new release Archive
14 Jun 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for June 2016, Part 2
Five more quick reviews. Some great stuff here. Today’s five all fall pretty neatly into the progressive rock category. Security Project – Live 1 Tribute acts can be a dodgy […]
13 Jun 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for June 2016, Part 1
Here we go with another baker’s two-dozen (okay, 25) capsule reviews. Five a day, all work-week long. Today it’s (more or less) blues. Zuzu Welsh Band – Fault Line Good […]
10 Jun 2016
The Bo-Keys: Today’s New School of Old-school (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Bo-Keys producer/bandleader Scott Bomar says that the bulk of the work on Heartaches by the Number took the form of pre-production. “I spent well over a […]
09 Jun 2016
The Bo-Keys: Today’s New School of Old-school (Part 1)
One of the most intriguing album releases of this year doesn’t sound like a new record, not at all. Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee and featuring veteran musicians from the city’s […]
08 Jun 2016
The Digs: Travel to the Beat of a Different Drum
“We’re pulling from a lot of places at once, trying to create our own thing,” says Ram Mandelkorn, guitarist and songwriter for Asheville-based soul/jazz/funk outfit The Digs. “And we’re getting […]
06 Jun 2016
Album Review: 10,000 Maniacs — Playing Favorites
I spent more than a quarter-century in Atlanta. The middle period of that era included my high school and college years, and during the latter, I was somewhat actively involved […]
03 Jun 2016
The Honeycutters: Creating Quite a Buzz
“I write a lot of songs,” admits Amanda Platt, leader and songwriter of Asheville-based roots group the Honeycutters. “I’m a very prolific writer; sometimes I wish I could turn it […]
02 Jun 2016
Album Mini-review: Lita Ford — Time Capsule
File next to: Heart, Poison, Jim Steinman Is there a place for big-guitar power ballads in the 21st century? Former Runaways guitarist Lita Ford certainly thinks so. All of the […]
02 Jun 2016
Album Mini-review: Dandy Warhols — Distortland
File next to: Stone Roses, The Church, Brainticket On the Dandy Warhols‘ tenth studio album, the group engages in truth in labeling. Distortion is indeed at the heart of the […]
01 Jun 2016
Album Mini-review: Mayer Hawthorne — Man About Town
File next to: Marvin Gaye, The Dramatics, Fitz and the Tantrums On his 2009 debut, Detroiter Mayer Hawthorne showed just how developed an artist he was; that album – wholly […]