reissue Archive
02 Feb 2017
Album Mini-review: Love and Rockets — Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (Blu-Ray)
File next to: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Psychedelic Furs One of the problems with hit records is that they’re often too representative of the era in which they were made. […]
26 Dec 2016
Best Music of 2016: Reissue/archival Releases
I love new music, but I’m also attuned to keeping up with the latest in reissues and archival releases. Sometimes those feature some of my favorite artists; other times they […]
23 Dec 2016
Album Mini-review: Game Theory – The Big Shot Chronicles
File next to: The Three O’Clock, Guided by Voices Scott Miller‘s quirky Game Theory was one of 1980s college rock’s (the precursor to alternative/indie rock) most criminally overlooked groups. But […]
24 Nov 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for Nov./Dec. 2016, Part 4 of 10
Happy Thanksgiving. Here are five more quick reviews. Today it’s all jazz. John Surman et. al. – Morning Glory If your tastes extend toward free and modal jazz – think […]
23 Nov 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for Nov./Dec. 2016, Part 3 of 10
Five more quick reviews of archival/reissue material. Three of today’s five are from Grammy-award winning label Omnivore Recordings. One of these days I’ll write liner notes for one of their […]
22 Nov 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for Nov./Dec. 2016, Part 2 of 10
Rolf Trostel – Inselmusik When we think back to synthesizer-based innovators circa 1980, names like Gary Numan pop right up. But German musicians had been exploring the possibilities of synths […]
21 Nov 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for Nov./Dec. 2016, Part 1 of 10
Time to clear out the backlog before the year’s end. Here’s the first installment; lots of great titles here. Consider doing your holiday shopping, and note that I’ve provided purchasing […]
15 Nov 2016
A Belated Hello to “Farewell Aldebaran”
In 1969 a husband-and-wife duo made a record that sounded little like anything either had done previously. Judy Henske was a critically-acclaimed folk singer with an impressive range; after performing […]
14 Nov 2016
Making Success out of … Failure
Though Failure‘s third album, 1997’s Fantastic Planet received good reviews and spawned a moderately-successful single (“Stuck on You”), the band couldn’t capitalize or build on that success. Though the group […]
28 Oct 2016
Album Mini-review: The Beatles — Live at the Hollywood Bowl
File next to: 1960s Rolling Stones, 1950s Elvis The act you’ve known for all these years is back. While the Beatles split in 1969, their shadow has loomed upon the […]