new release Archive
18 Aug 2015
Album Mini-review: Iggy Pop — Psychophonic Medicine
File next to: New York Dolls, The Stooges If you made a list of the most unsentimental rock acts, Iggy Pop would be near the top of the list. Right? […]
18 Aug 2015
Album Mini-review: Chappo — Future Former Self
File next to: Edwin Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Tame Impala If you’re the kind of person who loved Flaming Lips‘ output circa Clouds Taste Metallic through Yoshimi Battles the […]
18 Aug 2015
Album Mini-review: District 97 — In Vaults
File next to: Spock’s Beard, King Crimson This band has been busy. With the unlikeliest of vocalists – American Idol contestant Leslie Hunt – they nonetheless kicked the door down […]
17 Aug 2015
Album Mini-review: Jaga Jazzist — Starfire
File Next to: Dungen, Zero 7 With their fifth album, 2010’s One-Armed Bandit, Jaga Jazzist seemed to have distilled their multifarious sound into a cohesive synthesis of downtempo, trip-hop, electronica, […]
14 Aug 2015
Album Mini-Review: Todd Rundgren/Emil Nikolaisen/Hans-Peter Lindstrøm – Runddans
File next to: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, Tangerine Dream This would be noteworthy if only for the fact that Todd Rundgren rarely collaborates with other artists (Utopia, Ringo’s All-Starrs and that […]
14 Aug 2015
Album Mini-review: No Joy — More Faithful
File Next to: My Bloody Valentine, Best Coast There’s a curious quality to some of the best shoegaze: the dual feeling of moving both at breakneck speed and at a […]
14 Aug 2015
Album Mini-review: Rose Windows — Rose Windows
File next to: Black Mountain, Black Angels Talk about promise only partially fulfilled. When Rose Windows released Sun Dogs, their 2013, major-label debut, they displayed great potential. With a strong […]
24 Jul 2015
Album Review: Warren Haynes — Ashes & Dust
A true son of the South, guitarist Warren Haynes has built a varied career imbued with musical values that proudly display his Appalachian roots. And though he’s strongly associated with […]
23 Jul 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for July 2015, Part 3
Blues, r&b, post-jazz and country-flavored singer/songwriter music: never let it be said that I only write about rock. Here are five fine releases in a wide array of musical styles. […]
22 Jul 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for July 2015, Part 2
Five releases from five acts from five different countries (Poland, The United States, Germany, Belgium and Sweden) are the focus of today’s brief reviews. Lunatic Soul – Walking on a […]