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22 Feb 2011
Album Review: Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak Deluxe Edition (disc 2)
In 2011 Universal released a Deluxe Edition of Thin Lizzy’s legendary Jailbreak album, filling a second disc with related and relevant goodies. For the most part, the remixes of “The […]
21 Feb 2011
Album Review: Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak Deluxe Edition (disc 1)
There’s an old axiom that sets forth this idea: nearly every band has at least one good song in them, but few have more than that. If one accepts that […]
18 Feb 2011
Yoko Ono is Not a Witch.
Today is Yoko Ono’s 78th birthday. Here’s a feature/interview of mine from four years ago, around the time Yes, I’m a Witch was released.– bk No, she’s not a witch. […]
17 Feb 2011
Album Review: Agony Aunts – Greater Miranda
Some pop auteurs are almost too clever for their own good. There are those rare students of the pop form who seem to completely understand it on a molecular level. […]
16 Feb 2011
Album Review: Dreaming in Stereo – 2
They’re not afraid to list their influences: Todd Rundgren, Jellyfish, Yes, King Crimson. Put another way, the members of Miami, Florida-based Dreaming in Stereo dig precisely-crafted yet challenging music. They […]
15 Feb 2011
Album Review: Cake – Showroom of Compassion
When Cake hit the scene more than a decade and a half ago, I was firmly in the not-impressed camp. John McCrea’s deadpan, atonal vocals left me cold, and the […]
14 Feb 2011
EP Review: Corinne Bailey Rae – The Love EP
Corinne Bailey Rae has established herself as a formidable vocalist (on her self-titled 2006 debut) and a credible songwriter (on 2010’s studio followup, The Sea). With her newest release, the […]
11 Feb 2011
Album Review: The Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro (Deluxe Edition)
The 1980s sometimes get a bad rap when it comes to music. True, there was a surfeit of radio-ready product that wasn’t exactly built to last for the ages. And […]
10 Feb 2011
Trey Gunn: Have Touch Guitar, Will Travel (part 2)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: In my review of Modulator I said, “Gunn’s guitar squawks and screams as if it’s being strangled rather than played.” You subsequently tweeted that […]
09 Feb 2011
Trey Gunn: Have Touch Guitar, Will Travel (part 1)
Trey Gunn is renowned in progressive and avant garde music circles for his technique, expression and boundary-pushing sense of musical adventure. Gunn has worked with (and provided his singular talents […]