In The Stacks 8/13/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Bad Brains - I Against I - SST, 1986. 🪨🫧 🪩⾾ 🤘⚒️🎗️⨻🥃:  A seminal Punk(?) Metal(?) band. Every song has an intense, violent delivery. In this case I  think the drummer leans Punk, the guitarist Metal and HR is just HR (with a little Reggae influence). They were hugely influential and this… Continue reading In The Stacks 8/13/26

In The Stacks 7/7/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Babes in Toyland - Painkillers - Reprise, 1993. 🪨🫧 🪩◐🤘⾾ ⚒️🎟️🏋🏽:  Power jams! This EP with a lengthy, live bonus track delivers on some angst that I feel is still relevant in our current demise. Babes In Toyland definitely do it hard and strange, but I find myself recalling all of their… Continue reading In The Stacks 7/7/26

In The Stacks 6/4/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix B-52’s - Wild Planet - WB, 1980. 🪨🫧 🪩 🧴🚘 🧀 🥃💰: The New Wave/Pop/Punk band from Georgia that I listened to with trepidation when they were most popular. They were a little too goofy weird, I was all for weird, but their weird seemed more comical than creatively weird. I did call in to request the video for… Continue reading In The Stacks 6/4/26

In The Stacks 4/26/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading - A&M, 1976. 🪨🫧 🪩 🃁 🧀 ❤️‍🔥🎧: A superb Singer Songwriter album that leans into Rock, but was probably influential to a wide variety of artists because of the honesty in Mrs. Amatrading's expression and the voice she offered women in music. I return to the… Continue reading In The Stacks 4/26/26

In The Stacks 3/21/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix New Icon - 😵‍💫 - Psychedelic Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion - A&M, 1977. 🪨🫧 🪩🗣️⎄ : I recall Mrs. Armatrading’s cassettes being in my parent’s, and their friend’s, collections and thus avoided her work. Listening now I’m impressed by her songs, her versatility and her distinctive voice. She features excellent… Continue reading In The Stacks 3/21/26