Tom Petty vs Elvis Costello, 1977-1983: Who was the real king of new wave?
A song for song power-pop showdown.
Author: Andrew Clayman
Andrew Clayman is an ageing music writer, amateur shortstop, and semi-pro historian who left his sweet home Chicago to chase the dream in Leeds. Quite conceivably the only person to have interviewed Henry Rollins and Zooey Deschanel on the same day (not together), his other interests include birdwatching, car boot sales, and asking people if they’ve ever listened to the band Close Lobsters.
Articles by Author: Andrew Clayman
The Story Behind The Song: Motown’s 1964 double-whammy of ‘My Guy’ and ‘My Girl’
Two number one hits, both written and produced by Smokey Robinson.
“Unafraid”: The moment The Replacements truly became The Replacements
“We just started playing the stuff we liked”.
The origin story of Devo: “A long line of insane, cannibalistic apes”
A 50-year pop art project built around one increasingly plausible premise.
“A loss to the whole world”: The tragic death of Otis Redding
The soul legend and six others died in a 1967 plane crash.
Tucker Zimmerman – ‘Dream Me a Dream’ album review: A final bow from David Bowie and Big Thief’s favourite folk hero
Recorded shortly before his death this past January.
The cult legacy of ‘Sunday Night’, Lorne Michaels’ short-lived showcase of live music and unlikely mash-ups
A format that Jools Holland later adapted for the UK audience.
The Story Behind The Song: How the Pixies went “pop” with ‘Here Comes Your Man’
“We thought it was cooler not to do it than to do it”.
Five albums that defined life in 1996
Grunge and Britpop took a backseat to a new wave of the internet age.
