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28 Apr 2025
Album Review: Eramus Hall – Lost and Found
Eramus Hall is one of those hard luck stories with which the history of popular music is rife. In the case of this Detroit soul-funk outfit, the group signed to […]
27 Apr 2025
Album Review: Sleepersound – My Own Dead Love
Milwaukee’s Sleepersound has just released My Own Dead Love, and the album marks a departure – an expansion, actually – from the sound on its earlier albums, specifically In Medias […]
26 Apr 2025
Five Alice Cooper Solo Tracks You Should Know
At the beginning in Phoenix in 1968, Alice Cooper was a band. Though the group would come to represent the vanguard of glam- and shock-rock, in its earliest days Alice […]
25 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Blues
Yet more of my quick, capsule reviews. This time: the blues. Carly Harvey – Kamama I’ve been meaning to review this one for awhile; I’m sorry it’s taken so long. […]
24 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Rock #2
More rock-focused reviews, succinct style. The Loft – Everything Changes Everything Stays the Same Imagine Wreckless Eric fronting Oasis, singing songs by The Waterboys’ Mike Scott. That unlikely description hints […]
23 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Rock #1
More hundred-word reviews. It’s rock this time. Ex-Vöid – In Love Again Start with a punk sensibility, write songs with pop values, and deliver them with power, commitment and finesse. […]
22 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Prog
More of my quick takes on music I want you to know about. This time the theme is progressive rock from around the globe. the ajjancy – …to be arranged […]
21 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Jazz
A quick look at five new(ish) jazz releases worthy of your attention. Pony Boy All-star Big Band – This is Now Big band jazz enjoyed its heyday many decades ago. […]
20 Apr 2025
Book Review: American Standard
American Standard: Cheap Trick from the Bars to the Budokan and Beyond Backbeat Books by Ross Warner The subject of Cheap Trick is no stranger to book treatment. Brian Kramp’s […]
19 Apr 2025
Music Blurbs, Vol. 10
More of my capsule commentaries. flipturn Launched in Fernandina Beach, Florida in 2015, flipturn has gone on to become a popular force in indie rock. Flipturn is noteworthy for a […]