new release Archive
21 Jul 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for July 2015, Part 1
Power pop is a term that can be taken to mean a lot of different things. For me it almost always means fun and appealing music. Here are five examples, […]
20 Jul 2015
Blu-ray Review: Elliott Smith — Heaven Adores You
The life and music of Elliott Smith bears some superficial similarities to Nick Drake: a quiet, introspective songwriter who never quite seemed at ease, and whose life ended tragically maybe […]
17 Jul 2015
Interview: Kevn Kinney of Drivin N Cryin
Yesterday I published my feature based on an interview with Kevn Kinney. Today I present the entire interview. — bk Bill Kopp: The new vinyl album Best of Songs compiles […]
16 Jul 2015
Drivin N Cryin’s Kevn Kinney: Sowing Confusion
Since their debut in the mid 1980s, Atlanta-based Drivin N Cryin have crafted their own take on southern rock. Led by guitarist/songwriter Kevn Kinney, the group has distilled its many […]
15 Jul 2015
Album Review: The Volt Per Octaves — Joining the Circuits
There’s a line of thinking that insists electronic-based music is cold, bloodless, and bereft of emotion. And in its most high-profile variant (EDM, or electronic dance music), the style places […]
10 Jul 2015
Album Review: The Standells — Live on Tour 1966!
The Standells – considered a quintessential protopunk band of the 1960s – got their start as a matching-suited, club band playing frat-rock and covers of the day. The pride of […]
09 Jul 2015
Album Review: The Shadows of Knight — Live 1966
In their heyday – a period that began in 1966 and ended, well, in 1966 – Chicago’s Shadows of Knight embodied what we now look back upon as the garage […]
08 Jul 2015
Album Mini-review: Rhett Miller — The Traveler
File Next to: Old 97s, Pete Yorn In his role as guitarist and lead vocalist of Old 97s, Rhett Miller has been at the modern-day vanguard of successful rock/country cross-fertilization. […]
08 Jul 2015
Album Mini-review: Tyondai Braxton — HIVE1
File Next to: David Byrne and Brian Eno, TR-i Son of legendary jazz improv master Anthony Braxton, Tyondai Braxton (formerly of Battles) has set out to make a name of […]
08 Jul 2015
Album Mini-review: The Veronicas — The Veronicas
File Next to: P!nk, t.A.T.u. When Australian twins Jess and Lisa Origliasso scored their first record deal, it made sense: though young, they had already established themselves as skilled songwriters. […]