Author: Joshua Stewart
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Album Review: Tago Mago by CAN
In 1968, the Federal Republic of Germany was rocked by revolutionary sentiment in youth culture. Students were getting increasingly disillusioned with the reactionary bourgeoisie government of Germany which was filled with former nazi bureaucrats, and still clinging to institutions of its nazi past. The state of German culture at that time was viewed as dire.…
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Syd Barrett’s masterpiece after he left Pink Floyd
In 1965 Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright formed the band “The Pink Floyd Sound” (later just changed to Pink Floyd), they started off playing covers of rhythm and blues songs, however in 1966 the band started to become pioneers in the British psychedelic rock scene. Syd Barrett was their guitarist, vocalist…
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No Wave Obscurities from the 70s and 80s
In the late 1970s, New York City was in bad shape, crime was rampant, the city went through bankruptcy in 1975 and was forced to adopt austerity politics in order to receive funding from the federal government. In the midst of this crisis, an artistic movement known as “No Wave” appeared; film, visual art, performance…
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Brian Wilson’s strange return to The Beach Boys in the 1970s
In 1961, The Beach Boys were founded by lead songwriter Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl and Dennis, as well as cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine. They gained a large following in the United States due to their unique combination of surf rock and doo-wop style harmonization. None of the members actually surfed except…