55 Years Later: Revisiting The Who’s Definitive ‘The Who Sell Out’

55 Years Later: Revisiting The Who’s Definitive ‘The Who Sell Out’

Notwithstanding his devotion to the rock community at large, Pete Townshend has never hidden his disdain for the hippie movement. Yet he’s never made a more definitive (albeit implicit)  statement on the matter than The Who Sell Out, the album the band released at the end of 1967, the year of the ‘Summer of Love’. 

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55 Years Ago Today- The Who Release Bold & Humurous ‘The Who Sell Out’ Album

55 Years Ago Today- The Who Release Bold & Humurous ‘The Who Sell Out’ Album

55 years ago today (12/15/67), The Who made one of rock’s boldest statements at the time with their third studio album The Who Sell Out. With novel electronic sounds and interspersed commercials, The Who Sell Out held a wry sense of humor while featuring Pete Townshend’s first adventurous take on…
From John Prine To Dave Chappelle – Portland, Oregon’s Aladdin Theater Keeps It Real (THESE WALLS)

From John Prine To Dave Chappelle – Portland, Oregon’s Aladdin Theater Keeps It Real (THESE WALLS)

Aladdin Theater has centered itself around one of the most lively yet unsung art scenes in the country. The independent venue and the building that houses it has been a cornerstone for the city of Portland for decades and continues to house the creatives that consider the city home.

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LISTEN: ONBC Drops Engulfing Melodic Haze On “Andromeda”

LISTEN: ONBC Drops Engulfing Melodic Haze On “Andromeda”

Danish shoegaze outfit ONBC is back with another cavernous single led by double lead vocals that create an intoxicating melodic haze. “Andromeda” (below), off the upcoming full-length album Dark Matter, starts with a commanding, segmented drum pattern and maintains a quiet intensity through a swirling array of keys and guitars that would make a fitting soundtrack for […]

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LISTEN: Conflict at Serenity Pools Offer Up Dynamic New Wave Pop Structures On “mellow and shiny”

LISTEN: Conflict at Serenity Pools Offer Up Dynamic New Wave Pop Structures On “mellow and shiny”

Conflict at Serenity Pools, or CASP for short, is from Venice Beach California, and resides in Los Angeles, with a few collaborators elsewhere. They’ve been described as playful, difficult to pigeonhole, eclectic, and risk-taking. They strive to make music that mixes feelings and genres and pulls you in different directions, with the goal of creating […]

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KingQueen’s Sabrina Petrini on The Timeless Message of “Burn This Motha” (INTERVIEW)

KingQueen’s Sabrina Petrini on The Timeless Message of “Burn This Motha” (INTERVIEW)

The LA-based five-piece Rock group KingQueen released a new single and video on December 9th that marks a leveling up for them in terms of sound and mission, and also an exceptional partnership with film director K. Rocco Shields for their video. “Burn This Motha” takes the very socially conscious band’s LGBTQIA+ concerns into clear […]

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VIDEO PREMIERE: The New Earth Farmers Lean into the Protest Song with Soulful Rocker “Oh Mary”

VIDEO PREMIERE: The New Earth Farmers Lean into the Protest Song with Soulful Rocker “Oh Mary”

The New Earth Farmers duo Nicole Storto and Paul Knowles offered up some pensive narratives of the 2020s dreamscape on the 2021 EP Into The Great Unknown. They got help from James Deprato, Kevin T White (Chuck Prophet Mission Express), and Nigel Twist (The Alarm) to round out the sound. The band recorded a new […]

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35 Years Ago Today- Dinosaur Jr. Releases ‘You’ve Living All Over Me’ Album

35 Years Ago Today- Dinosaur Jr. Releases ‘You’ve Living All Over Me’ Album

35 years ago today (12/14/87), Dinosaur Jr. released their second LP You’re Living All Over Me. The highly influential album features J Mascis’ drawling vocals paired with squealing guitars that would grow from the post-hardcore sounds of the band’s roots into a melodic Neil Young & Crazy Horse mold of…
Wannabe Reviews The White Water Tavern’s Holiday Hangout

Wannabe Reviews The White Water Tavern’s Holiday Hangout

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on The White Water Tavern’s annual Holiday Hangout.

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ALBUM PREMIERE: Lesson Seven’s ‘Continuum of Time’ Offers Compilation of Seminal Dark Wave Outfit

ALBUM PREMIERE: Lesson Seven’s ‘Continuum of Time’ Offers Compilation of Seminal Dark Wave Outfit

Though they never achieved the massive status of their peers, Dallas, Texas band Lesson Seven carved out a considerable following with their unique style of industrial dance rock. The band was fronted by Scott Crow, and he is the driving force behind the upcoming compilation Continuum of Time (due out December 16th – PRE-ORDER), which […]

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