Boom Tunes are archived for several days, and currently include an eclectic mixture of tracks by sixties bands 13th Floor Elevators and the Butterfield Blues Band, and a version of Nick Lowe's "(Whats So Funny Bout') Peace, Love And Understanding" by the Holmes Brothers. Each Boom Tune is also accompanied by insightful reviews from the aforementioned great mix of music writers.
The site also links current, up to the minute news stories to their original source via the Fresh Links page. This more often than not means a link directly to the artist's website, where you'll find all the latest details on things like the new David Gilmour live disc coming out this fall, or the just announced summer tour from Tom Waits.
There are also album reviews of recent releases like Tom Petty's Mudcrutch. Each review features a link to buy the disc at Amazon.
You'll also find all the latest concert reports — which currently include reviews from the New Orleans Jazz Festival and a Marianne Faithfull show — "on the corner", and book reviews of things like the new Roxy Music bio Re-Make Re-Model: Becoming Roxy Music in the Shelf Life area.
One of the coolest spots at Sonic Boomers, though, is Past Print, which reprints vintage articles from old rock magazines. Right now you can find an original, uncredited article about James Brown from Hullaballoo, as well as a Led Zeppelin piece from the seventies by Charles Shaar Murray. Great stuff.
This is a great site for Sonic Boomers who still like it loud.
Article comments
1 - Pico
Sounds pretty cool, Glen. Has any of your old articles or interviews shown up on "Past Print" yet?
2 - Glen Boyd
Not yet Pico, but I'm not working on it. And not the "old ones" either. Stay tuned...
-Glen
3 - Glen Boyd
Actually, I meant to say I AM working on it. Damned arthritic fingers...
-Glen
4 - Richard the P
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I like this a lot, Thank You!
Would you please consider writing an article about how some great songwiter/producers have assenbled musicians to record a song(s), and giving the name of a band to the project... henceforth "One Hit Wonders" that are such great songs it's hard to figure out why the "band" had just that one hit? I think most music lovers would also find this interesting. Thanks again!