Results for Uncle Green

  • The Jayhawks: Sound of Lies

    by Ben WesthoffJuly 16, 2008Comments (7)

    The album is pure ’70s rock radio excess, dominated by long, psychedelic-flavored electric guitar solos. The Gram Parsons influence and the bare vocal harmonies are gone (read more)

  • Dark Side of the Death Star (or How I Wasted Eleven Months of My Life)

    by James Greene, Jr.July 9, 2008Comments (10)

    White Zombie’s landmark 1992 album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 certainly seemed like the type of sample-heavy rock freak-out that would align perfectly with a wild, outer space adventure starring Mark Hamill. Also, I figured it would be pretty cool watching Darth Vader parade around to all those bad-ass metal riffs. That alone might keep me from dozing off in the middle of said experiment. The following evening (read more)

  • Walter Becker

    by David MacFadden-ElliottJune 11, 2008Comments (5)

    "doesn’t let up for a second with tales of degradation, loss, and dubious love" (read more)

  • Well, C'mon! I Wanna Be Your Dog

    by Denise SullivanJune 4, 2008Comments (4)

    Recorded for the band's 1969 self-titled debut, "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is right up there with "Sweet Jane" and "I'm Waiting For the Man", songs once considered required learning (read more)

  • Melodic Pop Punk: Descendents vs. Green Day

    by Daniel McDermottApril 30, 2008Comments (12)

    In a family tree of popular music that begins with great-grandfather Robert Johnson, stretches down to Chuck Berry, branches off to Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Dylan, Zeppelin, the Ramones, and ends with the birth of Green Day, the Descendents would be the crazy musical uncle (read more)