Author Archive
29 Jul 2010
Album Review: Los Lobos – Tin Can Trust
Chances are, if you only know one thing about Los Lobos, it’s that they’re a band of Mexican American heritage. If that’s all you know, 2010 is a great time […]
28 Jul 2010
Album Review: Various Artists – Soul Revival
For the reviewer, multi-artist compilations are a curious beast. How to measure them? What factors to consider, and how to weight them? Sometimes comps are a cash-in on a flavor-of-the-month […]
27 Jul 2010
Reconsider, Baby: Split Enz – See Ya ‘Round (1984)
Note: “Reconsider, Baby” is my title for a series of occasional essays in which I’ll take a look at albums that were unjustly panned or ignored on their original release. […]
26 Jul 2010
Album Review: The Stone Foxes – Bears & Bulls
Among those who view the mid 1960s as something of a Golden Age for rock music, consideration of the period 1976-1989 is sometimes greeted with a grimace and a shrug. […]
23 Jul 2010
DVD Review: Paul McCartney Really Is Dead – The Last Testament of George Harrison
To the Irish author Brendan Behan goes the attribution of a quote which reads in part, “There is no such thing as bad publicity…” In light of the possible status […]
22 Jul 2010
Album Review: Deer Tick – The Black Dirt Sessions
The Black Dirt Sessions virtually defines the terms moody and atmospheric. With hints of everything from Americana (of the [Canadian] Band variety, as it so happens) to a dialed-back Roky […]
21 Jul 2010
Bootleg Bin: John Fogerty – Hoodoo
The year was 1976, not a banner year for mainstream rock music. The charts were populated with the likes of England Dan & John Ford Coley, Firefall and The Eagles; […]
20 Jul 2010
Bootleg Bin: Moby Grape – Monterey Pop Festival, June 17, 1967
In the summer of 2007 I spoke at length with rock impresario Lou Adler, in connection with the 40th anniversary of the Monterey Pop Festival. During our talk, I brought […]
19 Jul 2010
Cratedigging in Charleston
I just returned from a brief (and mightily needed) weekend getaway to Charleston SC. To say it was hot and humid would be a gross understatement — July is not […]
16 Jul 2010
Coming Attractions
As usual, Musoscribe World Headquarters is buzzing with activity. Anybody who tells you there’s nothing interesting going on in music any more, you just ignore ’em. Here’s what’s in the […]