The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
For the second year running, a new Karen Dalton record is my choice for The Album of the Year.
relationary (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
If you read the indepth biographies of Winston Churchill, you will discover that the man suffered from a mental illness called Bipolar Disorder. Yet he was able to lead Britain in its time of greatest need against the Nazi war machine. What is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar Disorder is understood to be a chemical imbalance in the brain. [...]
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Pity the poor debut album that never catches on. For every Marquee Moon or Never Mind the Bollocks, there are countless examples of debut albums that are worthy of attention, but fail to get it because they don’t match what an artist was known for later. Orphaned for many different reasons — the fired lead [...]
IGN (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
September 27, 2008It's always intriguing when an artist makes one great album and then retreats to obscurity. Whatever the reasons--lack of label support, self-sabotage, public indifference or a combination thereof--when such a phenomenon occurs, the album in question generally becomes a cult-classic. With one exception (you'll know it when you see it), the 10 albums below fit that category.Album:...
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Listen to Jefferson Airplane performed at Fillmore Auditorium on October 9, 1966
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Listen to Jefferson Airplane performed at Fillmore Auditorium on October 8, 1966
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
All hail the vaunted reissue label Light in the Attic for bringing yet another precious rare groove back into the light. Rodriguez’s Cold Fact was one of the oddest records of the ’60s, a document of inner-city bitterness delivered by an urban folkie with some of the baroque flair of Love and the stoned psychoanalytics [...]
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Skip Spence and Quicksilver Messenger Service bitchin' out and overloading THEE best cover version of Bo Diddley's "Mona" I've ever heard. (1969) note; you might want to adjust yer volume a bit before RAWKING. Also, do be checking Skip's last LP "Oar". To me, reminiscent of Sid Barrett's post Floyd LP's as he went from full band rockin' to alleged nutty behavior, then to solo guitar, vocals y great...
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Spence influenced Jefferson Airplane, Doobie Brothers, Robert Plant, Many others. By ISAIAH GUZMAN - June 15, 2008 When Omar Spence first met his father, Alexander "Skip" Spence, in the early 1990s, Skip was an alcoholic living in a halfway house. Omar knew that his dad was more than that; he knew that Skip had played with some of the best bands of the 1960s San Francisco psychedelic music
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
For my final contribution to Classic Rock Week I thought I’d dig deep into the vaults and introduce you to a band that should have been as big as any of the acts that came out of the San Francisco scene of the mid ’60s: Moby Grape. Fronted by original Jefferson Airplane drummer Skip Spence, the [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Beck’s “Chemtrails,” the first song from his upcoming Danger Mouse-produced Modern Guilt, is now streaming on the singer’s official website. As Rolling Stone reported last week, the album channels British rock of the 1960s, and the psychedelic “Chemtrails” fits that mold. Beck seems to be channeling Jefferson Airplane/Moby Grape mastermind Skip Spence — an artist [...]
PsychFolk (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
i'm looking for the album "Oar" by Skip Spence... anyone have it? thank you
mapsadaisical (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Ah, New Zealand. That two-parted sheep pen. That master of incomprehensible empire-spread sporting activity (Twenty 20, being post-empire, doesn't count). That home of absolutely no musicians I’ve ever heard of. Well, except those I happen to have written about in the last week. And Kiri Te Kanawa, obviously. And, [...]
Ducksnorts (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
I was flipping through The 1996 Big Bad Baseball Annual (aff link) and ran across Don Malcolm's preview of the Padres that year. First off, Malcolm's discussion of Skip Spence was inspired, if a bit incongruous. A small sampling, from page 201: Occasionally there is a scraggy looking, doubled-over raggedy man, with a heavily weathered face [...]
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 11/26/2007
Hi gang! Kid Jensen here. It's a pleasure to review the new rekkids out today for this two bit e-rag, so let's have a look at the latest releases from around the globe to get your ears fuckin' rockin'! New Singles...
