Author Archive
11 Mar 2009
Album Review: Cradle of Filth — Thornography
This is some very silly music. The first track “Under Pregnant Skies She Comes Alive Like Miss Leviathan,” comes in with a bombastic movie-soundtrack vibe, all robed-choruses and scratching cellos. […]
10 Mar 2009
DVD Review: Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven — The First Annual Camp Out Live at Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace
OK, here’s the thing: I like Cracker. And I really like Camper Van Beethoven. Camper’s genre-blending of Eastern ethnic sounds with, well, everything from C&W to punk to bluegrass was […]
08 Mar 2009
Album Review: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians — Stranger Things
Edie Brickell is back. Actually she never left. While she recorded and played with New Bohemians in the early 90s, she dropped the band for her ’94 and ’03 releases. […]
07 Mar 2009
Album Review: B.G. — The Heart of Tha Streetz Vol 2 – I Am What I Am
In 2006, intentional mangling of words (anything-izzle) and “creative” spelling are the hiphop equivalent of a rocker bellowing “Hello, Cleveland!” Fans of more-of-the same are in for a treat with […]
06 Mar 2009
Album Review: Steve Bertrand — Pain is a Megaphone
Guest review by Annelise Kopp Pain is a Megaphone? On the album cover, Bertrand sulks introspectively. Maybe he’s regretting having doomed his career with such a terrible album name, or […]
06 Mar 2009
Album Review: Bargain Music — American Born
To a rock and roller’s ears, it’s often difficult to discern the difference between an earnest effort from a singer/songwriter and parody or mockery. In perhaps the same way that […]
05 Mar 2009
Album Review: Phil Ayoub — Schoolbus Window Paper Heart
At musoscribe.com a lot of self-released CDs cross my reviews desk. That’s fine; with the new paradigm, plenty of worthy artists are bypassing the traditional channels, be they majors or […]
04 Mar 2009
EP Review: Nicole Atkins — Bleeding Diamonds
Some albums are suited for playing in the background while doing dishes, enjoying a meal or — as attempted in this case — writing a review. Bleeding Diamonds, the EP […]
02 Mar 2009
EP Review: Automatic Music Explosion — This Is…
“We wanna play your high school,” announces their MySpace page. This one gave me a real chuckle (and not the condescending kind, either). From the leadoff drum beat of “Take […]
01 Mar 2009
Album Review: Apostle of Hustle — National Anthem of Nowhere
What to make of this disc? The first track, “‘My Sword Hand’s Anger,'” bears similarities to the work of the late Malinese guitarist Ali Farka Touré. Yet when the melody […]