kool kat musik Archive
12 May 2020
Album Review: Strand — Can’t Trust the Rain
Some of the most enduring rock has come out of Ireland. The Emerald Isle has given us Van Morrison, The Undertones, Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott, and even U2 (if you’re […]
06 Jul 2018
Fifty-word Reviews for July 2018, Part 1
For years now, I’ve engaged in an occasional series of reviews in which I limit myself to 100 words. The point isn’t at all to give short shrift to these […]
06 Jan 2018
Hundred Word Reviews for January 2018, Part 1
As we begin another calendar year, now seems like a good time to clear out some of my backlog. All of these albums are new (or at least newish) releases. […]
16 Dec 2017
Hundred-word Reviews for December 2017: New Music
As the end of 2017 approaches, it’s time to clear out some of the backlog on my review shelf. Here are ten titles, all new music, that I think might […]
23 Sep 2017
Hundred-word Reviews: September 2017
Time for some more hundred-word reviews; new music from many different genres. Linsey Alexander – Two Cats (Delmark) A lot of modern-day blues has a sterility that makes it the […]
15 Jun 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for June 2016, Part 3
Still more of these quickie reviews. Today’s theme is melodic rock (some call it powerpop; you decide). Michael Carpenter – The Big Radio The liner notes for this set will […]
29 Jun 2015
Album Review: The Fad — The Now Sound
If you lived through the early 1980s in the United States – and were old enough to be at least somewhat plugged in to popular culture – you were aware […]
03 Mar 2015
Hundred Word Reviews for March 2015, Part 2
Powerpop and jazz rarely go together. But in this edition of hundred-word reviews, they do. $15.00 Available only from Kool Kat Musik The Jeanies – The Jeanies I look back […]
28 Nov 2014
Album Review: A Kool Kat Kristmas, Vol. 2
It’s that time of year again. In the USA, at least, the days after Thanksgiving is the unofficial kickoff of the Christmas season. And every year about this time, I […]
14 Nov 2014
November Hundred-word Reviews, Part 5
Once again, it’s time for a run of hundred-word reviews. My inbox has been overflowing of late, and even after removing the material that I deem not worth my time […]