new release Archive
09 Jun 2023
Album Review: Robocop Kraus — Smile
Let’s move quickly beyond the band name; it makes no sense to me, but then I’m not German. Robocop Kraus’ latest – their first release in 15 years – is […]
07 Jun 2023
Album Review: Blues Image — Next Voyage
Among pop, soul, jazz, blues and other genres, there’s a long (and often dubious) tradition of artists re-recording their hits. Little Richard did quite a bit of it – as […]
06 Jun 2023
Reviews: Two New Singles from Lugnut Brand Records
As I’ve discussed before, Raza del Soul does important work, preserving the “brown-eyed soul” styles of the 1960s as represented by current-day recording artists. The label’s primary (but not exclusive) […]
03 Jun 2023
Ride Along with Tina and Her Pony
When it comes to Tina and Her Pony, the name is the same, but many other things have changed. Classically-tinged Americana/folk outfit Tina and Her Pony got their start in […]
26 May 2023
Book Review: The Monkees: Made in Hollywood
For those of us of a certain age, The Monkees are an important part of our world, woven into the pop culture fabric of our lives. Their TV show was […]
25 May 2023
Album Review: GA-20 – Live in Loveland
Even when their studio work is superb, some artists are simply best experienced live. So it is with GA-20, the two-guitars-and-drummer trio. Their most recent studio effort, 2022’s Crackdown is […]
24 May 2023
Album Review: The Satyrs – Don’t Be Surprised
UPDATE: Welcome, visitors from that site that provides a free (illegal) download to the album. If you like the music, please consider supporting the artists and buying it rather than […]
21 May 2023
Album Review: Chris Church – Radio Transient
From one perspective, the pop landscape is populated with artists taking different approaches to their work. On one end of this particular spectrum lies the “consistent” artist. He, she or […]
20 May 2023
Book Review: On Track… Spirit
Spirit is one of those bands that rarely gets its due. Co-led by supremely gifted drummer Ed Cassidy and his stepson Randy California (so named by Jimi Hendrix), the group […]
19 May 2023
Album Review: Steve Stoeckel — The Power of And
Reviewing music is very much a subjective endeavor. Even when a critic seeks to provide useful cues and references to help readers form their own opinions about the music, it’s […]