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Shelved: Pink Floyd’s Household Objects

by Tom Maxwell September 3, 2020November 4, 2022

On Syd Barrett’s time with Pink Floyd and making an album with household objects and found sounds.

Posted inNonfiction

Shelved: The Misfits’ 12 Hits From Hell

by Tom Maxwell May 19, 2020December 9, 2022

For a bunch of rock ‘n’ rollers creating the horror punk genre, the Misfits sure were sensitive.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

Shelved: Jeff Buckley’s Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk

by Tom Maxwell February 19, 2020December 16, 2022

The posthumous Buckley industry began with this problematic album, proof that the people who control a musician’s estate don’t always have his music in mind.

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story, Uncategorized

Violence Girl

by Longreads January 10, 2020December 30, 2022

How a young bilingual Latina became one of punk’s enduring icons and helped create a new musical universe.

Posted inNonfiction

In Praise of Del Amitri’s Album Waking Hours

by Longreads December 3, 2019December 30, 2022

Some albums make it hard to separate the music from the experience of listening to it.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

Stumbling Into Joy

by Kate Hopper November 18, 2019January 13, 2023

The electric bass chose her, but it took 44 years to heed the call.

Posted inStory

Why Lhasa de Sela Matters

by Longreads November 11, 2019January 13, 2023

Raised in a school bus by itinerant hippie parents, with one foot in Mexico and one in the US, the singer blossomed into her true multicultural self in bilingual Montreal.

Posted inNonfiction

A Fresh Look at The Smashing Pumpkins’ 1998 Album Adore

by Longreads October 22, 2019January 20, 2023

Loved and loathed in equal measure, one thing critics can’t take from this influential 90s band is their willingness to evolve musically.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

Shelved: The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band’s “Brain Opera”

by Tom Maxwell September 26, 2019January 27, 2023

What happens when you’re not different just for the sake of being different.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

Remembering Daniel Johnston

by Tom Maxwell September 13, 2019January 27, 2023

This outsider musician made music sound new again to everyone who listened.

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