new release Archive
19 Oct 2020
Book Review: That Thin Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde
One of the most confounding and inscrutable of all artists, Bob Dylan and his body of work defy simple descriptions. Of course that hasn’t stopped journalists, academics and critics from […]
18 Oct 2020
Album Review: Circuline — Circulive: New View
For whatever reason, my own tastes with regard to progressive rock lean heavily toward music coming out of the UK. Given the choice between, say, Genesis and Kansas, I’ll always […]
17 Oct 2020
Album Review: The Greyboy Allstars — Como De Allstars
The Greyboy Allstars released their debut, West Coast Boogaloo, in 1994. That album, a collaboration with the great Fred Wesley, was reissued on vinyl this year. Now – more than […]
16 Oct 2020
Modern Strangers: Self-made Men
Infectious tunes like the speedy pop of Modern Strangers’ “Where’s Your Man” – the speedy pop gem that’s the leadoff single from Modern Strangers’ debut album, Dangerous Fiction – combine […]
14 Oct 2020
Album Review: Days Between Stations — Giants
Though he’s not credited as such, Billy Sherwood’s extensive role in the making of Days Between Stations’ Giants should earn him membership in the group. Officially, DBS is Oscar Fuentes […]
13 Oct 2020
Album Review: The Mommyheads — New Kings of Pop
The cover art for The Mommyheads’ New Kings of Pop immediately calls to mind Kraftwerk and DEVO. But in keeping with the title, what this New York City band has […]
05 Oct 2020
Book Review: Steve Hackett — A Genesis in My Bed
As a longtime fan of early Genesis and the solo work of Steve Hackett – as well as having interviewed Hackett on no less than three occasions and seen him […]
02 Oct 2020
Album Review: Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets — Live at the Roundhouse
In the 21st century, it’s not a bit unusual for well-known and celebrated music artists to tour on the strength of material they recorded and released a half century ago. […]
30 Sep 2020
Album Review: The Black Watch – Fromthing Somethat
It’s difficult to keep up with the steady stream of output from The Black Watch. Just last year the group led by John Andrew Fredrick released a pair of albums […]
29 Sep 2020
DVD Review: Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash
The history of rock music is littered with tragic tales of disaster and death. Chief among those is the 1977 plane crash that killed two members of Lynyrd Skynyrd as […]