For the love of music
To make approximate sense of the most recent quarter century of Howe Gelb’s vast catalogue with Giant Sand, The Band Of Blacky Ranchette, OP8, Arizona Amp & Alternator and as a solo artist, arguably the best place to start might be somewhere broadly in the middle years. But with around 30 ‘official’ albums and two boxsets sprawling out … [Read more...]
With 1982’s The Days Of Wine And Roses forever being the defining post-punk classic in Steve Wynn’s early career leading The Dream Syndicate, it’s perhaps been inevitable that its misunderstood sophomore sequel – 1984’s Medicine Show - has suffered unfairly in comparison and from its prolonged exclusion from the CD world. Finally back … [Read more...]