About Me
David J. Klug (pronounced Kloooooog as in Klüg)
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Global loudmouth for Green, the greatest pop-rock band Chicago ever knew, or didn't...new record out! Green's debut from way back in the day (that would be the 80s) was named #66 out of the greatest 200 powerpop albums of all time in John Borack's book called "Shake Some Action." See below in "friends" section for more about Green...
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Can't wait to hear the new ones by Rilo Kiley, Mitch Easter, Okervill River, Sam Baker, Black Francis, Eva Petersen, Fountains Of Wayne, Maximo Park, Cherry Ghost, Richard Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Paul McCartney, Emily Haines, Ted Leo, Interpol, The Coral, Carlene Carter, The Fray, Lucinda Williams, Beck, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, My Morning Jacket, Albert Hammond, Jr., Jason Isbell, Last Town Chorus, The Real Tuesday Weld, Detroit Cobras, Band Of Horses...
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Why isn't there a MySpace site for East River Pipe?
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New and recent adds: Dave Insley, The Hard Lessons, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, The Cartridge Family, The Matches, "Our Side Of Town" (another great Red House Records comp), Stinky Lou & The Goon Mat, William Tonks, Ann Vriend, Steve Dawson, Reverend Beat-Man, Band Marino, JJ Schultz, Kent McAlister And The Iron Choir, Ghost Bees, The Billybones (7"), Dwight Yoakam, Blank Pages, Twilight Hotel, Radio Moscow, The Magnolias, Left Lane Cruiser, The Long Ryders, Bitter Bitter Weeks, Robin & Linda Williams, Ray, Bill Staines, Dan Israel, Harding, John Fogerty, Gary Reynolds & The Brides of Obscurity, Kent McAlister & The Iron Choir, Joe Henry, Chris Knight, Peter Case, The Frames, The Shins, Wilco, Nick Lowe, Lewis & Clarke, Ian Hunter, Fionn Regan, Ryan Adams, The National, Marie Knight, John Doe, Avett Brothers, Anthony Atkinson, The Alarm ("Eponymous 1981-83 Remastered"), Larrikin Love, Bright Eyes, The Butcher Boy, Candie Payne, Ella Fitzgerald ("Love Letters"), A Girl Called Eddy, Dappled Cities Fly, Augie March, Darren Hanlon, Fratellis, Green, The Paybacks, The Breakers, Great Lakes Myth Society, CS Gray (from Martin's Folly), Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds), Stuart A. Staples, The Bluetones, Richard X. Heyman, Mike Errico, Youth Group, Sikamor Rooney, Spanking Charlene, Cliff Eberhardt, Son Volt, Filthy Thieving Bastards, Jim Ford, The Broken West, David Vandervelde, Eliza Gilkyson, Richmond Fontaine, Terri Hendrix, The Long Winters, Tommy Womack, The Drams, Rosanne Cash, Graham Parker, Apples In Stereo, Son Volt, Money Mark, Exploding Hearts, Dirty Pretty Things, Honorary Title, Finn's Motel, Bill Haley & The Comets (Rock Around The Clock reissue), Randy Weeks, Irving, Tom Petty, Jet, Sorta, Damien Rice, Chuck Berry ("The Definitive Collection"), Pernice Brothers, John Phillips (reissue), Peter Adams, The Essex Green, The Dears, Scotland Barr & The Slow Drags, Lucy Kaplanski, Storyhill, Fernando, Ox, Lucero, Ann Klein & Band, Voxtrot, Greg Gaffin, The Black Watch...ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS "I CAN'T STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN"RICHARD HAWLEY "BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN"
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I've written scores of reviews over the years on rock, pop, folk, punk, country, garage, acoustic, dirty blues, alt-country, rockabilly, roots, jazz, soul, gospel, reggae, avant-garde, and Americana music for Pop Culture Press, Innocent Words, Punk Planet, Welfare Music, Cosmik Debris, Rockzines, Alt-Country Pages, Blue Suede News, Consumable, and Indie-Music among others. Also, I used to co-own Tar Hut Records (distributed through E-Squared/Sony, and Warner Bros).And get GREEN! http://www.groupgreen.org/CARL PERKINS "MATCHBOX"THE YAYHOOS "EVERYTHING"BRINSLEY SCHWARZ "SURRENDER TO THE RHYTHM" .. ..
