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Abigail Devoe
It's my flagship series, brought to text! Expect a written review with every new episode of Vinyl Monday.
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, 50 Years Later
The Spinal Tap writers wish they came up with Genesis circa 1974.
Nov 18, 202412 min read
Led Zeppelin III
“I keep nursing this love-hate attitude towards Led Zeppelin."
Nov 11, 202414 min read
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
“Thank the lord for music. It’s a healing force beyond words to describe.” – Phil Lesh (1940-2024)
Nov 4, 202416 min read
MC5: A Brief Discography
Rock-and-roll’s great comedy of errors, as told by the music.
Oct 28, 202431 min read
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
This review wasn’t supposed to happen.
Oct 21, 202415 min read
Santana - Abraxas
“Our god’s name is Abraxas and he is God and Satan and he contains both the luminous and the dark world.” – Hermann Hesse, Demain
Oct 14, 202412 min read
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats, 55 Years Later
A piping-hot buffet of sound. “That's where I got the idea for...the title for the Hot Rats album. There is a recording that I picked up in
Oct 7, 202410 min read
In The Court of the Crimson King, 55 Years Later
The greatest debut album ever released, period. Going in: as a zoomer fan, I have an interesting perspective on King Crimson. Most of us wer
Oct 7, 202410 min read
Bob Dylan - Desire
A portal into explorers’ wildest fantasies. In keeping with the album at hand, I'll start this one off by telling a little story. Once upon
Sep 23, 202415 min read
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
If the lens with which I see the world had a sound, it would be this album.
Sep 22, 202413 min read
The Clash - London Calling
"If the world ended tomorrow and this were the last rock-and-roll album ever made, what should it be?"
Sep 21, 202415 min read
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
“We thought about quitting because how could we go on without Duane? But then we realized: how could we stop?” – Butch Trucks
Sep 20, 202413 min read
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks Are...the classic that almost was.
Sep 19, 202412 min read
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
This album shouldn’t be so intimidating to us after all, because there is a love supreme in all that we do.
Sep 17, 202414 min read
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
It’s the place where a star once was.
Sep 16, 202412 min read
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Where there is temporality, and beauty in simply being alive, there is Nick Drake.
Sep 16, 202414 min read
The Stooges - Fun House
What is Iggy Pop? Why is Iggy Pop? Going in: man. Following up Nick Drake’s Pink Moon with...this...was certainly Something! So why did I
Sep 16, 202412 min read
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