new release Archive
26 Jun 2013
Album Review: Pulp and Pop Culture Box Vol. 1
You know what’s cool? When the compiler of a collection of music makes no outsized claims of cultural import about the music. Sometimes it’s art, for sure, but sometime, it’s […]
24 Jun 2013
Album Review: Todd Rundgren – State
As I’ve mentioned before, and is patently obvious to anyone who pays attention, Todd Rundgren has always followed his own muse. Most of the time – the overwhelming majority of […]
20 Jun 2013
Album Review: R.E.M. – Green 25th Anniversary Edition
If you’re at all like me, and fondly remember the days when albums came jam-packed with an assortment of goodies, you may appreciate the new 25th Anniversary deluxe reissue of […]
19 Jun 2013
Album Review: Various Artists – The Dutch Woodstock (CD+DVD)
I’m a hardcore Pink Floyd fanatic. Yeah, one of those lot who insists that the stuff they did before The Dark Side of the Moon is filled with untold riches. […]
14 Jun 2013
Album Review: Big Star – Nothing Can Hurt Me
On paper, it reads like textbook case in how not to succeed, how not to make a mark in musical history: release your debut on a label rife with distribution […]
12 Jun 2013
Book Review: Louder Than Hell
For journalist-authors, there are myriad ways to tell a story. The easiest – and often most effective – is to write the story as narrative, and insert quotes from those […]
11 Jun 2013
You Can Be Who You Are: The John McLaughlin Interview, Part 4
Continued from Part Three… Bill Kopp: Speaking of playing onstage, how do the live pieces differ from the studio versions? Do you open them up for improvisation, or are they […]
10 Jun 2013
You Can Be Who You Are: The John McLaughlin Interview, Part 3
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: This is an obvious thing to say, but since instrumental music has to convey its messages without the benefit of lyrics, it has to […]
07 Jun 2013
You Can Be Who You Are: The John McLaughlin Interview, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: A Tribute to Jack Johnson is among the most underrated of all Miles’ works, I think. John McLaughlin: A lot of people don’t underrate […]
06 Jun 2013
You Can Be Who You Are: The John McLaughlin Interview, Part 1
Far be it from me to attempt to introduce John McLaughlin. One of the world’s greatest guitarists, his career has spanned five decades. His latest album Now Here This is […]