What makes the music of “outsider” singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston so singular is that unlike most outsider art, which is deemed such because it blows apart or bypasses traditional forms and structures, Johnston’s songs are in fact often remarkably solid models […]
This double-disc set comprises the first two releases by Daniel Johnston, recorded more than twenty years ago. Beset by mental and emotional problems, Johnston used songwriting as a sort of personal exorcism, unmasking his own troubles either in direct first […]
Take two famously off-kilter rock songwriters, give them a band and access to a world of gear, and shut them up in a studio for four days. It’s almost ridiculous to suggest the outcome could be predictable or even dull, […]
