Author Archives: Alex LaRue

When The Kingsmen’s version of “Louie Louie” was released in 1963, it wasn’t just the unruly guitar that had the establishment nervous.

Electronics are like the stem cells of music.

Record industry bashing has become all but requisite of late in the world of music bloggers, industry commentators, and pretty much anyone else in the habit of pontificating on the subject.

I went into winter break imaging something of a hibernation, curling up into my cave and staying there until I had forgotten what school and the world felt like, filling my head with whimsical and totally impractical ideas, and reading books that, while avoiding hedonism, would in no way be applicable to the generation of income.

It was the late ’70s, or the early ’80s ““ hip hop was taking off and rock was growing out its hair.

I’ve always been confused about Madonna’s attempts to be relevant in this decade.

We love watching movies about musicians. Or at least Hollywood thinks so. From “Ray” to “Walk the Line” to the recent “Control,” which follows post-punk Joy Division throughout the band members’ truncated careers, there has been an influx of films tracing the personal dramas behind immortalized sounds. The infatuation with the lives of these performers […]