The fact that one of the greatest living songwriters lives in a modest home in NJ making records on an old Tascam 388 escapes most people. Fred Cornog is ERP, was featured in the first issue of Tape Op, and this is a reissue of a collection of early singles and EPs. Essential. (www.mergerecords.com)
Music Reviews | No. 29
Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites, A Different Kind of Tension
by Larry Crane
The Buzzcocks unleashed these three amazing albums in the span of a couple of years, with Martin Rushent producing. These remain the standard to me by which guitar-driven punk-pop records must be...