Donald Fagen – H Gang
Oldies Songs A Cynical and Melancholy Retrospective on Cool, a Poignant Meditation on the Elusive, Fleeting Nature of Youthful Hipness. By 2006, the world knew Donald Fagen as the sophisticated elder statesman…
Alvin Stardust – Red Dress
A High-Stakes and Illicit Rock and Roll Romance, a Theatrical Ode to Dangerous Desire and Fatal Attraction. In 1974, as the British charts pulsed with the theatrical energy of glam…
Slade – Nobody’s Fool
A Poignant and World-Weary Confession, a Tragic Soundtrack to the Fading Glory of an Unjustly Overlooked Era. The year 1976 found the British glam-rock titans Slade at a dramatic and…
Slade – Don’t Blame Me
A Candid and Gritty Confession of Personal Failure, a Quiet Look Behind the Glittering Façade of a Glam Rock God. In 1974, Slade reigned supreme as the loudest, rowdiest, and…
Steely Dan – Time Out Of Mind
A Moment of Transcendence in the Midst of Glamour and Despair “Time Out of Mind” by Steely Dan, from their sleek, labyrinthine album Gaucho (1980), is a quietly devastating meditation…
Walter Becker – Lucky Henry
A Cynical and Noir-Laced Self-Portrait, a Darkly Comic Reflection on Privilege, Survival, and Moral Bankruptcy. By 1994, the music world had almost resigned itself to the silence of one of…
Slade – Pouk Hill
A Primal and Defiant Ode to Working-Class Roots, a Sonic Document of the Band’s Unadulterated Live Power. In the early 1970s, before they became the crowned kings of British Glam…
Jackson Browne – The Load Out
A Profound and Moving Homage to the Unsung Heroes of the Road, a Lyrical Chronicle of the Solitude and Camaraderie of the Touring Life. In the late 1970s, Jackson Browne…
Jackson Browne – The Road
A Poignant and World-Weary Confession, a Soulful Elegy to the Exhausting Sacrifice of Life as a Traveling Musician. In 1977, Jackson Browne, the quintessential chronicler of the human heart and…
Donald Fagen – Weather In My Head
A Wry Meditation on Aging, Anxiety, and the Climate We Carry Inside Ourselves When Donald Fagen released “Weather In My Head” in 2012 as part of his fourth solo album…