Tom Maxwell
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Past articles by Tom:
Shelved: Dr. Dre’s Detox
Killer beats, huge hype, and failure to follow through. → Read More
America’s Contrarium Magister. We’re about to transform our society…
We’re about to transform our society, and we have Trump to thank. → Read More
Remembering Daniel Johnston
This outsider musician made music sound new again to everyone who listened. → Read More
Shelved: Van Morrison’s Contractual Obligation Album
This is the sound of not really trying. → Read More
Shelved: Jimi Hendrix’s Black Gold Suite
The genius guitarist's autobiographical, multi-song fantasy album sat in his drummer's apartment for twenty years. Now in the care of the Hendrix estate, will it ever see the light of day? → Read More
The Enduring Myth of a Lost Live Iggy and the Stooges Album
In 1973, Columbia Records professionally recorded the infamous band for a planned concert record. Columbia never released it. Maybe they never recorded it. → Read More
Remembering Mark Hollis of Talk Talk
The singer of “It’s My Life” left us a brilliant solo album, then chose to be a family man. → Read More
Shelved: Brian Wilson’s Adult/Child
Music from the time after the good vibrations ended. → Read More
Remembering James Ingram
The R&B singer and songwriter made it look easy, even when it wasn't. → Read More
A History of American Protest Music: Come By Here
How cultural appropriation and erasure turned an African American spiritual into a white campfire sing-along. → Read More
Remembering Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks
The Buzzcock's enduring influence might have surprised punk frontman Pete Shelley, but not his fans. → Read More
Shelved: The Sound of Big Star’s Self-Destruction
As the band dissolved, they managed to capture their destruction in some dark, powerful music. → Read More
Shelved: The Velvet Underground’s Fourth Album
The story of the Velvet Underground's fourth album that almost never was. → Read More
Alan Watts and the Eternal Present
To know happiness in the future, we must be happy now. → Read More
A History of American Protest Music: This Is the Hammer That Killed John Henry
How a folk hero inspired one of the most covered songs in American history. → Read More
A History of American Protest Music: ‘We Have Got Tools and We Are Going to Succeed’
Lead Belly, Lee Hays, and the hammer songs that powered the folk movement. → Read More
A History of American Protest Music: When Nina Simone Sang What Everyone Was Thinking
“Mississippi Goddam” was an angry response to tragedy, in show tune form. → Read More
A History of American Protest Music: How The Hutchinson Family Singers Achieved Pop Stardom with an Anti-Slavery Anthem
“Get Off the Track!” borrowed the melody of a racist hit song and helped give a public voice to the abolitionist movement. → Read More
The Story of ‘Ella and Louis,’ 60 Years Later
A century-defining album's improbable genesis. → Read More
The top 10 songs of the Cold War
The fears of nuclear annihilation made for some memorable pop music - what would be on your list? → Read More