For many a male youth born after 1970, ingesting Black Sabbath for the first time is a rite of passage. To miss out on the band’s occult Past Perfect
Various Artists
Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles
March 6th, 2014 | by Kevin J. Ellliott | published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »
For many a male youth born after 1970, ingesting Black Sabbath for the first time is a rite of passage. To miss out on the band’s occult
Glenn Branca
Lesson No. 1
February 13th, 2014 | by Ron Wadlinger | published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »
It’s not an exaggeration to say that the pioneering work of guitarist and composer Glenn Branca has, in a sense, become so enmeshed
Michael Bloomfield
From His Head to His Heart to His Hands
February 11th, 2014 | by Ron Wadlinger | published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »
One doesn’t have to go too far out on a limb to say that Michael Bloomfield is underrated. For many music fans
Girl Trouble
Hit It or Quit It
January 28th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »
While some may be growing weary of reissue mania, one undeniable fact is that now people have to dig a little deeper. As a result, forgotten or overlooked
The Verlaines
Hallelujah All the Way Home and Juvenilia
January 13th, 2014 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »
Of all the bands to emerge in New Zealand in the wake of the punk explosion of the ’70s, The Verlaines may just be the most idiosyncratic
Various Artists
Purple Snow
December 23rd, 2013 | by Kevin J. Ellliott | published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »
If you were a child of the ’80s, once you heard Prince, all bets were off. Though he was as ubiquitous on the Top 40 as Madonna and Michael, he seemed
Speed the Plough
The Plough & The Stars
December 10th, 2013 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »
For every hero of the scene, there are plenty of hard working bands that fall under the radar. It’s not that they are lesser bands, it’s just that history
COUM Transmissions
Home Aged & The 18th Month Hope
December 9th, 2013 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »
Look up the word “provocateur” and you ought to find a picture of Genesis P-Orridge. As leader of industrial pioneers
15-60-75 (The Numbers Band)
Jimmy Bell’s Still in Town
December 2nd, 2013 | by Kevin J. Ellliott | published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »
To be a student on the campus of Kent State in the mid-70s must have been a heady time. Post–National Guard snafu, hippie idealism turned to cynicism
Neo Boys
Sooner Or Later
November 3rd, 2013 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Past Perfect | Leave A Comment »
While these days Portland has earned such a reputation as a hipster mecca that it is parodied in mainstream media, there was a time