Ahead-of-their-time is not a descriptor I’d be reticent to dole to the Pretenders. Classically trained yet spunky, confident, original, I’d grant these all to the Brit/American post-punkers no problem. To top it off, they “rock” in a way that’s not only visceral, as on the intermittent guitar baths in the chorus of “Up the Neck,” … Continue reading “Dolby’s Rupees: The Pretenders – ‘Space Invader’”