Teenage Dogs In Trouble

   Now for something completely different! I'm taking a brief break from Elliot Smith's early bands to post something I've been ...

   The fourth and final album (cassette) from Stranger Than Fiction before the band changed it's name. Another impressive collection of ...

    Here's the third album from Stranger Than Fiction! Judge for yourself, the sound is good and the songs continue to be interesting an...

    Here's the second album from Stranger Than Fiction, the band Elliot Smith was in during high school. The first thing that is obvious...

   If you are a fan of Elliot Smith , last week was special with the unveiling of a collection of six albums Elliot Smith recorded in high s...

  Photos by Michael Carswell Today is International Women's Day (March 8), a day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and politica...

  Let's get back to concert-going! Would love to have been here! (photo by S. Lo) I broke my live concert shut-out streak and finally sa...

    In 1995, after Kim Deal put her band, The Breeders on hiatus, she formed a new band, Tammy & The Amps. They played some shows and r...

  Many years later, as members of a popular band called, The Cars.   In the early days of this blog, a semi-regular feature called, "Be...

    In case you weren't aware, today is International Clash Day ! This is a day to sit back and enjoy their music and reflect on the inf...

    We've come to the final set from the Rock For Karl Benefit concert from 2004, that helped support Soul Asylum's co-founding memb...

  I don't believe this is backstage at the Quest Club.  A set from Golden Smog featured an appearance by Paul Westerberg on the set open...

    Happy 2023! Yes, it's a new year and hopefully everyone is okay and ready for a new start, at least we can pretend. I'm sorry fo...

  Here's another set from the Rock for Karl benefit in 2004, with former Husker Du co-founder, Bob Mould, who performed a solo set. He p...

  In May 2004, Karl Mueller , bass player with Minneapolis band, Soul Asylum was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. A benefit concert, Rock f...

  The other day, I was listening to my album of the day, ( 1001 albums you must hear before you die generator ) Dusty Springfield's debu...

   I used to consider myself not much of a reader, sure, I read the newspaper everyday and read articles in magazines and on the computer, b...

  I had a request a few weeks ago to re-up the link for the Grapes Of Wrath show I posted in 2013. The link wasn't working, but it now ...

    When I started this blog over sixteen years ago, my goal was to share music that I loved, either by writing about new releases or postin...

  For many performers, the pandemic proved to be difficult to stage live concerts with many artists turning to technology, such as live stre...