new release Archive
15 Mar 2013
Capsule Reviews: March 2013, Part 2
Here’s yet another in my occasional series of capsule reviews; once again I had a huge stack of CDs deserving of review, but time doesn’t allow for full-length reviews of […]
12 Mar 2013
DVD Review: Paul Williams Still Alive
It would seem that filmmaker Stephen Kessler (Vegas Vacation) and I have a lot in common. We both look back fondly upon a fixture of our childhood years: Paul Williams. […]
11 Mar 2013
Album Review: Jutta Hipp – The German Recordings 1952-1955
Had the life and career of Jutta Hipp not happened, pop culture might have had to fabricate them. Hers is such a unique, compelling, mystifying and ultimately frustrating story that […]
08 Mar 2013
Capsule Reviews: March 2013, Part 1
Here’s another in my occasional series of capsule reviews; once again I had a huge stack of CDs deserving of review, but time doesn’t allow for full-length reviews of everything, […]
07 Mar 2013
Album Review: Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information / Wings of Love
There are many stories in pop music history centering around artists who – for one reason or another — never quite fulfilled their potential. More often than not, those reasons […]
06 Mar 2013
Album Review: Merle Haggard – The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles
First it was Collectors’ Choice Music, and then when they shuttered their label, it was Real Gone Music. Now Omnivore – another boutique label run (in the best way) by […]
04 Mar 2013
Book Review: Vinyl Lives II
James Goss‘ 2010 book Vinyl Lives was built around a series of interviews the author conducted with owners of independent record stores around the country. Woven together, these individual stories […]
01 Mar 2013
Album Review: Hot Nun – Hot Nun
When the self-titled CD from Hot Nun arrived in my mailbox recently, it seemed oddly familiar to me. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but the package’s graphic […]
27 Feb 2013
Album Review: Skrang: Sounds Like Bobby Sutliff
Positive things can spring from tragedy. This isn’t to suggest even for a moment that they mitigate the tragedy, or that they’re some sort of silver lining. But still. I’m […]
26 Feb 2013
DVD Review: Brian Wilson, Songwriter 1969-1982
A few years back, a British based concern called Sexy Intellectual released a 2DVD set, Brian Wilson, Songwriter 1962-1969. This three-hour-plus(!) documentary took an in-depth critical look at the work […]