Author Archive
14 Dec 2009
Album Review: King Crimson – Red (40th Anniversary Series)
From the first ominous, jagged chord of “Red”, the opening track on the 1974 King Crimson album of the same name, listeners know they’re in for a bracing, uncompromising experience. […]
11 Dec 2009
Album Review: Paper Zoo – We Are Paper Zoo (EP)
I, for one, don’t really think of Bigelf‘s Damon Fox as any sort of grand old man of rock and roll. But I suppose if you’re a young band like […]
10 Dec 2009
DVD Review: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live
Ask yourself this, dear reader: are you at your very best after a night out on the town, one that involves an open bar? And to my musician friends: do […]
09 Dec 2009
Album Review: Engineers – Three Fact Fader
If you toss shoegaze and electronics into a blender, you might expect the result to be unappetizing. But a listen to Three Fact Fader, the 2009 release from Engineers, might […]
08 Dec 2009
Album Review: IZZ – The Darkened Room
How accurate would it be to categorize New York-based IZZ as a progressive rock group? To paraphrase a former U.S. president, it depends what your definition of IZZ is. The […]
07 Dec 2009
Album Review: The Dukes of Stratosphear – The Complete and Utter Dukes
There’s a proud — if not properly appreciated — tradition in rock and pop music: recording under a pseudonym. As far back as 1965 the Four Seasons released a cover […]
05 Dec 2009
Essay: “Don’t Fret,” or, “I Write the Songs” Garage Style
For several years starting in 2002, I led a little ol’ cover band. We played much-loved and little-known garage-psych classics in reasonably faithful arrangements. Songs like “You’re Gonna Miss Me” […]
03 Dec 2009
Album Review: The Chesterfield Kings – Live Onstage…If You Want It
Graham Gouldman — yeah, the guy who wrote “For Your Love,” “Heart Full of Soul” and other hits for the Yardbirds, and was one of the original members of 10cc […]
01 Dec 2009
Holiday Music: Christmas in Memphis
Way back in ancient history (well, late 2002) a bunch of friends and musicians dubbed themselves Husky Team and got together for a quick, one-off project: recording a bunch of […]
30 Nov 2009
Album Review: The Twilight Hours – Stereo Night
Things could have gone so differently. In the early 90s, rock music found itself at the latest in a long series of crossroads. There wasn’t much of lasting value happening […]