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To celebrate the recent release of our 33 1/3 on Angelo Badalamenti’s Soundtrack from Twin Peaks, we’re pleased to bring you the 1st installment of Soundtrack from Twin Peaks Week by author Clare Nina Norelli! When I was in my mid-teens I first heard the music of Angelo Badalamenti. I was a classical music student who dedicated most her week to studying […]

To celebrate this week’s release of our 33 1/3 on The Modern Lovers’ The Modern Lovers, we’re pleased to bring you the 5th and final installment of Modern Lovers Week by author Sean L. Maloney! I love this playlist. It’s some of my favorite songs by some of my all time favorite bands AND it all ties into this book I

To celebrate today’s release of our 33 1/3 on The Modern Lovers’ The Modern Lovers, we’re pleased to bring you the 4th installment of Modern Lovers Week by author Sean L. Maloney! First, I need to publicly thank (again) the Research staff at the Boston Public Library. They were very patient with my weird request for some oddly-organized archives and

TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEK’S RELEASE (TOMORROW, FEBRUARY 9TH!) OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  THE MODERN LOVERS’ THE MODERN LOVERS, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF MODERN LOVERS WEEK BY AUTHOR SEAN L. MALONEY! Twenty odd years ago my first college girlfriend—my first cigarette smoking, beret wearing, Czech-lit reading college girlfriend—let me go through the last of the

TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEK’S RELEASE (FEBRUARY 9TH) OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  THE MODERN LOVERS’ THE MODERN LOVERS, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF MODERN LOVERS WEEK BY AUTHOR SEAN L. MALONEY! The toughest part about writing about The Modern Lovers was staying focused on The Modern Lovers. It’s not that The Modern Lovers isn’t an amazing

TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEK’S RELEASE (FEBRUARY 9TH) OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  THE MODERN LOVERS’ THE MODERN LOVERS, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF MODERN LOVERS WEEK BY AUTHOR SEAN L. MALONEY!   “It was the necrophilia of it all that shocked the adults, not the funkiness of three bitchy white girls who told it straight out

TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN’S PSYCHOCANDY, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE FOURTH AND FINAL INSTALLMENT OF JESUS AND MARY CHAIN WEEK BY AUTHOR PAULA MEJIA! Before he became the force fronting Primal Scream, Bobby Gillespie started out playing two trash can lids as DIY drums in his

TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN’S PSYCHOCANDY, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF JESUS AND MARY CHAIN WEEK BY AUTHOR PAULA MEJIA! The BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test, launched in 1971, was a music program that featured performances by luminaries including Elton John, Curtis Mayfield and

TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN’S PSYCHOCANDY, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF JESUS AND MARY CHAIN WEEK BY AUTHOR PAULA MEJIA! The idea of a band being properly “discovered” at a concert or a musical showcase like, say, South by Southwest, is becoming a thing

TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN’S PSYCHOCANDY, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF JESUS AND MARY CHAIN WEEK BY AUTHOR PAULA MEJIA! There often comes a time in a young band’s life when they must decide how to handle newfound media attention, and being asked to