As we begin our journey with the Dowsers, a few things are essential: a domain…
’80s
The Age of Electric: How The Cult Launched a Hard Rock Renaissance
“I’m a wolf child, girl, howlin’ for you! Wild flower!” When these lines appeared 50…
When Punk Got Weird
Punk may have started as a reaction against convention, but what started out as iconoclasm…
How the ‘80s Sucked Me into the ‘60s
Click here to add to Spotify playlist! If you were a teenager in the ‘80s…
Bleats Per Minute: A History of Fast Rap
“Fast Rap” is a useful term that didn’t exist until record collectors made it up.…
Obscene Bass: Revisiting Miami’s Invasion of White Suburbia
Back in the ’80s, uptight white people fretted over the decline of western civilization. For…
Psychedelia in the ’80s
Subscribe to the Spotify Playlist Right Here. Psychedelia crept back into rock in a big…
When Rock Raided the Dance Floor
As detailed in Tim Lawrence’s Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor: 1980-1983,…
Western Music Goes Global, ‘76-’82
In terms of Western music opening itself up to global influences, the years 1976 to…
A Guide to No Wave
No Wave always seemed like more of an idea or a scene than a particular…