Perfect Sound Forever
Contents

TRIBUTES

music noteJohn Abercrombie
The guitarist's winding backstory

music noteAbsolute Zero
The return of maximalist music

music noteDavid Ackles
His theater of melancholy

music noteAction
Young Mods Forgotten Story

music noteJohn Adams
Minimalist to the max

music noteAmon Duul
Krautrock's most hated band

music noteSusan Angeletti
Blues belting mama

music noteApollo Heights
Bring da afro-gaze

music noteArab On Radar
Providence noise legends

music noteArt Zoyd
Their 11-year storm

music noteAzalia Snail
Queen of lo-fi?

note Babe the Blue Ox
Perfect happy complex groovy pop 

note Bablicon
Improv power trio 

note Barclay James Harvest
Don't call 'em Moody Blues! 

note Be Good Tanyas
All-American Canadians 

note Carey Bell
Blues harp master 

note Jorge Ben
Mais Que Nada! 

note Beat Happening
Calvin Johnson Admits His Fears

note Beau Bummels
Before Triangle and beyond 

note Steven Jesse Bernstein
Requiem for a punk poet 

note Big Youth
Chanting inna fine dread style 

note Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
The evolution of the kooky art rockers

note Birthday Party
All welcome 

note Black Lips
Garage swagger 'n' menace 

note Black Randy
Unsettling L.A. punk 

note The Blasters
Rockabilly sages

note Carla Bley
Jazz legend discovers America

note Bloodrock
The theme song of Sept 11th?

note Blue Cheer
Caucasian Power Blues 

note Branded Women
Finnish secrets no more 

note Herman Brood
Dutch rock vs. a drug monkey 

note Peter Brötzmann
Dying Like A Dog 

note Greg Brown
Folkie heartbreak counselor 

note Roy Buchanan
"Greatest unknown guitarist" 

note Joe Budden
Depressed Genius, Unabridged 

note Built To Spill
True to their indie roots 

note Michael Burks
Blues legend in the making 

note The Butchies
Punk love's a butch 

note Glen Buxton
Alice Cooper's original guitarist 

note Buzzcocks
Time's Up!

note Junior Byles
"Rasta No Pickpocket"

note Uri Caine
Gustav Mahler In Toblach

note Can
Godparents of "indie" avant-garde?

note Captain Beefheart
Reviews of (almost) all CB releases 

note The Cardiacs
Complex punks thrive

note Ralph Carney
Sax attack

note Wendy Carlos
Her switched-on world

note John Carpenter
Master of his own film music

note Caseworker
Hypnotic, simple, unrushed & luvly

music noteCavity
Best metal band since Gwar? 

music note Chalice
Reggae meets dancehall

music note Charalambides
Texas neo-psychedelia

music note Ray Charles
RIP, a personal reminiscence

music note Richard Cheese
Rock anthems & martinis

music note Chelsea
A lovely buncha yobs

music note Don Cherry
Harmolodic world music

music note Chic-A-Go-Go
Chitown's wildest variety show

music note Alex Chilton
The glory and grandeur that is defeat

music note Clusone Trio
New Dutch Masters

music note Kurt Cobain
Hero or Zero?

music note Cockney Rebel
Come up and see Steve Harley

music note Shirley Collins/Davey Graham
Folk Roots, New Roots

music noteColorblind James
R.I.P.

music noteJohn Coltrane
Stellar Regions- Late Trane

music noteAlice Cooper
Another punk grand-daddy

music noteConstantines
...come to rock's rescue

music noteContemporary Youth Orchestra
Repertoire includes the Doors & Killing Joke

music noteCorb Lund
A very uncool country act

music note Kevin Coyne
Case history of his strange locomotion

music note Kevin Coyne
R.I.P.

music note Crack the Sky
'70's Buckeye prog-rock

music note Culture
Roots reggae thrives, survives

music note Rick Danko
The last days of the Band man

music note Datblygu
The Great Welsh Hope

music note Delaney and Bonnie
White soul couple

music note Destory All Monsters
Their story told by one of their own

music note Didjits
The curse of Detroit metal?

music note Dinosaur Jr.
One teen's intro to the indie underground

music note DJ Jester
San Antonio's Filipino Fist

music note DJ Language
Mixtape music for real people

note Do Make Say Think
Experimental drone stars

note Arthur Doyle
Me, Myself- the life of a saxophone legend

music note Dream Theater
Their place in prog-metal history 

music note Greg Dulli
His angest & his art 

music note Dumptruck
The Seth Tiven story 

music note Earl Greyhound
A different kind o' power trio 

music note Errol Dunkley
From rocksteady to world traveler 

music note Hanns Eisler
Marxist polygot composer 

music note ECM Records
Happy 30th
 

music note Eels
Their cancer rock
 

music note Effigies
Chicago punk legends

music note Electric Eels
Cleveland's art-terrorists 

music note The Embarrassment
Midwest great unknowns

music note Emerson, Lake & Palmer
In defense of...

music note Brian Eno
His life in the bush of the '70's

music note Roky Erickson
The 13th Floor to hell and back

music note Roky Erickson
Fun days with Doug Sahm

music noteExuma
He's the Obeah Man

music noteThe Explosion
Beantown punks erupt

music noteJohn Fahey
Tribute to an American Primitive

music note The Fall
Interview/overview

music note Feelies
Drums Along the Hudson

music note Dror Feiler
His extreme art/music

music note Felt
Enigmatic gloom-pop

music note The Fieldstones
Memphis blues again

music note Firewater
The strange case of this NYC band

music noteJason Fladlien
From monk to musical madman 

music noteThe Flesh Eaters
Chris D howls 

music note Fowler/Fairweather Low
Christgau toasts these great unknowns

music note Robert Fripp
Truly a guitar gawd?

music note Gants
Southern garage rock with the blues 

music note Ganelin Trio
Year Zero in the Iron Curtain

music note Garrison
Poppy post-noise heaven

music note Michael Garrison
Forgotten synth pioneer

music note Geraldine Fibbers
California tuffy

music note Giant Step Records
From night club to dance label

music note Charles Gocher
RIP- Sun City Girls tribute

music note The Godz
The original primal stew

music noteKeith Green
Christian Rock’s Great Refuser

music note Bernhard Guenter
Rewards of concentration

music note Gun Club
Tributes by by Steveo Olende & Jay Hinman

music note Steve Hackett & Gary Green
tribute to prog guitar gods

music note Keiji Haino
Secrets of the Socerer

music note Keiji Haino
1996- His Magical Year

music note Bo Hansson
Jimi's favorite keysman?

music note Happy Goodman Family
Gospel cheer

music note Harpers Bizarre
Old-timey in the radical '60's

music note George Harrison
R.I.P. the quiet Beatle

music note Herbie Hancock
His prime fusion years

music note Henry Cow
Giving art rock a good name?

music noteJoe Higgs
Jah respect is overdue

music noteJustin Hinds
Ska/rocksteady hero

music noteRobin Holcolmb
On the American Rhine

music noteDavid Holmes
DJ as (post) modern genius?

music noteHoney Ltd.
Lost Lee Hazlewood proteges

music noteGlenn Horiuchi
Atonal energy music

music noteBecky Hobbs
Oklahoma's piano stomper

music noteHorsebox
Free associating with England's most obscure band

music note Hot Water Music
Hardcore hurricane heros

music note Monica Houghton
Opera triumphs & woes

music note Ifwhen
The art of the headf*ck noise

music note IIP
Wunderkind folk duo

music note The Incredible String Band
Robin and Mike's excellent adventure

music note Immortal Lee County Killers
Punk and the Blues Evolution

music note The Insect Trust
The jazzy, bluesy folk band

music note Instant Automatons
DIY to the n-th

music note Tony Iommi
Sabbath's metal architect

music noteJANET JACKSON
Not Just a Soft-Spoken Sexpot

music noteJandek
Reviews, live antics

music noteJason & the Scorchers
Scorched earth

music note Jewelled Antler
A collective sigh of dada-rock 

music note John's Children
Marc Bolan's roots

music note Louis Jordan
King of the jukeboxes

music note Junoon
Pakistani rock stars

music noteMauricio Kagel
Geographic compositions

music noteBrenda Kahn
Hunger's Metamorphosis

music noteMikami Kan
Japanese underground blues

music noteMichael Karoli
R.I.P. to the Can man

music note Jeff Kelly
Another side of Green Pajamas

music note Jack Kerouac
A musical salute

music note Jesus Lizard
A look back through their urine

music note Jobriath
Rock's first gay icon

music note Jorane
Quebec's star cellist

music note Kassaba
Classical ensemble gets the blues

note Khaled
Arab Pop in a Post-9/11 World

note Junior Kimbrough
Junior runs the voodoo down

music note Killing Joke
A retrospective of these gloomy guys

note Killswitch Engage
Metalheads in Synch

music note King Tubby
The ruler of dub

music note The Kinks' Face to Face
Where have all the good times gone?

music note The Kinks' Golden Age
When Ray was the man

note Roland Kirk
Hip Chops

note Dana & Karen Kletters
Folkies meet their enemies

note Terry Knight
His years as band front-man

note Al Kooper
Sideman's solo career

note Hilly Kristal
Belated RIP to punk's big bro

note Kuma
Semi-violence bio-fiction

music note Steve Lacy
Soaring soprano sax

music note Langhorne Slim
Folkie fashion plate 

music note Ronnie Lane
The Texas years 

music note Languis
Spiritual pop techno? 

note Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Wide-Open Space Cadet

music note A John Lennon Memoir
Up close and personal

music noteLong Ryders
From Euro-fame to Miller beer ad

music noteLene Lovich
Innovation in New Wave

music noteLobby Loyde/Ian Rilen
Aussie punk legends

music note Mad Caddies
Ska-licious fun 

music note Madonna
Yes, she does music too 

music note Magma
Greetings from Kobaia

music noteMan or Astroman?
Their secrets exposed

music noteMarah
Philly roots band discovers Nam

music noteBob Marley
Anniversary, legacy discussed & debated

music noteMaterial Issue
Flawed power pop gems

music noteMaximo Park
Romance & disconnect

music note K. McCarty
Her own tribute to Daniel Johnston

music note Bill McGarvey
Classic pop singer-songwriter

music note Jackie McLean
The Blue Note years 

music note Grant McLennan
Tribute to the late Go-Between 

music note Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval
The definition of honesty

music note MC5
Detroit's politico guitar army

note The Mekons Story
Lester Bangs' toast

note Mind Driver
West Coast punk driving force 

note Mind Garage
60's Christian rock 

note Charlie Mingus
The '50's: The Underdog Rising 

note Charlie Mingus
Golden Years: 1960-1964

note Charlie Mingus
The '70's: The Taurus in Winter

note Mission of Burma
Their return, 22 years later

note Mr. Bungle
Unclassifiable, ever-evolving 

note Modern Lovers
Despite all the amputations 

note R. Stevie Moore
His glorious cult career

note Mofungo
NYC's secret weapon

note Ennio Morricone
Redux of the soundtrack-composer

note Mott the Hoople
Dudes carrying news, 30 years on

note Mr. Airplane Man
The romance of femme garage

note MRI
Farewell MicroHouse?

note Muffins
Art-rock not new-wave

note Muslimgauze
The willful, beyond prolific Bryn Jones

note My Bloody Valentine
A personal observation

note Conlon Nancarrow
Personality & polyphony

note Napalm Death
Brits blasting Grindcore

note Mark Nauseef
Velvets, Post-Deep Purple & Thin Lizzy

music noteNeu!
Music for mind and pants

music noteNew Bomb Turks
The return of unapologetic rock

music noteOlivia Newton-John
Unlikely sources and other people's hits

music noteNomeansno
File under ???

music noteNylon Union
Slovokian electro-lounge

music noteLaura Nyro
Folkie dreaming of a black Xmas

note Oblivians
Out of control in Memphis

note Phil Ochs
50 fans can't be wrong

note Mary Margaret O'Hara
M.I.A. Singer-songwriter

note Olivia Tremor Control
In Dreams You Hear

note 101 Strings
The Fabs go easy listening

music noteYoko Ono
Her feminist catalog

note Os Mutantes
Dois Mil E Um

note Oum Kalthoum
The Golden Voice of Egypt

note Outkast
Andre and Big Boi in the ATL

note The Outsiders
Dutch treats

music note Paradise Lost
English death metal

music note Evan Parker
Packing Heat

music note Graham Parker
Sparks squeezing

music note Parker and Lily
An indie pop winter

music note Gram Parsons
Cosmic American Music

music note Harry Partch
the Sociology of Composition

music note Kenneth Patchen
A poet's jazzy moods 

music note Pavement
Lies and betrayals no more 

music note Johnny Paycheck
Country rebel with a cause 

music note Pearl Harbour
Rockabilly new-wave mama 

music note Peasall
Christian girls rock 

music note John Peel
The adored late DJ 

music note Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Simon Jeffes' imaginary folklore 

music note Peevish
Loose collective performance art 

music note Ivo Perelman
Jews Too Get the Blues

music note Carlos Peron
Life after Yello

music note Lee Scratch Perry
Let us now praise mad men

music note Madeleine Peyroux
What happened to the chanteuse?

music note Pinebender
Drudge rocking with splinters 

music note Pink Reason
DIY shoegaze & bad vodka 

music note Cleve Pozar
jazz/rap percussion 

music note The Plastic People of the Universe
Eurock's greatest band

music note The Pogues
Irish Soul Stew

music note Pontiac Brothers
A story of bar-band glory 

music note The Pop Group
They are time

music note Bud Powell
Mad genius of bebop

music note John Prine
Greatest living singer/songwriter?

music note Professor and Maryann
Hyperpop Life and Irregular Times

music note PJ Proby
Canny folk duo, not the sitcom

music note Suzi Quatro
Proto-punk and grrl

music note Queensrÿche
Protest metal

music note Tom Rapp
American troubadour

music note Red Crayola/Krayola
From psych to post-punk 

music note Red Dog Saloon
60's West Coast history 

music note Lou Reed
His forgotten unloved albums 

music note Emitt Rhodes
Pop wunderkind 

music note Marc Ribot & Nels Cline
Two avant guitar gawds 

music note Amy Rigby
'I gotta rock'

music note Terry Riley
His middle years

music note Rocket From the Tombs
The origins of mid-west punk

music noteAmalia Rodrigues
Queen of Portuguese fado

music note Rolling Stones
What's to love about 'em now?

music note Roots Manuva
Blunts & crumpets- British hip-hop

music note Roots Reggae Lives
Mikey General & Lehbanchuleh 

music note Ursula Rucker
hip-hop jazz poetry 

music noteRumba Bajura
Their flowing Caribbean rhythms

music note The Runaways
Neon angels & pre-punk mamas 

music note Terje Rypdal
Prog's most overlooked guitarist 

music note The Saints
More sinned against than sinning

music note Savage Republic
Art-punk history

music note The Sex Pistols' Great Swindle
Who's laughing now?

music note Klaus Schulze
70's kosmische heaven

music note Screamers
Forgotten L.A. punks

music note Screeching Weasel
R.I.P. rock'n'roll auteurs

music note Scritti/Bicycles
Desperate Politti

music note The Scruffs
Wanna meet a great pop band?

music note Selena
Her Chicana aspirations

music note Sevda
Turk/Swede jazz

music noteShirley Temple of Doom
Name that (non-metal) tune

music noteSilver Jews
Musings and thoughts of David B

music noteSimply Saucer
Canadian psychedelica

music note Sightings
Come on feel the New York noise

music note On Artistry and Sinatra
Why he's such a lovable cad

music note Skindred
Punks reach for Babylon

music note Slits
Atypical punk girls

music note Slits II
Stalking their reunion

music note Slobberbone
They're an Americana band

music note Harry Smith
Stampfel, Fahey, Ginsberg pay tribute

music note Sneaky Feelings
The Flying Nun/NZ Sound

music note Soft Machine
Their pataphysical beginnings

music noteSoundpool
Their shoegazing universe

music note Epic Soundtracks
RIP

music note Spiral Jetty
Hoboken's class of the 80's

music note Phil Spector
The mad director's greatest hits

music note Squirrels
Tongue-in-cheek pop

music note Alison Steele
The First Lady of Rock

music note Gary Stewart
Little Junior, King of the Honky Tonks

music note Stockhausen
Holger Czukay toasts his former teacher

music note The Stooges
Greatest rock band ever?

music note The Stranglers
Memoirs of a roughneck fan

music note String Driven Thing
Scotland's fierce drone-rockers

music note The Strollers
Swedish garagers stroll on

note Sublime
Just a Dad, Playing His Songs

music note Subway Sect
Lovable early punk yobs

music note Sun City Girls
Laundry Is Such Bad Karma

music note Sun Ra
John Szwed talks about his bio of Ra

music note Sun Ra
His Intergalactic Harmonies

music note Swell Maps
'Yer slavish little conscious'

music note Lauren Talley
Gospel guiding light

music note Margaret Leng Tan
Avant toy piano

music note Hound Dog Taylor
Wild Alligator tales

music note Television- Marquee Moon
A look at a monumental debut

music note Richard Thompson
Folk's great guitarist/songsmith

music note Henry Threadgill
Jazz pioneer

music noteTimbaland
How Master Beats Happen

music note To Live and Shave In L.A.
Anti-art's oral fixation

music note Tomita
Prog-classical electronic master

music note Total Shutdown
Neo no wave?

music note Touch
The best psych never heard?

music note Ralph Towner
Waltzing through Oregon

music note Ralph Towner II
Sergovia's mutant brother

music note Ralph Towner III
Last chapter of the guitar legend (so far)

music note Triffids
Sweet Aussie indie pop

music note Trouser Press
The legendary rock zine

music note Trunk Records
Feasting on obscure greats

music note Univers Zero
Gothic Rock-in-Opposition?

music note Urge Overkill
Style vs. substance

music note The Urinals
Pure Negative Capability

music note U.S. Maple
Organized anarchy?

music note Townes Van Zandt
The Lone Star legend remembered

music note Townes Van Zandt
An old buddy tells road stories

music note Van Der Graaf Generator
Quintessential prog?

music note Vibracathedral Orchestra
Kitchen droning with the U.K.'s finest

music note Vietnam Veterans
A french band, not war heros

music note Vulgar Boatmen
Perfect pop for indie people

music note The Walkabouts
Seattle's best-kept secret

music note Lopez Walker
Mysterious reggae star

music noteWeapon of Choice
Nutmeg funk rising

music note Bunny Wailer
The 'forgotten' Wailer?

note Patty Waters
What is the color when black is burned?

music note Wild Stares
Boston indie-style

music note Jason  D. Williams
Jerry Lee's doppleganger?

music note Victoria Williams
A folkie who loves you

music note Carl Wilson
Surf in peace

music note Hawksley Workman
A delicious Canadian world

music note Link Wray
His strange, sad story

music note Kristeen Young
High art & drama

music note Neil Young in the 90's
Straighten up and fly right?

music note Tom Ze
Wild Tropicalista

music note The Zombies
Their early years
 

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