Corey duBrowa
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In addition to his all-consuming day gig doing comms for a number of companies you might know, Corey duBrowa was also a music journalist for more than two decades, with more than a thousand bylines for publications ranging from Rolling Stone and Magnet Magazine to No Depression and GQ. (He was also a pandemic-era DJ on the Bay Area community station KXSF-FM via his Thursday evening show BYOB) He'll publish his latest book, "Twelve Tunes From Urban Bohemia: Portland's Musical History in Song" on HoZac in 2027, coming on the heels of his last book, "An Ideal For Living: A Celebration of the EP" which has nearly sold out its second printing. Corey splits time between a ranch in Bend, Oregon and an apartment in NYC with his wife Courteneay and son Tanner, who has carried Corey's music obsession into the digital age.
S9E458 - Blur 'Parklife' with Corey duBrowa
Blur 's third album, 1994's ' Parklife ', was released the same year as Oasis' debut 'Definitely Maybe'. And while many saw this as Britpop's answer to a Beatles/Stones rivalry, none other than Ray Davies himself considered B...
S8E403 - De La Soul '3 Feet High And Rising' with Corey duBrowa
This week, returning guest Corey duBrowa (An Ideal For Living- A Celebration of the EP) brings us De La Soul and their groundbreaking 1989 debut ' 3 Feet High and Rising '. Dizzyingly creative, relentlessly positive and hugel...
S7E350 - Led Zeppelin 'Physical Graffiti with Corey duBrowa
What more can be said about Led Zeppelin's densely iconic sixth studio album, 'Physical Graffiti', that hasn't already been said? Apparently quite a bit. Returning guest Corey duBrowa takes us to rock school as we unpack this multi-platinum hard rock...
S6E309 - Elliott Smith 'Either/Or with Corey duBrowa
This week's guest, writer/DJ/Tech dude Corey duBrowa, brings some deep personal insight to this episode focusing on Elliott Smith and his amazing 1997 record: 'Either/Or'. Corey was living in Portland, OR and running in the same circles as Smith...
S5E249 - Echo & The Bunnymen 'Ocean Rain' with Corey duBrowa
For Liverpool UK band Echo & The Bunnymen's fourth release, 1984's 'Ocean Rain', they went all-in. Recorded primarily in Paris with a 35-piece orchestra, Ocean Rain is a dazzling collection of songs writ large with sweeping string arrangements and...
S4E189 - Syd Barrett 'The Madcap Laughs' with Corey duBrowa
We discuss Syd Barrett's "The Madcap Laughs", a wonderfully inventive - though at times hard to listen to - document of a gentle artist whose recent ouster from soon-to-be-huge Pink Floyd loomed large.