Reading between the Grooves

Gary Richrath is dead. While he may not have been a household name, he was one of the most underrated guitarists of the rock n’ roll era. ...

Stiff Records have always catered to a different type of artist and Lene Lovich certainly fits that mold – if there can be a mold for being ...

As I said during our first post chronicling Stiff Records, the label’s biggest hit in the US was Ian Gomm’s 1979 classic “Hold On” that I fe...

One of the earlier members of the Stiff Records stable was Eric Goulden who is better known as Wreckless Eric. His first recording for St...

Day three in our excursion into the catalog of Stiff Records and we remember one of my favorite bands on the label: “Any Trouble.” I’m not ...

Probably the most atypical of Stiff Records’ recording artists was the 16 year-old singing wonder Rachel Sweet. In 1978, Sweet was signed t...

Is it possible that I haven’t made a post in nearly three months? I guess so. My life had some changes beginning in April and the blog was...