Wild Honey, the 1967 album which “Country Air” appears, was initially panned by music critics, which tells you all you need to know about the sheer…
Tag: Rock
24/12/2020: “Santa Doesn’t Cop Out On Dope” by Sonic Youth
When Geffen Records released Just Say Noel in 1996, they probably didn’t have the Christmas number one in mind. Not with a track like this on, at…
22/12/2020: “Wild Dog” by Stanley Clarke and George Duke
A collaboration between Stanley Clarke and George Duke was always going be obscenely funky. With Clarke on guitar and Duke on keys, this track blisters…
24/11/2020: “Here Comes Your Man” by The Pixies
Released in 1989, on Doolittle, this track was actually written quite a few years later, when frontman Black Francis was 14. It’s a very sweet,…
22/11/2020: “Surfin’ Dead” by The Cramps
The Cramps are one of the craziest bands ever. Their pioneering status in punk marks them out as legends regardless of their other attibutes. But,…
20/11/2020: “Black Magic Woman” by Santana
Latin-influenced Jazzy Rock is a bigger niche than you might think. But there’s one name which inevitably floats to the top of this swirling, warm…
18/11/2020: “Holiday” by Weezer
I’ve written on Weezer’s eponymous debut album before. But I’m not done with it yet – there’s a lot of great songs on there! And…
15/11/2020: “Boxing Champ” by Kaiser Chiefs
Some of the Kaiser Chiefs’ music hasn’t aged particularly well. It’s heavily invested in the noughties, in the same way as Nike astro trainers and…
13/11/2020: “Cool For Cats” by Squeeze
I must admit, I’m not an expert on Squeeze. That’s partly because “Cool For Cats” is quite different from their other popular songs. It’s much…
08/11/2020: “Hot For Teacher” by Van Halen
Van Halen represent, for me, the epitome of classic hard rock. They do it all right – the blistering guitar solos, the turbulent drums, the…