pop Archive
03 Sep 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for September, Part 4 of 8
More quickie reviews today. Some familiar names, some not-so-well-known ones. All worth a spin. John Wetton – New York Minute This disc – recorded live at New York City’s Iridium […]
31 Aug 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for September (sic), Part 1 of 8
Time to clear the backlog of discs – worthy ones all – cluttering my office. Beginning today, and occasionally interrupted by other content, here’s a solid two weeks of hundred-word […]
18 Aug 2015
Album Mini-review: Chappo — Future Former Self
File next to: Edwin Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Tame Impala If you’re the kind of person who loved Flaming Lips‘ output circa Clouds Taste Metallic through Yoshimi Battles the […]
14 Aug 2015
Album Mini-Review: Todd Rundgren/Emil Nikolaisen/Hans-Peter Lindstrøm – Runddans
File next to: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, Tangerine Dream This would be noteworthy if only for the fact that Todd Rundgren rarely collaborates with other artists (Utopia, Ringo’s All-Starrs and that […]
14 Aug 2015
Album Mini-review: Rose Windows — Rose Windows
File next to: Black Mountain, Black Angels Talk about promise only partially fulfilled. When Rose Windows released Sun Dogs, their 2013, major-label debut, they displayed great potential. With a strong […]
03 Aug 2015
Six Years of Musoscribe: The British Invasion
In February 1964, The Beatles landed in America. And everything changed. In the wake of the Beatles’ Stateside success – from the launchpad of The Ed Sullivan Show – the […]
22 Jul 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for July 2015, Part 2
Five releases from five acts from five different countries (Poland, The United States, Germany, Belgium and Sweden) are the focus of today’s brief reviews. Lunatic Soul – Walking on a […]
21 Jul 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for July 2015, Part 1
Power pop is a term that can be taken to mean a lot of different things. For me it almost always means fun and appealing music. Here are five examples, […]
15 Jul 2015
Album Review: The Volt Per Octaves — Joining the Circuits
There’s a line of thinking that insists electronic-based music is cold, bloodless, and bereft of emotion. And in its most high-profile variant (EDM, or electronic dance music), the style places […]
14 Jul 2015
Some Long-lost Artist Biographies
Way back in the depths of the Great Recession (2007-2009), one of my former writers (from my time as Editor in Chief of a now-defunct magazine I won’t dignify by […]