Author Archive
01 Sep 2009
Album Review: Cass Elliot / The Road is No Place for a Lady
In 1972 Cass Elliot‘s solo career was in full swing, but she was restless. A switch from ABC/Dunhill to RCA afforded her greater artistic control over her material. She didn’t […]
31 Aug 2009
Interview: The Machine (Pink Floyd Tribute Band)
The Machine are a four-piece band based in New York and dedicated to bringing the music of Pink Floyd to concert audiences. Since the last Pink Floyd concert (not counting […]
28 Aug 2009
Interview: Marshall Crenshaw – Travels in Jaggedland
The songs on Marshall Crenshaw‘s new Jaggedland (released in June 2009 on 429 Records) work as a cohesive whole; while Crenshaw can always be counted on to turn in a […]
27 Aug 2009
DVD Review: The Beatles – Rare and Unseen
The Beatles 2CD retrospective Anthology 3 was released in 1996, some 27 years after the Beatles broke up. It’s been another 13 years now — a span of time longer […]
25 Aug 2009
Interview: Gustav Estjes of Dungen
Swedish multi-instrumentalist, composer and band leader Gustav Estjes describes the music of his band Dungen as “heavy, but soft as well.” While Dungen is unabashedly heavy, there remains great subtlety […]
24 Aug 2009
Photos from Dungen @ Grey Eagle
…and a little bit of the actual audio from the show as well.
24 Aug 2009
My (sort-of) Cocktail with Howard (Kaylan): My Dinner with Jimi
Howard Kaylan is best known as the lead singer of 60s pop group the Turtles. That group chalked up an impressive string of hit singles including “Happy Together,” She’d Rather […]
24 Aug 2009
New Porcupine Tree Video from Upcoming Album
Porcupine Tree posted a new video from their forthcoming album The Incident today. On first impression, the visuals evoked a strong sense of what I guess I’d call Englishness, and […]
24 Aug 2009
Album Review: 801 – 801 Live Collectors Edition
In 1976, taking a break from his duties in Roxy Music while that art-rock group went on hiatus, guitarist Phil Manzanera assembled a group for a one-off (well, three-off, but […]
21 Aug 2009
Album Review: Big Star – #1 Record / Radio City (reissue)
It’s difficult to review a reissue of this disc’s stature. Big Star‘s #1 Record (1972) and Radio City (1973) rank among this reviewer’s desert island discs (I own original vinyl […]