VIOLENT FEMMES: NO NORMAL BAND
Born in the wake of a legendarily disruptive high school performance and culminating in a near riot at...
Musicians
CHRIS FRANTZ: REMAINS IN LOVE
The subtitle to Remain in Love, the new memoir by Chris Frantz, is “Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club,...
DIVINE HORSEMEN RIDE AGAIN: CHRIS D & JULIE CHRISTENSEN SPEAK TO PKM
A hot new single, ‘Mystery Writers,’ by Divine Horsemen arrives this Friday. Chris “D” Desjardins, formerly of L.A....
LOUD FAST WORDS WITH SOUL ASYLUM’S DAVE PIRNER
Soul Asylum was part of a contingent of Minneapolis bands, with the Replacements and Hüsker Dü, that altered...
SLANT 6: STRAIGHT OUTTA WASHINGTON, D.C. IN THE ’90S
Catching some wind from the Riot Grrrl Movement but sailing mostly on their own, the all-female trio Slant...
JOHNNY THUNDERS IN COLD BLOOD
In 1987, Nina Antonia published the first book about John Anthony Genzale (aka Johnny Thunders) (1952-1991). It was...
DADDY COOL: AUSTRALIA’S UNSUNG ROCK & ROLL GREATS
Influenced by the Mothers of Invention, Daddy Cool quickly soared to the top of Australia’s charts, then blistered...
THE MEKONS: STILL THRIVING ON LOW EXPECTATIONS
The punk-era holdouts The Mekons, originally from the UK but now scattered worldwide, were set to reunite to...
JONI MITCHELL: A RECKLESS DAUGHTER’S BRILLIANT JOURNEY
Joni Mitchell was a “folk singer” for two years, but she has been an artistic badass for more...
FAT WHITE FAMILY’S LIAS SAOUDI ON BLM AND FINDING A MUSICAL WAY FORWARD
The multi-ethnic South London-based Fat White Family has been called the ‘sonic equivalent of society coming unhinged.’ Their...
THE STORY BEHIND DINO VALENTI’S HEY JOE AND LET’S GET TOGETHER
This is a story about singer-songwriter Dino Valenti and two songs for which he has songwriting credit that...
SECOND FIDDLE TO NO MAN: BEVERLEY MARTYN AND LINDA THOMPSON
The talented singer-songwriters Beverley Martyn and Linda Thompson faced an unfair hurdle in their careers: Though accomplished before...
KEITH RELF: WHEN A YARDBIRD FLEW SOLO
Though the guitarists for The Yardbirds got all the ink, the band’s other four members—bassist Paul Samwell-Smith, drummer...
VISUALIZING ROKY & THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
The music of the Texas garage band 13th Floor Elevators needs little introduction to PKM readers. They were...