Doctors’ Mob: Last One in the Van Drives
Our dear friend and longtime Pop Culture Press features editor (mid 1990s – mid 2000s), Kent Benjamin passed away May 14 at his home in Hot Springs, Arkansas after a Read More
Daniel Johnston’s End of Innocence
Insight on his major label debut, Kathy McCarty’s Dead Dog’s Eyeball and excerpts from a previously unpublished interview from 1986 by d.n.l. Update from the author, d.n.l., September 2021, on Read More
Jim Dickinson: Grits, Hog Jowls, Blaze Foley, and the Birth of Psychedelia
By Kent H. Benjamin From Pop Culture Press, Issue 56, Spring 2003 While one would hope the legendary Memphis musician, producer, and incorrigible raconteur Jim Dickinson needs no introduction to Read More
Pulp’s Different Class
by Jason Cohen On the night of Pulp’s first London performance of 1996, the spacious two-level room is fit to burst. The queue out front snakes up one set of Read More
Spoon – “Hot Thoughts” (review)
Spoon Hot Thoughts Matador Records by Boon Sheridan “… and was said that in a time of strife and confusion, heroes would rise up to soothe our spirits.” OK, that’s Read More
13 Ignominious Moments in Austin Music History
Pop Culture Press issue #: ? original publish date: ? by Greg Beets If you’re a music fan who has only seen Austin during SXSW, you might think it resembles Read More
Standing On Top of the Pile: An Interview with Rockpile’s Billy Bremner
THE PCP INTERVIEW Standing On Top of the Pile: An Interview with Rockpile’s Billy Bremner by Steve Elliott PCP: You’ve released three solo albums so far: Bash (1984), A Read More
Redlands Palomino Company: The Young Turks Of English Country
REDLANDS PALOMINO COMPANY: THE YOUNG TURKS OF ENGLISH COUNTRY by Nick West “We’re doin’ it for the country, we’re doin’ it for GP, We’re doin’ it for Neil Young Read More
The American Music Club Gets Happy (Sort Of)
The American Music Club Gets Happy (Sort Of) by Tony Sclafani The American Music Club has never had the reputation as a shiny, happy band. The melancholic leanings of Read More
Ravonettes – “Love, Lust, & The Raveonettes”
LOVE, LUST & THE RAVEONETTES by Adi Anand The Raveonettes might hail from Denmark but their core members currently call opposite coasts of the United States home. Still, one might Read More