A Very Partial Steve Albini Discography
Just a few albums engineered by Steve Albini That We Can Recommend for Music and Sound: Surfer Rosa: The Pixies In Utero: Nirvana Rid of Me: P.J. Harvey Yanqui U.X.O. : Godspeed You Black Emperor Viva...
View Article10 of Bruce's Personal Favorites
A Bruce Botnick Discography: 10 of Bruces Personal Favorites The Doors The Doors (Elektra) Fred Hughes \"Ooowee I Love You\" (Vee Jay single) Soundtrack: Dennis the MenaceBrasil \'66: Sergio Mendes and...
View ArticleRound and Round: The Sound of The Rolling Stones Part 1
Do you want to unravel the mess that is The Rolling Stones' discography? It's a dirty job and someone has to do it, but it won't be me. I figure someone in Goldmine already has. And despite that...
View ArticleRound and Round: The Sound of The Rolling Stones Part 2
While Now! , recorded at Chess, RCA Hollywood and Regent Sound, London is an American creation, it documents a group on the move literally and musically, venerating the music it loves and creating a...
View ArticleRound and Round: The Sound of The Rolling Stones Part 3
With the world experiencing political upheaval bordering on anarchy, the Stones entered the studio with a new American producer, the late Jimmy Miller, whose collaborations with Traffic are audiophile...
View ArticleRemembering Gene Clark
This updated feature originally ran in Listener magazine and was re-published here in 2004. We brought it back to accompany Sundazed's reissue of Gene Clark—ed. Gene Clark simply didn’t fit in. While a...
View Article100 Recommended All-Analog LP Reissues Worth Owning
Here's 100 recommended all-analog LP reissues worth owning. The video runs two hours so unless you are masochistic, you might want to watch in shorter segments but covering 100 LPs took time! Plus...
View Article68 Weird and Unusual Records In My Collection
The first AnalogPlanet video in months is an hour plus worth of weird and unusual records in the editor's large collection. What makes an album "weird" or "unusual"? A wide variety of possibilities as...
View ArticleJon Hassell—An Incomplete Discography
Dan Schwartz provides a brief look at some of Jon Hassell's records: Dan with Jon Hassell at Barney’s New York, fall of '94 where they played a duet for a Comme de Garcon party. (Photo:probably Elin...
View ArticleYellow Magic Orchestra: Prologue
This week, AnalogPlanet begins a multi-part exploration of Japanese synthpop pioneers Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). Through reviews of their core releases and YMO-era side projects, we’ll dissect how,...
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Yellow Magic Orchestra: Explorations, Part 1 (1978-1981)
Introduction This is the part one of a multi-part exploration of Japanese synthpop pioneer Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) previewed in the recent “Yellow Magic Orchestra: Prologue”. This week, I’m...
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Yellow Magic Orchestra: Intermission, 1980-1982 (Solo LPs & Side Projects)
Continuing our multi-part exploration of Japanese synthpop group Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), this week we’ll analyze Yukihiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono, and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s solo LPs and side...
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Yellow Magic Orchestra: Explorations, Part 2 (1983-Present)
Concluding our multi-part exploration into pioneering Japanese synthpop group Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), this week we’ll analyze the trio’s work from 1983’s Naughty Boys to the present day. We’ll...
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The Peaceful Glitch Pop of Sketch Show
Earlier this year, I wrote a four-part series about Yellow Magic Orchestra, the seminal synthpop trio of Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Of course, that’s only the tip of the...
View ArticleThe Top 15 Punk Albums!
Punk rock is a subgenre of rock and roll with roots in garage rock, but it's generally faster and more aggressive than garage. Punk was a rebellion against the hippie culture's idealism and appearance....
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