Steely Dan’s 1972 debut gets no love, despite having two smash hits and a legendary track. Possibly this is because it features multiple lead singers. This was before we knew that Steely Dan was charting its own course in the history of rock and roll, positively sui generis, and all the talk is about the […]

Not all of us can be rich and famous, not all of us can grab the brass ring. And personally I’m sick of the wankers singing about their lifestyle, flaunting their wealth, warbling their phony, broad stroke lyrics which say little and are completely unrelatable. That’s right, I spent an hour going through the rock […]

I love this record! “Rides Again” got all the attention, maybe because of “Funk #49,” there was no hit on “Yer’ Album,” but “Yer’ Album,” the James Gang’s first, is the best! I discovered this record through Steph. Oh, our initial crushes. Actually, she found me. I was skiing in goop on the last weekend […]

What if you put out three albums and no one cared? You lost your record deal. Do you give up or..? History is littered with people in this exact same situation, those who were given their chance and then faded into obscurity. But not one David Gray… David Gray spent his own money and recorded […]