The scene of the first Washington DC show in ANTHOLOGY should answer all of these questions. He is absolutely ON FIRE and driving the performance to unbelievable heights with his feel and power. Outrageously good.

all that sweet green icing, floooowing dowwnnnnnn...

...The way this show starts off with an indifferent audience and ends in a different universe... The stretch of TWISTIN THE NIGHT AWAY--> SOMEBODY HAVE MERCY--> BRING IT ON HOME TO ME--> NOTHING CAN CHANGE THIS LOVE--> HAVING A PARTY is absolutely untouchable. I... just. 🤯

In my opinion anyway... *ha*

was ubiquitous. So, while his dates are off, when R.E.M. put out PAGEANT and DOCUMENT in 1986 & 1987, those were political records. American hardcore was political. Hüsker Dü could cover TICKET TO RIDE, HELTER SKELTER, & EIGHT MILES HIGH & it felt at once a reclamation & a bridge to that music.

& represented the peak of hypocrisy. It wasn't that teens in the late 1980s were pushing against that music, but more the conservative culture's romantic twisting of it. In the US, we did not have a regional culture like the NW of England that pushed back against Thatcherism. Boomer triumphalism

There is a truth in the article's premise, tho, which is that the romanticization of Baby Boomer youth culture was a huge political force & was absolutely something against which mid-1980s outsiders were pushing. In the US, it was Reagan & the yuppies, all of whom had betrayed the 1960s ethos

Oh man... yes! #Sophie

Bummer! It is a great record... the moved to NYC so they play here more now, hopefully they can build on their craft. It is a great record.

She also absolutely reinvented Horsegirl on their second album PHOENETICS ON & ON, an amazing producer I think. Very much agree with this review.

Seeing her in NYC in January. Can't wait... glad to hear it is a great show!

The new album is brilliant. I think of her as the natural heir to Bowie and yes, that's saying a lot, but she is always experimenting in the context of great songs, a real artist. I love this one from the new record. Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=znJR...

In 2019, for United Artists' 100th Anniversary, our film organization was offered the opportunity to do a special screening of any of the films on a very extensive list to help them celebrate. I chose CARRIE to their surprise, and it was so great on the big screen. I hope you loved it as well!

I'll say it: their best album.

YES! An underground favorite. A friend programmed it on the big screen in 2011 ... so good!