Crashing the Ether
Released: Apr 4, 2006
Label: N\A
Released: Apr 4, 2006
Label: N\A
Between 1982 and 1989, Tommy Keene released a handful of superb records that blended intelligent lyrics and classically styled pop melodies with Keene's stellar guitar work to create some of the...
Continue[+]
Drowning
Released: Jun 1, 2004
Label: N\A
Released: Jun 1, 2004
Label: N\A
The Real Underground, Pt. 2? Well, no, not quite. While that fabled compilation pulled together the cream of Tommy Keene's superb early indie-label work, Drowning is devoted to unreleased...
Continue[+]
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
Released: Jun 4, 2002
Label: N\A
Released: Jun 4, 2002
Label: N\A
Isolation Party was one of Tommy Keene's career peaks, and one of the times where he managed to gel his taste in sonic crunch and his ability to write hooks in one place. Unfortunately, the winning...
Continue[+]
Isolation Party
Released: Feb 24, 1998
Label: N\A
Released: Feb 24, 1998
Label: N\A
Tommy Keene always sounded a bit smarter and edgier than the sizable majority of his pure pop brethren back in the early 1980s, and he was a much tougher guitarist than nearly any of his peers...
Continue[+]
Ten Years After
Released: Feb 13, 1996
Label: N\A
Released: Feb 13, 1996
Label: N\A
The first full-length album since 1989's Based on Happy Times, Ten Years After comes closer to capturing the raw energy of a Tommy Keene live show than any of his previous studio recordings....
Continue[+]
The Real Underground
Released: Aug 2, 1993
Label: N\A
Released: Aug 2, 1993
Label: N\A
A well-done and welcome retrospective of a talented guitarist/singer/songwriter, The Real Underground boasts 23 tracks, all of which are currently out of print in their original packaging or...
Continue[+]
Showtunes: The Live Tommy Keene Album
Released: 2000
Label: N\A
Released: 2000
Label: N\A
After years of touring, Tommy Keene -- one of America's most criminally underappreciated songwriters -- decided to fulfill fans' wishes and release a live album. The result, Showtunes, shows off...
Continue[+]
Sleeping on a Roller Coaster
Released: 1992
Label: N\A
Released: 1992
Label: N\A
After a less than ideal tenure at Geffen Records, Keene emerged undaunted in the '90s with a rockin' new band and a strong batch of fresh songs, as evidenced on this five-song EP. Produced by Keene...
Continue[+]
Places That Are Gone
Released: 1984
Label: N\A
Released: 1984
Label: N\A
This six-song set became one of 1984's top-selling and critically acclaimed independent releases. Although the reissued version of his 1981 debut album, Strange Alliance, received a lot of press,...
Continue[+]
