Tag Archives: art rock

JOHN HOWARD – For Those That Wander By

April 28, 2025

Think Like A Key 2025 Wondrously wide-eyed introspection from English artist who trades memories of deadly nightshade for nocturnal dreams of being dead at the core. Challenging the obvious became this musician’s motto from the moment his 1975 debut “Kid … Continue reading →

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EX NORWEGIAN AND FRIENDS – Sing Wistle Tunes

January 11, 2025

Think Like A Key 2024 An imaginative homage to the mighty Thunderfingers from his multifaceted American followers and their Transatlantic coterie. If asked what he detested more than constant squabbling of his famous bandmates, John Entwistle would have said it … Continue reading →

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THE GATEKEEPERS – Nostalgia For The Great American Monoculture

January 7, 2025

Think Like A Key 2024 All-points bulletin: moving from creative headspace to societal landscape, a freedom-minded filmmaker takes his friends to the frontier of reality. Posting a sentry at the rabbit hole is a tricky enterprise which, preventing an inattentive … Continue reading →

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XTC – Skylarking

January 1, 2025

Virgin 1986 / Ape House 2024 Troubles on cloud nine: British pop-art proponents seek storms in Transatlantic paradise. It’s all fun and games until somebody gets offended – or have their album overshadowed by a song which wasn’t there in … Continue reading →

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BLAKE JONES & THE TRIKE SHOP – And Still​.​.​.

October 2, 2024

Big Stir 2024 Fresno’s finest strike back – from their heart and in the heart of the city. Those who follow this ensemble don’t really hold their breath where fresh releases are concerned. The collective’s records were few and far … Continue reading →

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