new release Archive
31 Jan 2018
Gary Numan: Adventures in Dystopia, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Are you ultimately optimistic or pessimistic about humanity’s future? I’m optimistic, actually. Again, to go back to the Paris Accords, I think that is a remarkable […]
30 Jan 2018
Gary Numan: Adventures in Dystopia, Part One
When Gary Numan worked his way into the collective public consciousness in 1979 with his worldwide smash single “Cars,” he presented an icy, detached, robotic and ever dour persona. The […]
29 Jan 2018
Album Review: Galena — Tropic of Prancer
Progressive rock is often and wrongly though of as a man’s game. There’s a long-standing cliché that paints both the artists and audiences as black t-shirt-wearing white males. But in […]
15 Jan 2018
Chris Cain’s Effortless Blues
Modern-day bluesman Chris Cain grew up in San Jose, but his roots are in Tennessee. “My dad grew up in Memphis,” he says. Cain has his own distinct musical style, […]
12 Jan 2018
Getting to the Point with Kim Simmonds: The Savoy Brown Interview, Part Four
Continued from Part Three… In many ways, Witchy Feelin’ hearkens back to the band’s most well-known period. As displayed on the cover of its last few album, the lettering of […]
11 Jan 2018
The Fritz: A Vibe of Their Own
Keyboardist and songwriter Jamar Woods was part of an all-star lineup celebrating New Year’s 2018 at New York City’s Gramercy Theatre. Billed as the James Brown Dance Party, onstage that […]
11 Jan 2018
Getting to the Point with Kim Simmonds: The Savoy Brown Interview, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Overseas, it was a different story. The band made a point of touring regularly in the United States, building a loyal fan base in the process. […]
10 Jan 2018
Getting to the Point with Kim Simmonds: The Savoy Brown Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Released in the UK only, Savoy Brown’s debut album Shake Down was a collection of eleven songs; all but one (guitarist Martin Stone’s “The Doormouse Rides […]
09 Jan 2018
Getting to the Point with Kim Simmonds: The Savoy Brown Interview, Part One
An edited version of this feature appeared in Record Collector. Savoy Brown was among the first groups to kick off the British blues boom of the 1960s. Alexis Korner’s Blues […]
08 Jan 2018
Album Review: Tin Roof Echo — Remember Every Moment
Tin Roof Echo is the one-man “bedroom folk” product of Joe Hooten, though the multi-instrumentalist goes to some length to keep his real name off of his work. That’s puzzling, […]