review Archive
22 May 2012
Album Review: Albert King – I’ll Play the Blues For You
By 1972, legendary blues guitarist and vocalist Albert King had little if anything left to prove. Pushing fifty, the man was a giant both in reputation and physical stature. His […]
21 May 2012
Album Review: Branden Daniel and the Chics – Keep Em Flying
When I first heard King Khan and the Shrines, I likened them to some sort of Second Coming or salvation of soulful garage rock. Or something like that. Their album […]
15 May 2012
Album Review: Sweet – New York Connection
The band Sweet has a tortured, somewhat complicated history, one fraught with dizzying highs and devastating lows. The band formed in England in the late 1960s and were taken under […]
14 May 2012
Album Review: The Hollyhocks – Understories
I heart Hollyhocks. There: I’ve said it. But I realize that I have a responsibility to provide a bit more detail for you, gentle reader. So, here goes. The Hollyhocks […]
10 May 2012
Event Review: Music Video Asheville
I’ve just returned from the 5th annual Music Video Asheville event, held at Cinebarre. The organizers – music publicist and event planner Erin Scholze (a nine-year veteran organizer of Asheville’s […]
07 May 2012
Album Review: A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Beginning in the 1990s, a mixtape was a collection of music designed as a background for a rapper. Said rapper would collect his or her favorite beats, and then do […]
20 Apr 2012
Album Review: Humble Pie – On to Victory / Go For the Throat
The title of Humble Pie‘s first single – 1969’s “Natural Born Boogie” quickly telegraphed the group’s musical mission: straight-ahead, riffy rock of the sort that would fill arenas with fist-pumping […]
19 Apr 2012
Album Review: The Squires of the Subterrain – Sandbox
Imagine this: a Beach Boys pastiche that’s also a concept album dealing with ecological devastation. Sandbox is that and more: it’s a one-man-band affair by The Squires of the Subterrain, […]
18 Apr 2012
Album Review: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (Experience Edition)
Pink Floyd‘s The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the greatest albums of the 1970s – right up there with Who’s Next and a very short list of […]
17 Apr 2012
Album Review: Wes Hollywood – Fantasy Arcade
In 2012, it’s an open question how many listeners are looking for new music that draws upon the best of powerpop and what in 1979 we called new wave. Well, […]