Song of the Week Archive

• 0September 3, 2012

  The Mekons: Work All Week #sotw

  Holidays and weekends are strange things for the freelancer. I’m sure there are more disciplined types who can manage a...

  Read More

• 1August 22, 2012

  Southern Culture on the Skids: “The Fly That Rode From Buffalo” #SOTW

  Quick shot today.  Can’t get this song out of my head, for reasons that will be obvious if you shift...

  Read More

• 1July 3, 2012

  Del Fuegos: “I Still Want You” #SOTW

  This week’s song of the week is more about an event than about the song.  I’m sitting in my living...

  Read More

• 2February 24, 2012

  Variation on Song of the Week: ADD Blog

  Childhood friend and heavy metal aficionado Bryan Reesman writes about all sorts of rock and movie happenings for publications like...

  Read More

• 0February 15, 2012

  Song of the Week: “What’s He Got?” by Graham Coxon

  I’m a come clean: I think Graham Coxon is quite possibly the best guitarist of the post-dinosaur-rock age. Granted, that’s...

  Read More

• 0January 14, 2012

  Song of the Week: “Why Even Try” by Theophilus London

  Timez Are Weird These Days. You can say that again. New music is getting harder and harder for me to...

  Read More

• 1December 20, 2011

  Song of the Week: “Rocky Top” by Porter Wagoner

  When we were in Eugene, OR for a day off, I biked into town and sat at a great coffee...

  Read More

• 5December 1, 2011

  Song of the Week: “Big Log” by Robert Plant

  Even as a young metalhead, I couldn’t resist the allure of Robbie Blunt‘s perfect, sanitized Morricone-esque guitar intro for this...

  Read More

• 0June 12, 2011

  Song of the Week: “Going Down” by The Stone Roses

  The Stone Roses were a pivotal band for me, as, indeed, 1989 was a pivotal year for music.  Decades by...

  Read More

• 2April 7, 2011

  Song of the Week: It Never Rains in Southern California, by Albert Hammond

  Short and sweet today. Shiben & I drove up from Los Angeles to San Francisco today to rehearse in advance...

  Read More

• 4January 1, 2011

  Song of the Day: Before the Rain, by Duran Duran

  Yeah, I know. I’ve been prattling on about the new Duran Duran album for a couple weeks now.  I’m admittedly...

  Read More

• 9November 29, 2010

  Song of the Week: NY Mining Disaster 1941, by Bee Gees

  My Bee Gees obsession is well known. And so it is that I think a little more than perhaps I...

  Read More

• 0September 27, 2010

  Song of the Week: Worm Tamer by Grinderman

  New Grinderman long-player out last week. Grinderman 2 is a bit more compelling than Grinderman 1 and I’m gonna sum...

  Read More

• 0September 21, 2010

  Song of the Week: Waste, by Betty Goo

  Only the most Panglossian of musicians can go through life without cursing with the uncontrollable, possibly congenital need to create sound...

  Read More

• 6September 13, 2010

  Song of the Week: Black River Falls, by Cathal Coughlan

  I have made no secret of my favoritism towards Irish performer Cathal Coughlan.  In the 1990s, I bought multiple copies...

  Read More