new release Archive
09 Oct 2013
Album Review: Alex Chilton – Electricity by Candlelight
Bootlegs or ROIOs* or fan recordings: however one wishes to label them, they play an often important and unappreciated part in documenting musical history. As Clinton Heylin explains in his […]
08 Oct 2013
Album Review: Various Artists — CBGB: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
When endeavoring to judge the merits of a soundtrack album, there’s always the quandary of what measure to use. Should one judge it on the merits, strictly as a thematic […]
07 Oct 2013
Album Review: Sly and the Family Stone — Higher!
The work of Sly Stone has long called for a collection like this one. A set bringing together 77 tracks across four discs, it includes not only the obvious hits […]
04 Oct 2013
X Marks the Spot: The 2013 Richard X Heyman Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One Bill Kopp: You’ve long been one of those artists who can handle everything in the studio; other than Nancy engineering, most of your albums have featured […]
03 Oct 2013
X Marks the Spot: The 2013 Richard X Heyman Interview, Part One
Richard X Heyman is nominally a powerpop artist, but ever since his first solo album in 1988, there has been a lot more going on in his music than a […]
02 Oct 2013
Fall Capsule Reviews, Part Three
I wasn’t kidding when I wrote of having a massive backlog; here are four more capsule reviews. Don’t infer that these releases are somehow lesser than those receiving more in-depth […]
01 Oct 2013
Fall Capsule Reviews, Part Two
Once again, here’s an entry in my occasional capsule review series. This go-round I’ll take a quick look at four brand-new, nominally jazz albums. The New Gary Burton […]
27 Sep 2013
Album Review: The Dirtbombs — Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey!
A lot of people credit The Ramones with giving bubblegum music a second chance. And I hear that; I know what they mean. There’s an undeniable, delightfully lunkheaded, intentionally-throwaway bubblegum […]
26 Sep 2013
Album Review: Pete Ham — Keyhole Street: Demos 1966-67
Much has been written about (Apple band and Beatles protégés) Badfinger. And the most notable, in-depth writing about the star-crossed quartet has come from two sources: Dan Matovina‘s Without You: […]
25 Sep 2013
Directed Energy: The Joe Satriani Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: You’ve used keyboards before, of course, but the new album (and the last couple) features Mike Keneally, as opposed to on some of the […]