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Richard Thompson
(guitar, vocal)

April 25th, 2022  |  by  |  published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »

Richard Thompson (guitar, vocal) Over the course of his more than 50-year career, Richard Thompson has established himself as a virtuosic guitarist and a gifted songwriter. But in 1976

Joe Strummer
Assembly

April 19th, 2021  |  by  |  published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »

Joe Strummer Assembly As much as music has always meant to me, I’ve never been one to get too emotional over the passings of the people who make it. (Unless, it’s someone I

Orchestra Baobab
Specialist in All Styles

October 12th, 2020  |  by  |  published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »

Orchestra Baobab Specialist in All Styles Begun 50 years ago, when the shrewd owner of Club Baobab (so named because it was built around a baobab tree) in Dakar poached members of the house

Wipers
Is This Real?

August 30th, 2020  |  by  |  published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »

Wipers Is This Real? Still several years before it became a hipster utopia worthy of it own sketch comedy TV show, I moved to Portland on a whim from New York City. It only took

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Souvenir

November 8th, 2019  |  by  |  published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Souvenir While to mainstream audiences Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (a.k.a. OMD) may forever be remembered simply for “If You Leave,” their big U.S.

Dead Kennedys
DK40

May 15th, 2019  |  by  |  published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »

Dead Kennedys DK40 While the reunion of the Dead Kennedys without singer and figurehead Jello Biafra has perhaps sullied the band’s legacy, there is no denying that the band

Scream
NMC17

April 26th, 2018  |  by  |  published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »

Scream NMC17 It’s impossible to discuss No More Censorship without pointing out that Dave Grohl was the drummer, though there are many popular misconceptions that

The Langley Schools Music Project
Innocence & Despair

March 8th, 2018  |  by  |  published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »

The Langley Schools Music Project Innocence & Despair There are things you can’t predict: the return of the Flat Earth Society, “raw water,” Three 6 Mafia winning an Oscar, etc. In that vein, who would think

Spiny Normen
Spiny Normen

February 27th, 2018  |  by  |  published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »

Spiny Normen Spiny Normen Spiny Normen didn’t know what they were doing; just one listen to the band’s self-titled album will confound and stupefy anyone trying to make sense of it all. This

Various Artists
C88

November 10th, 2017  |  by  |  published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »

Various Artists C88 That more than 30 years later it’s still possible to describe a band’s sound aesthetically as “C86” is a tribute to the lasting cultural impact of the humble