review Archive
14 Mar 2012
DVD Review: Strange Fruit – The Beatles’ Apple Records
Update 5/2014: Apparently everybody’s happy now, and the video is available on Hulu. — bk Update 4/2012: I have just learned that Apple Records has intervened to halt distribution of […]
13 Mar 2012
Album Review: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia – Live at Hammersmith Odeon ‘75
In the early 1970s, Todd Rundgren was rightly known as a pop wunderkind, a sort of rock renaissance man. Breaking free of his mod-influenced 60s band Nazz, he created a […]
12 Mar 2012
Album Review: McGough & McGear
Unless you’re a student of Beatles arcana and ephemera, you’re probably not familiar with an act called McGough & McGear. If you grew up in the England of the late […]
09 Mar 2012
Album Review: Graffiti6 – Colours
What’s sort of funny is that I rarely venture into such pop(ular) territory as a release like Graffiti6‘s Colours. But the record’s irresistibly catchy, infectious vibe makes it worth of […]
08 Mar 2012
Album Review: World Party – Arkeology
Karl Wallinger forced my car off the road. Really, he did. It was sometime in 1990; I was driving in the car with my then-wife and newborn daughter as passengers. […]
07 Mar 2012
Album Review: Various Artists – Raunchy Sugar: The Pure Essence of Memphis Rock & Roll
When one thinks of early rock’n’roll coming out of Memphis, it’s likely that the first names springing to mind are Elvis, Jerry Lee, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. And for […]
06 Mar 2012
Album Review: James Morrison – The Awakening
I have what I think is a bit of interesting history where the music of James Morrison is concerned. His debut album was released (in the USA) in early 2007. […]
05 Mar 2012
Album Review: Capsula – In the Land of Silver Souls
Rock’n’roll may well be an American invention, but that doesn’t mean that musicians from other countries can’t credibly create enduring works. And not just the usual suspects (England, Canada and […]
02 Mar 2012
Album Review: Gentle Giant – Octopus
On their third album, 1972’s Octopus, Gentle Giant delivered a collection of songs that ranked among their best. With a sound that synthesized their medieval/renaissance aesthetic wedded to a jazzy […]
01 Mar 2012
Album Review: The Right Now – Gets Over You
Everything old is new again, same as it ever was. Recent years have seen the rise of acts evoking the best of the Stax and Detroit soul sounds. Whether it’s […]