reissue Archive
10 Dec 2024
Album Review: Cal Tjader – Huracán

Cal Tjader was a prime exponent of the Latin jazz scene of the 1950s and early ‘60s. Though his activities began long before and continued long after, it’s those years […]
09 Dec 2024
Album Review: Cannonball Adderley Quintet — Live in Montreal May 1975

Saxophonist and band leader Julian “Cannonball” Adderley was at the forefront of jazz musicians who believed that jazz is the people’s music. And he lived that ethos, moving seamlessly from […]
25 Oct 2024
New Math Walks Among Us Again (Part 2 of 2)

Continued from Part One… Never one to shy away from calling out characters who make things difficult, Howie has only good things to say about New Math. “Sometimes,” he says, […]
24 Oct 2024
New Math Walks Among Us Again (Part 1 of 2)

A newly reissued and expanded set from goth rockers New Math is a reminder that in the early ‘80s, there was more good music being made than could possibly get […]
23 Oct 2024
Album Review: The Supremes – I Hear a Symphony

Cogs in the Motown musical machine, the Supremes churned out albums with alacrity. 1966’s I Hear a Symphony was the group’s eighth album. It was also the first of two […]
22 Oct 2024
Album Review: The Temptations – Cloud Nine

By 1969, Motown hitmakers the Temptations were well into their peak, but the group also faced a potential setback. Singer David Ruffin had been dismissed from the group months earlier; […]
21 Oct 2024
Album Review: Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells — Together

One of the things Motown singer Marvin Gaye was most known for was his work within vocal duos. Before his socially-conscious What’s Going On era, Gaye concentrated on a more […]
27 Sep 2024
What Was Old is Neu! Again (Part 3 of 3)

Continued from Part Two… In Perfect Harmonia (continued) A subsequent performance would yield more positive results. “We once played in Hamburg,” he recalls. “That was 1974, and there was a […]
26 Sep 2024
What Was Old is Neu! Again (Part 2 of 3)

Continued from Part One… Something Neu! (continued) For his part, Rother played multilayered electric guitar parts that skittered around, over and under a repetitive, often one-chord musical structure. The meter […]
25 Sep 2024
What Was Old is Neu! Again (Part 1 of 3)

A pair of 2024 releases on vinyl refocuses a well-earned spotlight on an important corner of modern music. A deluxe version of Musik von Harmonia, the 1973 debut album from […]
