pop Archive
23 Sep 2013
Concert Review: Superhumanoids at Asheville’s Orange Peel, 20 Sept 2013
Doubtless you’ve heard the old saying, “If you remember the 60s, you weren’t there.” Well, for whatever reason – perhaps because it didn’t host the ascendancy of the baby boom […]
20 Sep 2013
Cupid’s Arrow Hits its Mark: The Van Duren and Vicki Loveland Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Not to put words in your mouth, but was it a case of that as the songs would develop, you’d instinctively know who’d sing […]
19 Sep 2013
Cupid’s Arrow Hits its Mark: The Van Duren and Vicki Loveland Interview, Part One
Mention the name Van Duren to a powerpop fanatic and you’ll likely get a reply that’s equal parts gushing enthusiasm and reverent tones. While he’s not well-known among the pop […]
18 Sep 2013
Album Review: Estrangers — Season of 1000 Colors
If there was a common musical thread connecting most of the several dozen acts at Hopscotch 2013, it was edginess: an approach to songwriting and performance that leaned in an […]
02 Sep 2013
Album Review: Don Berkoski – My Kind of Music
Before his sudden and untimely passing in 2005, my friend and bandmate Dave Jones was an enthusiastic participant in a slightly offbeat pursuit. Periodically, he’d contact a select group of […]
30 Aug 2013
Album Review: Agony Aunts – Big Cinnamon
Readers of a certain age will remember an early Saturday Night Live faux commercial for a product called Shimmer. It was, we were told, both a floor wax and a […]
27 Aug 2013
Album Review: Maxi Dunn – Edmund & Leo
Perhaps it’s unfair – no, there’s no two ways about it: it is unfair – but if you’re a musician from Liverpool, great things are expected of you. The Beatles, […]
23 Aug 2013
August Capsule Reviews
Here’s another in my occasional series of quick cuts. This time ’round I’m covering recent releases by names who’ve been around the block a few times. These are people whose […]
16 Aug 2013
Album Review: The Hello People – Fusion
Consider this: a band with a truly left-field visual aesthetic, one that barely managed to chart, got to cut and release about a half dozen albums in the period 1968-1975. […]
13 Aug 2013
Album Review: Hackamore Brick – One Kiss Leads to Another
I don’t deliberately set out to be a contrarian, but it often works out that way. One good example: like most rock critics, I count myself among the fans of […]