Noah Fence interviews Vic Godard
Here is an interview I conducted with Vic Godard, who has been referred to by BBC6 Deejay Marc Riley as “The Greatest Living Englishman.” Godard has been a near...
Category: History
Happy Birthday, Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine, guitarist and leader of the band, Television, was born on December 13th, 1949, which means that today I am wishing him a happy 70th birthday. With...
WFMH Shares 5 Halloween Songs to Get Spooky With
He Met Me In the Guest House by Bappi Lahiri Soundtrack and title song to the Indian Hindi horror movie Guest House (1980). The plot involves Christopher who is...
Italian Women Singers in the Beat Era
For those accustomed to the lushness of 60s French pop, Italian can take some getting used to. Its screeching string accents, midrange vibratos and operatic bol...
Remembering DJ Anita Sarko: The Only Downtown Club Trendsetter That Mattered
by Taylor Hill Taylor Hill’s tribute episode “Danceteria: Selections from DJ Anita Sarko” will air live on Freeform Portland Wednesday June 26th at 4pm Pacific....
How The Moog Synthesizers Helped Revolutionize the Sound of Hip Hop
by William Vance When Robert Moog sold his first vacuum-tube theremin kit back in the early 1950s, one would scarcely imagine he envisioned the world-changing i...
Japanese Kayōkyoku Women, 1960s-70s
Western influences in Japanese pop music can be found starting 100 years ago. Jazz journeyed back over the Pacific on steamers by citizens traveling abroad, fir...
Punks Not Dead, but Maximum Rocknroll Is: A Farewell Letter to the MRR Zine
At the beginning of this year, Maximum Rocknroll announced that their print publication would be ending its 37 year run. The May issue would be its last. When t...
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes- A Review
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2018) is a documentary directed by Swedish filmmaker Sophie Huber telling the story of the legendary Blue Note jazz label f...
Bappi Lahiri the Disco King of India
Bappi Lahiri, also known in India as “The Disco King,” was born in Calcutta, West Bengal in 1952, to Bengali classical singers Aparesh Lahiri and Bansari Lahari...