I was recently watching a Rick Beato interview with Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Jeff Ament in which they were talking about the history of the band and some of their early songs. That made me curious to further research some of the details, and the end result of that are some finds that may…
Continuing along the same lines as my blog post about Travis, here’s another lesser-known but terrific song (also coincidentally from 1999) that I think is worthy of a mention: “Do Right” by Jimmie’s Chicken Shack. I happened to catch this one, very fleetingly (as it appeared for one, maybe two weeks at most), on MTV’s…
Recently, I was looking into bands that were big in the UK but never fully crossed over to the US, and someone mentioned how the Scottish band Travis was on the verge of making their big break here, when it all just fell apart. That brought back memories of their 1999 song “Why Does It…
Today, I’m back with three new finds from indie radio that I think are worth a listen. First up is Maggie Rogers with her beautiful and moving new song “Don’t Forget Me”. I especially love the way she sings the pre-chorus and chorus. Next is Kings of Leon with “Mustang”. I’m not sure how I…
You probably know Billie Eilish from her #1 hit “Bad Guy”, or the song “What Was I Made For?” (from its placement in the Barbie movie and its subsequent award show performances). But have you ever heard “Ocean Eyes”? While it may be old news to Eilish superfans (as it was first released in 2015),…
In September 2023, Freddie Mercury’s friend and inheritor Mary Austin auctioned his record collection through Sotheby’s London. For posterity, the 225 recordings included were: [Brian May], Who Wants To Live Forever [Christmas], Christmas Concertos [Christmas], Christmas With Nat King Cole [Christmas], Now The Christmas Album [Christmas], Phil Spector’s Christmas Album [Christmas], The Greatest Hits Of…
James McCartney (the son of Paul McCartney), has a new song out called “Primrose Hill” – which is currently making waves, because even though it’s been released solely under his name, he co-wrote it with Sean Ono Lennon (the son of John Lennon). Could this be a first step towards a new Lennon-McCartney partnership, or…
In 1998, Pearl Jam released their cover version of “Last Kiss”, which somewhat surprisingly became their highest charting track to date. (The original was by Wayne Cochran in 1961, but it was later popularized by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers.) I understood the appeal. The song was one that I had heard on Oldies…