Cosmic American Blog

It begins with soft, metallic clanging, like wind chimes shifting in the breeze. Then there is a demonic "unwinding" noise, aki...

Looking for the gooeyist, chewiest, frothiest, bubbliest '80s pop song in the history of the universe? Fellow Cosmic Americans, I give...

Belgian based Psy'Aviah continues to lurk around the periphery of the electronic mainstream with output that sounds solid but doesn...

Quick: which thirtysomething late '70s blue-eyed soul/bar band singer totally tried to latch onto New Wave? Let me give you a ... clue...

Although millions of sensitive souls the world over were surely and profoundly moved by Phil Collins' Face Value , one highly unlikel...

Just when the world thought it had enough Jacksons. There are times when I forget that Janet Jackson is/was Michael Jackson's siste...

It looks like after Love Over Gold , Mark Knopfler briefly lost his taste for the 14-minute long song, as he decided to turn Dire Strait...

I love that the official name of the theme tune from Beverly Hills Cop is "Axel F." It is not called " Beverly Hills Cop ...

There were some weird albums in 1986. The Butthole Surfers' Rembrandt Pussyhorse . Big Black's Atomizer . Public Image Ltd.'s ...

And so, for a couple of years there, Phil Collins didn't quite realize that his solo career was going to be bigger than his Genesis ca...