Author Archive
21 May 2010
Feature: The Cheeksters
Some years ago, recent college graduate Shannon Hines was traveling Europe on a EurailPass. She recounts what happened not long after the train left London: “I said to my girlfriend, […]
20 May 2010
Bonus Feature: Bob Moog Foundation
Dr. Bob Moog would have been 76 this coming weekend. A few years ago I interviewed his daughter Michelle about the Bob Moog Foundation. “I’m a toolmaker; I’m not a […]
20 May 2010
Album Review: Protomen – Act II: The Father of Death
This is a decidedly strange one. If you’re the sort of music enthusiast who feels that rock music has lost its over-the-top, bombastic edge since the passing of the era […]
19 May 2010
Album Review: Terry Knight and the Pack / Reflections
The standard critical rap on Terry Knight and the Pack is that they’re historically significant primarily for what their members did after the group broke up. Musically they’re not given […]
18 May 2010
Album Review: Krokus – Hoodoo
Imagine if ZZ Top were fronted by Bon Scott. Now stop. All of the swagger of 70s arena rock, delivered with the enthusiasm of bands who are on the rise […]
17 May 2010
Album Review: Blonde on Blonde – Rebirth
The liner notes stole my word. Fantastic Voyage’s new reissue of the 1970 LP Rebirth by Blonde on Blonde includes well-researched liners that provide context about this British (Welsh, really) […]
14 May 2010
Concert Review: Bigelf (28 April ‘10, Charlotte NC)
I had seen Bigelf before. As related in earlier features, I attended the Asheville NC engagement of the 2009 Progressive Nation tour, and was delighted to discover this new (to […]
13 May 2010
DVD Review: The Rolling Stones – Rare and Unseen
This actually doesn’t suck. The Rolling Stones: Rare and Unseen is another in the ongoing series of newsreel and interview compilations focusing on well-known rock acts. This reviewer took a […]
12 May 2010
Album Review: After Tonight: Ember Beat Vol. 3 (1966-67)
The third and final in Fantastic Voyage’s survey of UK beat music, After Tonight takes a look at singles from beat (and beat-related) artists on the indie Ember label in […]
11 May 2010
Album Review: Done Me Wrong: Ember Beat Vol. 2 (1965-66)
Surveying the 1965-66 brand of beat era music from UK indie label Ember, Fantastic Voyage’s compilation Done Me Wrong serves up some two dozen examples of the genre. Like Tell […]