I saw them at the Fillmore. Opening for Traffic on its reunion tour. Their debut with the Escher cover with the reptiles crawling had been released to a good amount of press and very little airplay, but what ever commotion there was about it had to do with the instrumental cover of “You Really Got […]

Fountains Of Wayne was Brooklyn before that borough was hip. Overeducated boys playing thin music revered by critics ignored by the mainstream until… “Stacy’s Mom.” Not that that meant anybody would care thereafter. But it does ensure that people born around 1990 and before will always remember them. And “Stacy’s Mom” is kind of like […]

This is the number one album on iTunes as I write this: “The Heist” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis It contains the song “Jimmy Iovine.” You can hear it here: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Jimmy Iovine (feat. Ab-Soul) You can read the lyrics here: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Jimmy Iovine Lyrics Although there are […]

Is there a better record than “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore”? All anybody remembers about the Young Rascals’ debut is “Good Lovin’,” but that was an afterthought in my book, a trifle compared to “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore.” YeeaAAAHHHH! The track started out quiet and then EXPLODED out […]