Thoughts Outta Right Field

Thanks for the Gift: An Interview with Frankie Rose

Thanks for the Gift: An Interview with Frankie Rose

Sometimes you just want to reach out to someone who has created something that has given you such an everlasting gift. Frankie Rose has released two albums that created an entire universe for me, from nothing.
A Strange and Surreal World: The Dandy Warhols and ‘Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia’

A Strange and Surreal World: The Dandy Warhols and ‘Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia’

After talking to the band, it’s impossible to see how Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia was created. But it’s probably best that way.
Ambition Is the Last Refuge of the Failure

Ambition Is the Last Refuge of the Failure

Sound Affects examines the recent trend of musical acts gaining popularity from word-of-mouth documentaries, using the cases of Death, Big Star, Anvil, and Rodriguez.

More Than Mental Masturbation: Honoring Pretension

A Great Pop Album Nobody Liked: Tricky’s ‘Blowback’

A Masterpiece Will Only Take You to Your Next Album

In the Star House: 10 Questions with the Orb

The Devil May Care (But ‘Rolling Stone’ Probably Doesn’t)