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Paul Collins: Out Of My Head
by Doug Collette
There may not be anyone on the planet more loyal to rock and roll than Paul Collins. From his days in the Nerves (with Americana master Peter Case) to fronting his namesake band the Beat, this icon of so-called power pop has always evinced an abiding faith in his own music (even in solo digressions from his niche). On his latest expression of commitment, this songwriter and musician conjures a world unto himself. “In And Out of My ...
Continue ReadingJack Lee: Anthology - Bigger Than Life
by Doug Collette
Just one cut shy of two dozen tracks comprise the Jack Lee Anthology Bigger Than Life, but the single CD nevertheless lives up to its title if only in regards to the artist's reputation (plus the fact these recordings have not been readily available since their original issue thirty-plus years ago). As one third of the Nerves--with Peter Case and Paul Collins--Lee aided in no small part to nurture the punk movement in Lost Angeles in the late Seventies, despite ...
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