effortContinue reading “#798: M is for Men At Work”

#796: M is for McCartney, Paul

He’s been a member of The Beatles, for Christ’s sake. Now that the band’s broken up, ending the world as we know it, what’s a famous English bass player and songwriter to do? Post Fab Four, Paul McCartney decidesto go solo, and records his eponymous debut, the first in a trilogy spread outover 50 years,Continue reading “#796: M is for McCartney, Paul”

#795: M is for Martha and the Muffins

I am not sure that I have everlistened to this album. I think, but I am not certain, that it wasa gift or a loaner from my friendCurtis. I texted him this morningto confirm. If he denies this, or doesn’t remember, then I do notknow how I came by this record, Danseparc by Canadian bandContinue reading “#795: M is for Martha and the Muffins”

#794: M is for The Mars Volta

I don’t know what to makeof these guys. I have three of their records, one of which I love, the other two of which I have very mixed feelings about. They seem to be a band thatdeliberately eschews accessibility, even down to their artier-than-thoucover art, which typically includeslittle or difficult to decipher identifyinginformation, and inContinue reading “#794: M is for The Mars Volta”

#793: M is for Manchester Orchestra

These guys are from Atlanta, Georgia, not even remotely from Manchester,and they are not an orchestra, but a rockband–albeit a sophisticated one, a bandI discovered because Andy Hull, their band leader and principle songwriter, once collaborated with The Dear Hunter. I only have this one E.P. , The Valley of Vision,even though I streamed theirContinue reading “#793: M is for Manchester Orchestra”

#792: M is for Magdalena Bay

Magdalena Bay might be the best 80’smale and female duo ever to form in the twenty-first century. More experimental than the Eurythmics and less rock oriented than Roxette, while Everything ButThe Girl maybe comes closest with their flirtation with jazz, Magdalena Bay bringstogether the other-worldly lead vocal from Mica Tenenbaum and the prog-leaning, synthesizer-heavy, andContinue reading “#792: M is for Magdalena Bay”