new release Archive
25 Aug 2018
Album Review: DDLO – Sueños de Luna y Mar
The title of this EP from DDLO translates as “Dreams of Moon and Sea,” and there’s an evocative, windswept feel to the collection’s four tracks. Subtle, gurgling synthesizers give a […]
24 Aug 2018
EP Review: Poet Radio – Horseflesh
On the band’s website, Asheville-based Poet Radio describes itself as “a dark psych rock band with occultist undertones.” New listeners shouldn’t be warned off by that description; the trio’s new […]
23 Aug 2018
Hundred-word Reviews for August 2018, Part 2
Herewith are ten more 100-word reviews of recent new releases. As they used to say, “Collect ‘em all, kids!” Denny Seiwell Trio — Boomerang Rock fans of a certain age […]
22 Aug 2018
Hundred-word Reviews for August 2018, Part 1
Time for some more hundred-word reviews. These days, I’m busier than I’ve ever been, so the only albums to make the cut for review are ones I consider remarkable, special […]
18 Aug 2018
Album Review: Ben Delaurentis — Liar for a Muse
After making a trio of band albums, Lynchburg, Virginia singer-guitarist Ben Delaurentis has made a solo record in Liar for a Muse. But don’t assume that you’ll find a vice-and-acoustic […]
18 Aug 2018
Album Review: American Amnesia — …Yet Here We Are
The band name and the album title might suggest to some that this is an album of sociopolitical commentary. Not so much: this Connecticut trio makes hard-charging rock. The songs […]
15 Aug 2018
Johnny Tucker: Everything Comes from My Soul, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Tucker made his first solo album, Why You Lookin’ at Me in 2006. It’s cut from a wholly different cloth than Tucker & Thomas and his […]
14 Aug 2018
Johnny Tucker: Everything Comes from My Soul, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Walker, who scored a hit in 1959 with “Hello My Darling,” was playing in and around Los Angeles with a band featuring vocalist Bea Bop (Walker’s […]
13 Aug 2018
Johnny Tucker: Everything Comes from My Soul, Part One
Do an internet search on Johnny Tucker, and you won’t find a lot of information that predates the release of Seven Day Blues, his new album on Highjohn Records. But […]
10 Aug 2018
Album Review: Crooked Ghost — Skeleton House
When artists describe their music (or have it described by others) as dream-pop, that’s usually a reliable signal that the mood of the music focuses on one of two musical […]