review Archive
06 Dec 2013
Clearing the Backlog: Ten Micro-reviews
As the end of 2013 closes in, I look at my inbox and see a massive stack of CDs. Best as I try, I don’t always follow a first-in/first-out policy […]
29 Nov 2013
‘Tis the Season…
Okay, not everyone likes Christmas. Some are turned off by the commercial character of a day that is supposedly to commemorate the central figure of Christianity (a child who – […]
27 Nov 2013
Album Review: Jellyfish — Radio Jellyfish
It’s pointless (not to mention plain wrong) to argue against the assertion that the “unplugged” concept had played itself out by the middle of the 1990s. But the format – […]
25 Nov 2013
Album Review: RPWL — A Show Beyond Man and Time
The last time anything truly new was released underneath the Pink Floyd banner (not counting expanded reissues of 70s albums) it was way back in 1994. That was almost twenty […]
22 Nov 2013
DVD Review: Going Underground
Sir Paul McCartney had no role in the making of Going Underground: Paul McCartney, the Beatles and the UK Counter Culture. But to the extent he even knows about it, […]
15 Nov 2013
Progtastic Capsule Reviews for November, Part 1
I am unashamed to admit it: I like progressive rock. I like it a lot. And yet I can’t trot out the boilerplate statement, “The fourteen-year-old boy in me loves […]
14 Nov 2013
Book Review: Beatles With an A
‘Tis the season for two things, at least: the annual holidays, and new Beatles-related products of note. Just this week, for example, the long-awaited (and delayed) release of the 2CD […]
07 Nov 2013
Mountain Oasis Electronic Summit: Recap Part 3
The third and final night of the Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit featured a host of names with which I was largely unfamiliar. So I took the opportunity to pop […]
06 Nov 2013
Album Review: The Paley Brothers — The Complete Recordings
File these guys under Music You Probably Missed. Chalk it up to record execs not knowing exactly what to do with The Paley Brothers, or perhaps assign some of the […]
04 Nov 2013
DVD Review: Deep Purple — Perfect Strangers Live
Deep Purple are one of those bands with a tortured history of lineup changes, stylistic detours, and changing fortunes. While their real-life saga doesn’t rival that of the just-this-side-of-fictional Spinal […]