new release Archive
27 Apr 2025
Album Review: Sleepersound – My Own Dead Love
Milwaukee’s Sleepersound has just released My Own Dead Love, and the album marks a departure – an expansion, actually – from the sound on its earlier albums, specifically In Medias […]
25 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Blues
Yet more of my quick, capsule reviews. This time: the blues. Carly Harvey – Kamama I’ve been meaning to review this one for awhile; I’m sorry it’s taken so long. […]
24 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Rock #2
More rock-focused reviews, succinct style. The Loft – Everything Changes Everything Stays the Same Imagine Wreckless Eric fronting Oasis, singing songs by The Waterboys’ Mike Scott. That unlikely description hints […]
23 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Rock #1
More hundred-word reviews. It’s rock this time. Ex-Vöid – In Love Again Start with a punk sensibility, write songs with pop values, and deliver them with power, commitment and finesse. […]
22 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Prog
More of my quick takes on music I want you to know about. This time the theme is progressive rock from around the globe. the ajjancy – …to be arranged […]
21 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Jazz
A quick look at five new(ish) jazz releases worthy of your attention. Pony Boy All-star Big Band – This is Now Big band jazz enjoyed its heyday many decades ago. […]
20 Apr 2025
Book Review: American Standard
American Standard: Cheap Trick from the Bars to the Budokan and Beyond Backbeat Books by Ross Warner The subject of Cheap Trick is no stranger to book treatment. Brian Kramp’s […]
18 Apr 2025
My Morning Jacket: Put Us In, Coach (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Jim James says that when he’s engaged in the multitask endeavor of producing and being the artist, he sometimes “gets super-crazy about engineering and mic placement.” […]
17 Apr 2025
My Morning Jacket: Put Us In, Coach (Part 1 of 2)
An edited version of this featured appeared previously in SPIN. “Music is the invisible architecture that holds up the universe,” says Jim James. Leader, rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter with […]
16 Apr 2025
Supertramp – Live in Paris ‘79
Supertramp was always a curious band. Showcasing inerrant pop songwriting values, the British group scored an impressive run of hits. The band’s sixth studio album, 1979’s Breakfast in America spawned […]