David Fricke
Rolling Stone
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by David:
The Who's 50 Greatest Songs
From power-pop anthems to operatic epics to stadium-size rockers and beyond → Read More
Best Music Album Reissues of 2020
From Prince's peak opus to a revelatory jazz show at a California high school → Read More
Grateful Dead Best Live Shows: 20 Every Deadhead Must Own
Sublime solos, 30-minute jams and a fierce show in a Danish cafeteria: David Fricke chooses 20 must-own gigs for every Deadhead → Read More
Grateful Dead Best Live Shows: 20 Every Deadhead Must Own
Sublime solos, 30-minute jams and a fierce show in a Danish cafeteria: David Fricke chooses 20 must-own gigs for every Deadhead → Read More
Before the Landslide: Inside the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac
The early Mac expanded the possibilities of British blues and set the scene for their huge success to come — battling tragedy all the way → Read More
Before the Landslide: Inside the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac
The early Mac expanded the possibilities of British blues and set the scene for their huge success to come — battling tragedy all the way → Read More
Beck’s ‘Hyperspace’ is a Dark, Heavenly Pop Fantasy
The alt-pop icon teams up with Pharrell for a revelatory inner-space journey → Read More
The Black Keys and Raconteurs Take Rock Back to the Future
Two great new albums remind us that rock is a living thing → Read More
Why Captain Beefheart’s ‘Trout Mask Replica’ Still Sounds Like Tomorrow
The iconic album remains one of the ultimate tests of how far you are willing to go to give yourself up to music → Read More
Fricke’s Picks: The Minus 5, Filthy Friends, Garcia Peoples
Also in this edition: the latest from the Dream Syndicate → Read More
‘The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings’ Goes Deep Inside Bob Dylan’s Legendary Rock & Roll Medicine Show
This 14-CD includes full rehearsals and rarities, giving us an intimate sense of the chaotic theatre tour that featured Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and more. → Read More
Three-Eyed Man: Remembering Psychedelic Seer Roky Erickson
A look back at 50-plus years of surreal sound and vision from the late rock & roll enigma → Read More
Stream These Albums: April 2019
Here are the best LPs of the last month: Vampire Weekend’s brilliant California pop, Beyonce’s live homecoming, Weyes Blood’s timely American vision and more → Read More
Fricke’s Picks: Fontaines D.C., Pere Ubu and More
Also in this edition: unearthed sounds from finger-picking guitarist Kinloch Nelson and rootsy U.K. outfit Big Front Yard → Read More
Review: Cage the Elephant Battle Rock Star Fatigue on ‘Social Cues’
The eclectic Kentucky band channels its mid-career angst on a great album → Read More
Remembering Gary Stewart, Rhino Records’ Rock Archaeologist
Late A&R head’s reissues of everyone from the Ramones to the Monkees combined a scholar’s authority with a fan’s zeal → Read More
Fricke’s Picks: Long Ryders, Motorpsycho, Ace of Cups
In this edition: a veteran L.A. band’s ‘Psychedelic Country Soul,’ Norwegian proggers’ new three-song epic and a Sixties-era San Francisco group’s joyful return → Read More
HYDE: David Fricke on Japanese Rocker’s May Tour –
The Japanese rocker visits the U.S. this May for a rare solo tour → Read More
David Fricke at SXSW 2019: 10 Great Musical Discoveries
From Sao Paolo’s Bixiga 70 to the see-it-to-believe-it EDM of Moritz Simon Geist → Read More
Fricke’s Picks: New Reissues From Mott the Hoople, Texas Punk Haven Raul’s
‘Mental Train’ box covers British rockers’ pre–”All the Young Dudes” years, while ‘Live at Raul’s’ chronicles Austin’s answer to CBGB → Read More