Cosmic American Blog

Fifty years hence, when the young village children gather ceremoniously in the makeshift square carved out of an abandoned warehouse, afte...

By 1982, everyone from Iggy Pop and David Bowie ("Lust For Life"), The Clash ("Hitsville UK"), The Jam ("Town Ca...

So, after the sonic mouthwash that was Dream Street , Janet Jackson decided to rebel against her family - in two ways. One of those ways t...

There's a very short list of Christmas songs that don't make me dry heave: Elvis' "Blue Christmas," Brenda Lee'...

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...