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January 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Roky Erickson & The Aliens: The Evil One

Roky Erickson & The Aliens The Evil One LightInTheAttic/Southbound It’s been quite the trip – lately – with all these Roky Erickson reissues, first Don’t Slander Me and then Gremlins Have Pictures and now The Evil One. (Actually, they all arrived at once, I’m speaking about how I received them). The Evil One was first […]
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January 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Roky Erickson: Gremlins Have Pictures

Roky Erickson Gremlins Have Pictures LightInTheAttic/Southbound So there I was saying that my pick of the recent reissues was Don’t Slander Me and then I started spending more time with this album – the follow-up to Slander, pieced together when patience was running out on Erickson’s second stab at a “proper” career. His manager had […]
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November 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Roky Erickson: Don’t Slander Me

Roky Erickson Don’t Slander Me LightInTheAttic/Southbound For now at least my pick of the LightInTheAttic reissues of a trilogy of getting-my-shit-back-together-kinda albums by Roky Erickson is this one, Don’t Slander Me. Less overtly silly, less obviously about aliens and gimmickry, this bursts out with the kick-ass title song and winds through a charging set of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Reissue, Album Review, Don't Slander Me, Frank Black, Pixies, Reissue, Roky Erickson, You're Gonna Miss Me ·

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