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Bow Thayer Gloomy weather is hardly abnormal for early spring in Vermont. But on a recent gray, rainy Monday, as fog moved around the hills like smoke, Bow Thayer was feeling the mud-season lethargy as he waited for the sun to emerge. It s so dull out there today, Thayer said by phone as we both stared at the similarly overcast scenery, separated by some miles and a pandemic. I can t really get it together on days like this, which is kind of a new thing, he continued. Maybe it s age I m in my fifties now. Or maybe it s the whole quarantine thing.
The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s: 100 – 81
The first part of our examination of the 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s looks at the “golden age” of alternative rock.
Previously, we brought you the “100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’80s”, a five-part series that attracted thousands of readers from all over the world and explored the best alternative music the ’80s had to offer. Now, we move forward in time and examine what many consider the “golden age” of alternative rock, with the “100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s”.
The understanding of “alternative” was different in the ’90s. The term was becoming more widely-used, replacing such ’80s descriptions as college rock, indie pop, post-modern, and underground. It also exploded in popularity from huge radio stations like WHFS in Washington, DC and KROQ in Los Angeles to the airwaves of MTV, alternative music dominated the rock and roll landscape. Festiva
On two new releases, fans can hear Mark Sandmanâs âsecret bandâ in full
By Stuart Munro Globe correspondent,Updated April 15, 2021, 3:54 p.m.
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Mark Sandman (left) with bandmates Mike Rivard and Tom Halter (partially shown) at a Hypnosonics show at the Middle East in 1987 or 1988.Wayne Valdez
Mark Sandman had a âsecret band.â Or at least, thatâs how the man who made his mark in Boston and beyond with Treat Her Right and Morphine singled out Hypnosonics, one of the many bands the inveterate collaborator was involved in alongside those famous outfits.
Why Sandman thought it deserved that epithet is not entirely clear. Russ Gershon, long-time inhabitant of the Boston music landscape with jazz group Either/Orchestra, can only speculate. Gershon was a member of Hypnosonics pretty much from the get-go until the group was abruptly ended by Sandmanâs untimely death in 1999, and he provides extensive liner notes for a pair of albums out