Saturday, June 20, 2026
Friday, June 19, 2026
James Blood Ulmer - No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions: 7 (B+)
w/Vernon Reid. #jazz/blues
Mott the Hoople - Backsliding Fearlessly: The Early Years [Rhino, 1994]: 8.5 (high A-)
Excellent collection of tracks from the pre-Columbia years (which started with All the Young Dudes in 1972). In other words, great tracks drawn mostly from their four initial studio albums for Island/Atlantic. Absolutely essential for any kind of fan of the band (other than fanatics who would have those four albums anyway). The period is mostly ignored on the Retrospective compilation.
Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard - 'Em Are I: 8.5 (high A-)
His best in my view. Makes me wish I had an 8.75. I could round up, but I reserve 9 (A) for albums that, at least for a time, I don't want to stop playing.
Monday, June 8, 2026
Sunday, June 7, 2026
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks [EP]: 8 (A-)
All tracks are on my version of the debut, but I wanted to listen to it as an EP to see how it hit me, given its importance in punk history. I would buy a copy just for that, but copies are too expensive.
The Replacements - Boink: notation
Contains cuts from Hootenanny and Stink, plus two songs that I did play three times -- "If Only You Were Lonely" and "Nowhere Is My Home."
DNA - DNA on DNA: 8.5 (high A-)
This includes their seminal EP from 1981, A Taste of DNA, plus I believe everything else they ever recorded. The great Arto Lindsay on guitar.
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