Author Archive
27 Apr 2010
Five Years On, a Re-memorial
Five years ago today we held a memorial concert for my friend and band mate Dave Jones. It was pretty cool: even though the band we were in together had […]
26 Apr 2010
New Psych Music: Ape Machine
I’m a pushover for groovy modern takes on classic psych and heavy sounds of the late 60s/early 70s. That means I like Wolfmother, Nebula, Black Mountain and Bigelf. (I’m seeing […]
26 Apr 2010
Feature: The New Mastersounds – Ten Years On in the USA
The New Mastersounds are a four-piece instrumental band out of Leeds in Northern England. The group plays an engaging brand of funk-soul-R&B in a style that makes knowing nods to […]
23 Apr 2010
Album Review: Anne McCue – Broken Promise Land
Play Loud, she says. It’s printed right there on the disc itself, in stressed type. Anne McCue‘s Broken Promise Land is a straight-ahead rock album from an artist more associated […]
22 Apr 2010
DVD Review: Riverside – Reality Dream
Sometimes a band’s name tells you something about the group. If you call your combo the Sex Pistols, you’ve successfully managed to telegraph the idea that you’re a provocative act. […]
21 Apr 2010
Album Review: Otis Redding – Live on the Sunset Strip
Are you ready for Star Time? You’d better be. Three live sets of Otis Redding are — or should be — coming your way. Live on the Sunset Strip presents […]
20 Apr 2010
The Future of Vinyl
With the recent Record Store Day, I’ve been thinking more about this subject, and it reminded me of a brief piece from a couple years ago. I was interviewed by […]
19 Apr 2010
Album Review: The Simpsons – Testify
On this date in 1987, The Simpsons animated short debuted as part of The Tracey Ullman Show. Over the years, one of the most enduring components of The Simpsons has […]
16 Apr 2010
A Look Back at “Psychedelic Siren”
Regular readers of this page will know — because I rarely go any amount of time without bringing up the subject — that in the early-to-mid part of the naughties […]
15 Apr 2010
Preview: The New Mastersounds
I first learned of Leeds UK-based funk instrumental quartet The New Mastersounds around the time of release of their 2008 album Plug and Play. They were scheduled to play a […]