What makes a scene? How does it happen? More specifically, how did the sleepy Southern college town of Athens, GA become a powerful and influential beacon for indie culture and music?  It’s all here in Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, …

Without warning, they just did it: here’s Alphabetland. Los Angeles’ original punk rockers X just released their first record in 35 years with their original lineup. Dropped via Bandcamp and Fat Possum Records with no advance warning, Alphabetland is …

 

 

Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift Live Online for Nashville Tornado Relief Part 2  We love to blog about the shows, films, music, tv, books and even the occasional art exhibit we see. In the days of social distancing precautions, artists …

 

Kind and weird.   Those are the two words that come to mind when I think of Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair’s remarkable HBO series High Maintenance. Blichfeld is an Emmy award winning casting director known for her work on 30 …

I’ve seen Arrow Beach, a Triangle based NC band, twice (tinyurl.com/zubbeach). I’ve seen the lineup change and become friends with them, and I have to say they are without a doubt one of my favorite bands. The band …

 

Drugs have always been a thing in rock and roll. The bands that I grew up with, from The Beatles to The Stones to The Velvets, Iggy, Bowie, etc. all were well versed in drugs. It’s funny for me, someone …

 

 

My first pandemic series binge. I’d like to say a little bit about the 9-episode series of Watchmen on HBO. First of all, I know this is a very beloved comic from the DC comics world. I personally am not …

 

For over a month, Steve Nieve (best known in Zub circles as Elvis Costello’s longtime keyboardist) has been streaming cozy piano-based salon shows from his home in Normandy, France. The “Daily Improvisation” shows, recently dubbed The Immobile Tour, are …

 

This 2017 movie is about the creation, production, and touring of Iggy Pop’s Post Pop Depression record. Co-directed by Joshua Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age) and photographer Andreas Newman, this is one amazing, astounding music film. The people at …

 

If you are a Zubland regular, you know I am a huge fan of Peter Holsapple and his (now disbanded) combo. We did an extensive Podcast about the dB’s a while back at tinyurl.com/zubamplifier. Peter’s solo career went on…

 

Game Theory, the San Francisco based band led by Scott Miller, was one of the most influential pop bands of the 1980’s. They are one of those ‘greatest bands you never heard of’ types. They existed in several line-ups led …

 

For someone who is such a fan of his father, the late Ian Dury (tinyurl.com/zubreasons), I know very little about Baxter Dury’s career. I knew he had released a record or two but The Night Chancers is actually …