PopTodd

He has ever had the commercial appeal of either Dylan or Young, but artistically, well into his 50's, Nick Cave has amassed a helluva rich body of work that should stand the test of time. Is has, to date, some 30 years into his career.

Probably the hardest one to argue with. Ever.

Oh, and another great comeback from 2007 (The Roches was '07, too): Back with a vengance!!!

The band doesn't have to have been broken up, per se. Maybe just dormant, or they had released a bunch of crap for a while, and then: BAM! Here comes a truly great record out of nowhere! So, what comes to mind for you? I can think of three off-hand: 12 years after their last release as a trio, 15 years after their last really good release, and more than 28 years since their "masterpiece" and debut, the put out this album, which may just be their NEW masterpiece! Such a welcome and unexpected piece of excellence. Always good to hear from the Sisters Roche, but this is extra super good to hea

P.M. Dawn is pretty underrated. Maybe not one of the most "underrated things on music earth", but still pretty underrated.

"Culture" is so disposable today, I have a hard time seeing anybody making enough of a lasting impression on a large-enough part of the population to really be considered a "new Dylan" or whatever. But that said, I do think that Jeff Tweedy is about as close as we are going to get to that these days. At least from songwriting/development standpoint. Maybe Jenny Lewis, from a purely artistic POV, without taking any cultural impact into consideration. That woman can write.

Wrote our own vows and in hers, she promised "to go to Big Star and Pavement shows with (me) for as long as (her) hearing allows." Yeah. Good one.

Just have to input here that "the one that broke my heart" -- pretty much everyone has one, I think -- was waaaayyyy into XTC, which almost ruined them for me. Thankfully, the girl that I married, the right one, is also way into XTC, which saved them for me again. She's the right one in so very many ways!

Spotted Cow

http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-shook-down-mw0000315544

John Cale. The true music geeks don't underrate him, I don't think. But he is so very overshadowed by the more-flamboyant, so-very-New Yorker-ly Lou Reed that most "normal" people don't even know that he exists. But, for my money, his solo career has been light years better, and certainly more-interesting than that of his more-famous former bandmate.

Timing. Not necessarily what note is played, but where it's placed. I suppose that this is linked in a way to "silence", but there is a distinction. Listen to the first trumpet solo on the original recording of Art Blakey's "Moanin'". Lee Morgan nails it. And it's not that he is all over the place, but it's exactly WHERE he is. So perfect.

Graham Parker reunites with The Rumour! Brinsley Schwarz and Bob Andrews: two of the most-underrated sidemen in the history of rock. This can only be good! http://www.rollingst...ecades-20120822 Provided, of course, that Graham writes a good batch of tunes.

The Floyd "live" on the BBC in 1967. I guess that this clip was feared lost -- erased from the masters and everything. But somebody (mostly) salvaged it. Cool to see Syd actually (kinda) performing. And I think that the crap video quality actually adds to the psych appeal.