Author Archive
12 Jan 2010
Ten Reasons to Bookmark This Blog
There’s a lot coming up soon here. Below — in no particular order — are the top ten reasons you should either (a) bookmark this site or (b) follow me […]
12 Jan 2010
Album Review: Richard Smyth – Sleight of Hand
Good title. Smyth is an electric guitarist with a wide sonic palette, and his mastery is highlighted throughout the disc. Shades of Wired-era Jeff Beck and 70s Lee Ritenour are […]
11 Jan 2010
Album Review: Bench Grinder – Clean is the New Dirty (EP)
If Jordan Oakes were still compiling editions of the legendary Yellow Pills series, “Ride With Me” from Bench Grinder would merit serious consideration. High-energy powerpop in a 90s vein, the […]
08 Jan 2010
Album Review: Long John Hunter – Looking for a Party
Modern blues records often suffer from a fatal flaw: those in charge of the production or arrangement aren’t always possessed of the requisite “feel.” The resulting product thus often contains […]
07 Jan 2010
Album Review: Go Time! – Speak
There’s a quality to the audio and arrangements on Speak, the self-released disc from Chicago-area Go Time!, that evokes 1983. More than anything else, this outfit sounds like an indie […]
06 Jan 2010
Album Review: Them Bird Things – Fly, Them Bird Things, Fly
Surf rock from Finland? Well, you’d be hard-pressed to find more authentic writing, playing, arrangement or production of that style in the 21st century than you would from Them Bird […]
05 Jan 2010
Album Review: Crash Kings (self-titled)
Weird. When “Mountain Man” — the opening track on Crash Kings‘ self-titled album — kicks off, it sounds like a song you haven’t heard by Wolfmother, albeit without a bunch […]
04 Jan 2010
Album Review: Arthur Walker – Animal Nights
I know that “angular” is one of those critic-overused adjectives used to describe, well, post-rock, itself another overused descriptor. but Arthur Walker (a band, not a person) makes some angular […]
01 Jan 2010
Musoscribe’s Best of the Naughties
As someone who’s been following pop music for four decades, I am a bit surprised to look back at the now-ending decade (the naughties) and conclude that it’s actually been […]
31 Dec 2009
Bootleg Bin: The Remains – Garorock Festival 2006
I’m putting the finishing touches on a feature/interview with Barry Tashian of the Remains. That feature will run in London-based Shindig! magazine sometime in 2010. As a bit of a […]