review Archive
16 May 2025
Album Review: Los Microwaves – What’s That Got to Do (With Loving You)
For every major-label act that made interesting music in the ‘80s (and likely in every other era as well), countless artists and groups toiled in relative obscurity, doing work every […]
13 May 2025
Album Review: HeavyDrunk and Watermelon Slim – Bluesland Theme Park
The music travels to many destinations on this 11-track, self-released album. Bluesland Theme Park is a split set, with tracks by HeavyDrunk (born Rob Robinson) and by award-winning singer-songwriter Watermelon […]
12 May 2025
Album Review: Bob Corritore and Friends – Doin’ the Shout
Bob Corritore is one busy cat. When we last checked in with the blues harpist and band leader (and his Friends), the new album was Phoenix Blues Rumble. That was […]
11 May 2025
Album Review: Steve Howell & the Mighty Men – Yeah Man
For his 13th long player, guitarist and singer Steve Howell has hand-picked an eclectic assortment of old tunes. The low-key Yeah Man features some well-worn classics alongside some relatively obscure […]
10 May 2025
Album Review: Frank Bey – Peace
Frank Bey passed away five years ago. Winner of a posthumous Grammy Award nomination (Best Traditional Blues Album) for 2020’s All My Dues Are Paid, Bey was the subject of […]
04 May 2025
Single Review: Andre Cruz & Chris Lujan — “Mi Amore, Perdoname” b/w “The Real Thing (Spanish Version)”
Cuban quintet Los Zafiros released “Mi Amor, Perdoname” in 1962. Though the song wouldn’t gain traction in U.S. markets – blame the embargo – the group was popular in Cuba, […]
02 May 2025
Album Review: Badfinger — Head First
The story of Badfinger – one filled with great, enduring music and tragic heartbreak – has been well documented. The authoritative history of the band, its music, its soaring highs […]
29 Apr 2025
Album Review: Springhouse — From Now to OK
Here’s a gem. Springhouse self-describes as shoegaze, and while the first two albums from the New York threesome may have displayed some of that style’s hallmarks, by the time they […]
28 Apr 2025
Album Review: Eramus Hall – Lost and Found
Eramus Hall is one of those hard luck stories with which the history of popular music is rife. In the case of this Detroit soul-funk outfit, the group signed to […]
27 Apr 2025
Album Review: Sleepersound – My Own Dead Love
Milwaukee’s Sleepersound has just released My Own Dead Love, and the album marks a departure – an expansion, actually – from the sound on its earlier albums, specifically In Medias […]