Glam-Racket

We get the paper on the weekend, which is pointless for the amount of money we pay for it compared to the actual reading time we devote to i...

I totally stole this idea from Music Critics website because I think it’s awesome: pictures of the reviewer’s own bookshelves obligatorily ...

For a dude who’s been jamming shit in between the strings and pickups of electric guitars and then testing the results under ear-damaging am...

I just finished reading the biography Syd Barrett: Crazy Diamond-The Birth of Pink Floyd . It’s been out for a while, recently updated after...

It went like this: Lou Reed into Velvet Underground and then into John Cale. And the first John Cale album I was exposed to came from a dubb...

There was a time, perhaps a year or two in the 80’s, when producer Trevor Horn seemed like he could do no wrong. But perhaps the biggest hat...

In college, I enjoyed a few albums by the band Treat Her Right. They had a nice retro-rock/blues feel that was a welcomed relief in the over...

Dear Iggy: I got a chance to see you and the rest of the Stooges the other night on the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies. You lo...

I’m ashamed. I’m just an average, run of the mill musicologist. That score represents my final tally at Rhino Records’ Rhino Musical Aptitud...

If you’ve never heard The Kings “Switchin’ To Glide/This Beat Goes On,” you’re missing one of the greatest pop singles of all time. High pra...

Stunning. A neck-craning collaboration of proportions that you’re immediately drawn to investigating the idea of Robert Plant/Alison Krauss ...

As much as I would be stoked to see them, and as much as I think they’d be able to pull it off, I’ve got to confess that I’m proud as fuck t...

For no apparent reason, here’s a Glam-Racket's Bakers Dozen of the Greatest Rock Drummers Ever. The list is non-negotiable and, as alway...

Because I just found an unbeliveable remake of the song, written and self-released by Sophie herself, that lends it support to Hillary Clint...

What the fuck happened to Sophie B. Hawkins? “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” was the jam back in 1992, and I mean that with the utmost sincer...

The last time I cried during a song? That’s easy. A pair of Aimee Mann songs turns on the waterworks every fucking time. “Deathly” and “Wise...

I never knew that Buddy Miles was a member of the California Raisins. I learned this immediately after I learned that Buddy had passed away ...

Glam-Racket reached somewhat of a milestone today: it was banned at work. For some reason, the site was tagged by the IT department so that ...

George Harrison’s birthday today reminds me of a few things. First of all, it reminds me that I really need to pick up my two favorite Harri...