Tag: indie

• Tunesday: 1988 Throwing Muses–Juno, Bright Yellow Gun & More

  Kristen Hersh and her band, Throwing Muses, have been among my very favorites since I initially heard the song “Juno” from their first full length album, House Tornado, grind it’s way out of my stereo speakers back in 1988.  I’ve begun to realize what a magnificent year that was for my musical tastes–maybe there was…

  JunkChuck

  April 28, 2015

  Tunesday

  1980s, alternative, breeders, college radio, house tornado, indie, juno, kristin hersh, music, pixies, poetic, progressive, punk, rhode island, rock, tanya donelly, throwing muses

• Uncle Tupelo

  I’m sitting here listening to Uncle Tupelo’s landmark album “No Depression” for the thousandth odd time–and I wanted to take a minute to thank Brian R. who introduced me to the band in it’s dying days back–oh–about 20 years ago. It took some urging–I thought Uncle Tupelo was a silly name and didn’t exactly rush…

  JunkChuck

  January 31, 2014

  Uncategorized

  80s, 90’s, alt.country, and rold, anodyne, bloomfield, cat, classic, depression, fararr, indie, liberty, music, no, paul’s, pittsburgh, rock, son, sound, tupelo, tweedy, uncle, volt, wilco