The Who Release an Anemic Mix of a 1982 Historic Show
The third live album of the Who’s 1982 farewell tour improves little on the others. It’s hard to imagine that modern recording technology couldn’t have helped.
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The Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’ Shines Brightly on Its Golden Anniversary
A tale of UK Mod culture and failed dreams, Quadrophenia is easily the Who’s best album, and perhaps, it’s the best rock opera ever.
41 Essential Pop/Rock Songs with Accordion
No popular musical instrument has been more frequently maligned than the accordion. Despite gaining hipster cred in the 1990s, its role in pop remains underappreciated.
Scholar Peter Stanfield Brings ‘Hate’ to the Who’s Pop Art Period
Peter Stanfield’s ‘A Band With Built-In Hate’ highlights redundancy, aggression, obsolescence, and ambiguity in Townshend’s lyrical stance and the Who’s performing methods.
The 20 Best Album Re-Issues of 2009
Step back 10 years when we presented our 20 best re-issues of 2009, highlighted by the long overdue remastering of the Beatles oeuvre, a number of '80s and '90s classics, and one of the most storied catalogues in electronic music.
The 10 Most Famous Albums That Never Saw the Light of Day
Here's 10 albums that never happened but are still discussed among fans and often recreated in some shape or form by the original artists, inspired musicians, or just hungry fans.
Eddie Cochran’s Working Class “Summertime Blues” Asks, This Is Living?
Ever get the feeling that the struggle to get by makes it impossible to have the energy or the time to storm the barricades? That's what American capitalism has achieved in 2018: maximum depression. And that's why Cochran's 1958 song of angst plays on to this day.
Pete Townshend Remembers ‘Who Came First’ 45(ish) Years Later
With a strange history and an unusual assortment of tracks, Who guitarist Pete Townshend's first solo album still offers plenty of joy.
‘Live at the Fillmore East 1968’ Shows a Who That’s Almost There Yet Already There
This 1968 concert from the Who vaults reveals both a devastating live show and a revealing bit of history.
Keith Moon Graphic Novel ‘Who Are You?’ Leaves You Questioning
Jim McCarthy's passion for the project comes through at times, but it isn't enough to carry an uneven book.
The Story of the Jam, a Band That Had the Sense to Break up on Time
It's a great time to be a fan of The Jam and this 2015 documentary is but one reason why. Now issued with a full live concert from 1980, you can't lose.
The Who Sell Out at 50
The Who is a band that’s almost as agile as it’s always been, even if there are teleprompters here and there and the guitarist no longer does spectacular leaps in the air.