review Archive
19 Nov 2024
Album Review: Canned Heat – Finyl Vinyl
Canned Heat began as a group in 1965. The Los Angeles-based blues band quickly became renowned for its deep, encyclopedic understanding of (and appreciation for) the blues. Alan Wilson and […]
18 Nov 2024
Album Review: David Gilmour — Luck and Strange
Releasing his first studio album in nearly nine years, guitarist David Gilmour continues his creatively fruitful journey beyond Pink Floyd. While Gilmour made his name as a member of that […]
03 Nov 2024
Album Review: Shueh-li Ong – MissOriented Metaphor
The Theremin is an otherworldly instrument. Arguably one of the earliest synthesizers, it’s a purely analog device. One doesn’t touch the Theremin; playing it involves moving one’s hands in the […]
02 Nov 2024
Album Review: Greg Lisher – Underwater Detection Method
In my line of work, I listen to a lot of music; if not all different kinds, then at least many different kinds. Increasingly, though, when I listen purely for […]
27 Oct 2024
Album Review: Return of Halloween Nuggets
Way back in 2014, Rock Beat Records put together a three-CD set called Halloween Nuggets: Monster Sixties a Go-go. Of a piece with some other fine compilations from the same […]
26 Oct 2024
Album Review: Santiago y Los Gatos — Washing Away Wetiko
Jeff Santiago is a beloved figure in the Asheville and WNC musical community. He’s also a well-known and in-demand musician (I was fortunate to play in a group alongside him […]
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 […]
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 […]