reissue Archive
10 Dec 2012
Album Review: The Moving Sidewalks – The Complete Collection
When The Moving Sidewalks are mentioned at all, it’s general in the context of them being a forerunner of ZZ Top (guitarist Billy Gibbons fronted The Moving Sidewalks). But the […]
30 Nov 2012
Interview: Dūrocs’ Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, Part Five
Bill Kopp: How did you come to have Elliot Mazer co-produce? Did you pick him or did Capitol say, “Here’s the guy.” And how do you think his presence affected […]
29 Nov 2012
Interview: Dūrocs’ Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, Part Four
Bill Kopp: There was no Dūrocs II. Was your deal with Capitol a one-off or were you dropped? Ron Nagle: I don’t even remember how we were informed. I think […]
28 Nov 2012
Interview: Dūrocs’ Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, Part Three
Bill Kopp: So you guys were originally signed by A&M, but – as I understand it – that was around the time that A&M figured out it didn’t know what […]
27 Nov 2012
Interview: Dūrocs’ Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, Part Two
Scott Mathews: [The music on Dūrocs] does run the gamut. You’ve got songs like “No Fool No Fun,” and other songs we wrote from the deepest of our hearts, in […]
26 Nov 2012
Interview: Dūrocs’ Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, Part One
File Dūrocs under Records You Probably Never Heard. Released in 1979 to critical plaudits but commercial indifference, the sole album from the “group” of the same name quickly went the […]
13 Nov 2012
Catching Up With Modern Jazz, Part Two
A quick roundup of some notable jazz releases, from your friendly neighborhood jazz novitiate who nonetheless knows what he likes… Toots Thielemans – Yesterday & Today (Universal Music) My first […]
12 Nov 2012
Catching Up With Modern Jazz, Part One
As many readers know, I’m a relative latecomer to appreciation of jazz. Other than a copy of Weather Report‘s Heavy Weather LP, my record collection was all but jazz-free until […]
06 Nov 2012
Album Review: Clover — Clover and Fourty Niner
Clover doesn’t rank in the top tiers of musical acts in terms of notoriety. Mention their name to most music fans and you’ll earn a blank stare. If they’re known […]
15 Aug 2012
Album Review: Various Artists – The Red Bird Girls
You say you like Phil Spector‘s production? You like those girl-group sounds of the era that were so imbued with the stylistic flourishes of the producer, arrangers and composers that […]