reissue Archive
31 Mar 2016
Current and Coming Attractions, Spring 2016
I’ve been a busy boy lately, and not just as pertains to this blog. I’ve placed features in the Colorado Springs Independent; in addition to the weekly “Sound Advice” column […]
26 Feb 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for February 2016, Part 5
This latest week-long dive into my backlog of worthy music for review wraps up with five archival releases. Vulgar Boatmen – You and Your Sister First things first: the album […]
16 Feb 2016
Album Review: Game Theory — Lolita Nation
I know people who are way-into the rock subgenre known as power pop. I’m one of those people myself, and I make no apologies for it. And while most aficionados […]
11 Feb 2016
Album Review: Alice Cooper – Muscle of Love (SACD)
Dedicated fans of 1970s rock know that Alice Cooper means two different things: there’s the vocalist born Vincent Furnier, and there’s the group he fronted from the late 1960s (when […]
09 Feb 2016
Album Review: Todd Rundgren & Utopia — Disco Jets
Todd Rundgren has long been known for being, as the expression goes, ahead of the curve. His experiments, forays, and even innovations in computer and video technology are well-documented. The […]
26 Jan 2016
Hundred-word Reviews January 2016: Reissues
Today’s collection of hundred-word reviews focuses on recent reissues of note. Uriah Heep – Totally Driven I’m not going to try to tell you that the turn of the 21st […]
20 Jan 2016
Album Review: Love — Reel to Real
In the community of pop music critics and historians, it’s common to find Love‘s Forever Changes cited as one of the great lost albums of the 1960s. Under-recognized at the […]
19 Jan 2016
Album Review: Sonny Sharrock — Ask the Ages
Outside the relatively small population that appreciates jazz, Sonny Sharrock is little-known. And that’s quite a shame, because the guitarist (who died in 1994) had a lot to offer musically, […]
11 Jan 2016
Album Review: Gentle Giant — Octopus (Steven Wilson Remix)
Progressive rockers Gentle Giant released Octopus, their fourth album, in December 1972. Allowing that Gentle Giant’s music is nothing if not an acquired taste, Octopus is among their best work. […]
07 Jan 2016
Album Review: Roger Waters – Amused to Death
In the years immediately following his estrangement from his Pink Floyd band mates, Roger Waters‘ musical career took a strange turn. While asserting (in a song lyric) “This is my […]