sundazed Archive
22 Jun 2018
Album Review: The Shadows of Knight — Alive in ’65
Sundazed and its affiliated imprints have been doing yeoman work of late, providing an astounding service to the history of rock. The label has unearthed live tapes of fabled garage-rock […]
04 May 2018
Album Review: The Rising Storm — Calm Before…
A bunch of prep school boys put together a rock band in 1965. Big deal, right? American teens (mostly but not exclusively males) did that all over the USA in […]
17 Dec 2017
Hundred-word Reviews for December 2017: Reissues/Compilations
Today I take quick looks – in the form of 100-word reviews – at ten newly-reissued and/or compiled releases. There’s something for everyone – and lots for me – in […]
15 May 2017
Album Reviews: Three Standells Reissues
From one point of view, The Standells were opportunists. As that story goes, they got their start as a smiling, suited pop group, only changing their sound and collective demeanor […]
17 Apr 2017
Album Review: Ultimate Spinach — Behold & See (Mono)
At the time of its 1968 release, Ultimate Spinach‘s Behold & See suffered from critical backlash. Those brickbats were directed primarily at the ill-advised “Bosstown Sound” marketing hype that surrounded […]
26 Dec 2016
Best Music of 2016: Reissue/archival Releases
I love new music, but I’m also attuned to keeping up with the latest in reissues and archival releases. Sometimes those feature some of my favorite artists; other times they […]
10 Jul 2015
Album Review: The Standells — Live on Tour 1966!
The Standells – considered a quintessential protopunk band of the 1960s – got their start as a matching-suited, club band playing frat-rock and covers of the day. The pride of […]
09 Jul 2015
Album Review: The Shadows of Knight — Live 1966
In their heyday – a period that began in 1966 and ended, well, in 1966 – Chicago’s Shadows of Knight embodied what we now look back upon as the garage […]