it was clear Sonic Youth was beginning to find its own voice. The band still specialized in creating mammoth walls of sound, but the rhythmic underpinnings gave the songs a greater sense of structure. This evolution led to the double albumDaydream Nation(1988), which is generally regarded as...
Pure Theatre was a side-project of the larger Splinters Theatre of Spectacle (link to an archive). Splinters put on numerous large and spectacular experimental interactive theatre events from the mid-1980s through to the late '90s. Click to open a larger image in another window. 1994-...
come back in 15 minutes." When I returned he was still eating with the family. But he said come to the studio in the back of his house. I played a few of my songs for him on the guitar. He said, "you got good songs bro. One of these songs I can put on an album." And I...
and you get a sense - especially from their eagerness to clap their hands, even during slowies from Villagers and Frightened Rabbit - that they’re here to act out a role and to be entertained by some of the songs they’ve checked
8. Over the next decade it would become one of the most-played songs come November and December. While its popularity has waned since the mid-’90s, you’re still bound to find Parton’s unmistakable voice on country radio at least once before Dec. 25. Song No. 7 on the Top 50 ...
addition to serving as the band's drummer, Edge's penchant for poetry also worked its way into the group's songwriting. The songs "Morning Glory" and "Late Lament" from 1967'sSongs of Future Passedwere among his early works and by 1969, he began contributing full fledged songs for the ...
Michael Nesmith, singer, guitarist and keyboardist for '60s pop-rock band the Monkees, died in 2021 at the age of 78. Nesmith, the tallest member of the group, was often noticeable by wearing his woolen cap throughout the series' run. As a member of the band, he wrote the songs "Ma...