James Holvay is best known for writing the Buckinghams’ “Kind of a Drag” and cofounding the Mob, but he’s still making music more than 50 years later.
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The Byzantine Empire rode the 60s garage-pop wave straight into obscurity
The Byzantine Empire’s six harmony-soaked singles—three recorded as the Five Bucks—are long overdue for reissue.
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Sleater-Kinney’s clear-eyed, open-hearted No Cities to Love and 11 more record reviews
Eight Reader writers tackle a dozen new releases, including John Carpenter’s first music not for film, Aine O’Dwyer’s improvisations on pipe organ, and a reissue of Del Shannon’s 1968 psych-pop masterpiece.
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This week on the B Side
A new organist for the Sox, new local releases, new local news, and tons more
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In Rotation: Permanent Records’ Lance Barresi digs the scenes in Australia and Chile
Plus: Kevin Warwick on Rip Off Records’ great comp, and Moniker’s Robert Cole Manis plugs crowdsourced review mag Dusted
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I Think About You During Commercials
You have dance moves like Hammer but those are about the only moves your have.