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Robert Plant (left) and Jimmy Page (right), Chicago, 1977.

2,100 words

Someone told me there’s a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair

— “Going to California”

Led Zeppelin’s back catalog already includes songs like “Ramble On” from the rocky Led Zeppelin II and the melancholic classic “Tangerine” from the flower-powered III. Read more …

Published: August 25, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aleister Crowley, articles, England, esotericism, Fenek Solère, folklore, Heavy Metal, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, music reviews, mysticism, mythology, North American New Right, originals, paganism, Robert Plant, Sandy Denny, the occult | 26 Responses

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Steely Dan’s Aja

Scott Weisswald

1,222 words

Steely Dan is a band composed of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Their biggest hits have a kind of eternal life, anthems that grace barbecues, bars, and band jams for their simultaneously irreverent, yet wholesome outlook on American culture. This is perhaps best expressed in the group’s own name Read more …

Published: August 21, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, funk, fusion music, jazz, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald, Steely Dan, the Jewish question, yacht rock | 19 Responses

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Joe’s (Wagnerian) Garage

Nicholas R. Jeelvy

2,519 words

As you can see. . . girls, music, disease, heartbreak. . . they all go together. . .

About three months ago, I was asked to give one of those “four recommendations” type interviews for an eminent publication (an old buddy’s blog) in the old country. Read more …

Published: August 11, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged America, American identity, articles, censorship, degeneracy, Frank Zappa, Gesamtkunstwerk, Joe's Garage, liberalism, modernity, music reviews, Nicholas R. Jeelvy, nihilism, North American New Right, originals, Richard Wagner, rock opera | 6 Responses

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Electric Warrior

Fenek Solère

1,487 words

Let’s steal some stars
For Avalon . . .
Let’s make a quest
For Avalon
Quest for finger cymbal and gong
For Avalon
— Tyrannosaurus Rex, “Stones for Avalon” (1969)

White Rock III:
Towards an Aesthetic of Musical Softness

James J. O'Meara

4,534 words

Greg Prato
The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s
London: Jawbone, 2018

“They kind of moved it away from just mellow/hippie/campfire music and into something new – something that was consciously pursuing the aesthetic of softness. Read more …

Published: September 5, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book reviews, implicitly white music, James J. O'Meara, North American New Right, originals, pop music | 16 Responses

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Southern Soap Opera

Alex Kirillov

1,941 words

Side One

When I was growing up in the ‘80s, I considered Bruce Springsteen to be a buffoon. Watching him prance around in the video for “Dancing in the Dark” at the age when you think GI Joe is where it’s at embarrassed me profoundly, and made me feel embarrassed on behalf of those around me who were mesmerized by this spectacle. Read more …

Published: May 6, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alex Kirillov, articles, Bruce Springsteen, North American New Right, originals | 3 Responses

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Rock ‘n’ Roll & The European Soul

Jared George

Pink Floyd in 1968

4,096 words

“White culture is Family Ties and Led Zeppelin and Guns N’ Roses – like, this is white culture. This is all we have.”
–Christian Lander[1]

Rock music’s descent mirrors the recent late-stage decline of confidence in the West.

Yes, rock music is complicated – cue the liberals retorting with, “It’s all just black blues, man!” and certain conservatives contesting, “But it’s degenerate!” Read more …