new release Archive
25 Sep 2015
Album Review: Marshall Crenshaw — #392: The EP Collection
For better or worse (actually, for better and worse) things used to be different: recording artists focused on their music, and the record company – or at least artist management […]
24 Sep 2015
Album Review: Cary Grace — Tygerland
Depending on the manner in which one learns about Cary Grace, the music on Tygerland may come as a surprise. An American expatriate now living in the United Kingdom, Grace […]
22 Sep 2015
Video Review: The Who — Live at Shea Stadium 1982
In the eyes of most pop music historians, The Who circa 1982 gets a pretty bad rap. With the hindsight of history, it’s not that difficult to understand why. Drummer […]
21 Sep 2015
Book Review: Baby You’re a Rich Man
One can and should be forgiven for greeting the news of yet another book about The Beatles with more than a hint of skepticism. I mean, the Beatles phenomenon has […]
18 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience — I Like Rain
File Next to: The Chills, The Clean, Straitjacket Fits Sporting a playful name (eventually shortened in response to lawsuits) that had less than nothing to do with their sound, this […]
18 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: Pugwash — Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)
File Next to: Fountains of Wayne, XTC, Electric Light Orchestra This may just be the effort that pays off for guitarist-singer-songwriter Thomas Walsh and his bandmates. The Dublin-based band has […]
18 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: Bill Wyman — Back to Basics
File next to: Pete Townshend’s Deep End, Ian Dury During his time (1962-1993) with the Rolling Stones, bassist Bill Wyman released three albums that displayed his particular (if low-key) musical […]
17 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: Joe Satriani — Shockwave Supernova
File next to: Buckethead, Steve Vai, John Petrucci A big part of what has always made the music of Joe Satriani stand out among contemporaries is the guitarist’s inerrant sense […]
17 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: Buddy Guy — Born to Play Guitar
File Next to: (early) Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix No one can argue with any amount of credibility that Buddy Guy hasn’t paid his dues. Now 79 years […]
16 Sep 2015
Pugwash: “Don’t Expect One Direction. Expect no direction.”
Pugwash haven’t become a household word in the United States, but it’s not for lack of effort. With their winning melodies, sharp hooks and winsome lyrics, the Dublin, Ireland-based group […]