“Some songs deserve to fall off the radar,” wrote Richard Thompson curtly in response to a question on his website about a handful of “lost” tunes he and his then-wife Linda Thompson […]
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Neil Young & The Santa Monica Flyers :: Manchester, 1973
If we’ve learned anything from the music of Joy Division and The Smiths, it’s that the good people of Manchester, England, can handle bleak, uncompromising music. They were certainly given […]
Broadcast :: Black Session (La Maison de la Radio: Paris, France)
(We originally shared this session in January 2011 shortly after Trish Keenan’s passing. I re-aired the set last month on the radio show. As promised, here it is, re-upped, after […]
Levon & The Hawks :: Pop Ivy’s, Port Dover, Ontario, CAN, 1964
“We have an announcement,” says the drummer between songs. “There’s lots of corn left! So alla you who feel like havin’ a cob…” Just another glamorous gig for Levon & […]
John Cale & Friends :: The Ocean Club – NYC, July 21, 1976
Ten years after they first emerged from Warhol’s Factory, the Velvet Underground loomed larger than ever before in the CBGB-centered NYC punk scene of the mid-1970s. With Patti Smith leading […]
Townes Van Zandt :: Live – Minneapolis, MN, 1973
There’s a collection of unreleased Townes Van Zandt recordings from 1971-72 coming out in a few weeks. I haven’t heard a note of it, but I’m going to go out on a […]
The Band :: Genuine Bootleg Series 4: Crossing The Great Divide
Happy New Year — The Band’s Genuine Bootleg Series 4: Crossing The Great Divide. “3 CD The Band bootleg released in 1997, not to be confused with the official Across […]
Big Star :: Cambridge Performing Arts Center, March 31, 1974
If there’s a power pop heaven, you know they’ve got a hell of a band. Us sinners can get a sneak preview of it on this recording, which captures Big […]
Talking Heads :: Stardust Ballroom – Los Angeles, Sept. 28, 1979
By the close of the 1970s, Talking Heads had come a long way in a shockingly short period of time. After emerging as a minimalist three-piece at CBGBs in ’75 […]
Can :: University of Essex – Colchester, England, May 17, 1975
There are those among us who will shudder when I say this, but let’s face facts: Can was a jam band. Indeed, jamming was at the heart of pretty much everything […]
The Modern Lovers :: Stonehenge Club – Ipswich, MA, 1970/1971
Aside from the essential Precise Modern Lovers, live documents of Jonathan Richman’s first musical forays are few and far between. But this recording surfaced just a few years back, capturing […]
The Velvet Underground :: The Boston Tea Party – January, 1969
More often than not, most of what you read concerning the Velvet Underground will inevitably note how woefully underappreciated the group were during its brief lifespan. But the VU were […]
The Feelies :: CBGB – NYC, December 14, 1977
Let’s take a trip to the Bowery, shall we? By the time the Feelies emerged in late 1976, CBGB was already well established as the epicenter of the era’s cutting-edge rock music scene: […]
Neil Young & Crazy Horse :: Fukuoka, Japan – March 8, 1976
“I’d like to do this song for Rodan the Flying Monster,” announces Neil Young towards the end of the opening acoustic set on this excellent audience tape. The song that […]
Television :: Live @ The Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles 1977
As one of the quintessential NYC punk bands, it’s a bit hard to picture Television on the Sunset Strip. One can imagine Tom Verlaine squinting vampire-like in the sunlight, scowling at […]