MY FAVORITE ALCHEMIST: AN HOMAGE TO HAL WILLNER Gary Lippman·September 10, 2020The release of Hal Willner’s final recorded project, Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T.Rex, got...All Please Kill Me PostsGary LippmanMusiciansR.I.P.·3 Comments
ROLLING STONE: LIFE AND DEATH OF BRIAN JONES Gary Lucas·September 7, 2020The acclaimed guitarist Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, Gods and Monsters, Lou Reed, et al.) has long...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfDocumentary FilmFilmMusicians·5 Comments
TINA BELL’S HIDDEN LEGACY: THE BLACK WOMAN WHO CREATED THE SOUND OF GRUNGE Jen B. Larson·September 3, 2020In 1983, the Seattle band Bam Bam, fronted by a talented, elegant Black woman named Tina Bell, created...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleHistoryJen B. LarsonMusicians·26 Comments
STEVE EARLE: GHOSTS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND THE JOB OF EMPATHY Noah Lekas·September 1, 2020Steve Earle has charted his own path, musical and otherwise, since he arrived in Nashville at age 19....All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
JESSIE MAE HEMPHILL: HANGIN’ WITH ‘THE SHE-WOLF OF COMO’ Cree McCree·August 26, 2020A five-time W.C. Handy award-winner and the fourth generation of a venerable musical family, Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923-2006),...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansR.I.P.·4 Comments
GOING FOR BAROQUE: THE LEFT BANKE STORY Scott Schinder·August 25, 2020With the death of Tom Finn last month, all four original members (Finn, Michael Brown, George Cameron, Steve...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusiciansScott Schinder·1 Comment
GAIL ANN DORSEY: LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER BOWIE Robert Gourley·August 20, 2020After two decades as a member of David Bowie’s band, Gail Ann Dorsey never put her bass guitar...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·0 Comments
SAN FRANCISCO PUNK PRANKSTERS: PINK SECTION, INFLATABLE BOY CLAMS Richie Unterberger·August 19, 2020Influenced by the punk scene centered at Mabuhay Gardens, and the fun, bohemian spirit of a city that...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·3 Comments
CASSIE RAMONE: RETURN OF A VIVIAN GIRL Austin Brookner·August 18, 2020Taking their name from a profoundly strange book by outsider artist Henry Darger, the Brooklyn-based trio Vivian Girls...All Please Kill Me PostsGirl PowerInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
VIKTOR TSOI: THE LEGEND OF RUSSIA’S GREATEST ROCK STAR LIVES ON Yuliya Abasheva·August 12, 2020Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Russia’s most beloved rock & roll star. When Viktor...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansR.I.P.·0 Comments
KATIE JANE GARSIDE SAILS AGAIN Amanda Sheppard·August 11, 2020British singer-songwriter, one-time Riot Grrrl, and Daisy Chainsaw and Queenadreena frontwoman, Katie Jane Garside, is back with her...All Please Kill Me PostsAmanda SheppardInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
HERE’S LOOKING AT HUGH: THE STRANGLERS’ HUGH CORNWELL SPEAKS Anthony Petkovich·August 10, 2020The former guitarist/vocalist of the classic English punk band has, since he left the Stranglers, had a long...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
SUNSHINE WALKERS: KIMBERLEY REW & LEE CAVE-BERRY Fiona McQuarrie·August 4, 2020After stints in the Soft Boys (with Robyn Hitchcock) and Katrina and the Waves, Kimberley Rew has pursued...All Please Kill Me PostsFiona McQuarrieMusicians·0 Comments
PETER GREEN: THE END OF THE GAME (RIP) Gary Lucas·August 3, 2020Peter Green, inheritor of Eric Clapton’s spot in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, was, said...All Please Kill Me PostsMusiciansR.I.P.·0 Comments