review Archive
07 Sep 2011
CD/DVD Review: Johnny Winter – Live at Rockpalast
With apologies to Firesign Theatre, file this pair of releases in the Department of Redundancy Department. Not that the music and performances on Live at Rockpalast aren’t ace — they […]
06 Sep 2011
CD Review: Steven Wilson – Grace for Drowning
Leave it to Steven Wilson to create a solo album that manages to do several things at once, all successfully. This staggeringly busy man has spent his spare time(!) these […]
05 Sep 2011
CD Review: Warm in the Wake – American Prehistoric
File this one under Music You Probably Missed. This album found its way onto my desk in 2007 (pre-blog and pre-musoscribe.com days), and I reviewed it for a print magazine. […]
31 Aug 2011
CD Review: Ben Craven – Great & Terrible Potions
The sound of a heavy door creaking open…deliberate footsteps across a wood floor…the sound of an antique clock being wound. Those form the opening to Ben Craven’s “Diabolique,” the opening […]
30 Aug 2011
CD Review: The Blasters – Live 1986
Over the years, rootsy rock has had its moments on the cultural landscape. Every so often, it seems – typically when rock or pop music veers more than usual toward […]
29 Aug 2011
CD Review: The Residents – Meet the Residents
How to discern between worthless noise, a Dada in-joke, a piss-take on avant garde noodlings and a landmark work of enduring value? When the subject is Meet the Residents, it’s […]
24 Aug 2011
CD Review: Jean-Luc Ponty Experience – Open Strings
To fans whose interest in this violinist falls anywhere short of the label hardcore, Jean-Luc Ponty is best known as either (a) the guy who worked with Frank Zappa in […]
23 Aug 2011
CD Review: Fall on Your Sword – Another Earth (OST)
When a filmmaker chooses a single artist to provide soundtrack music, he/she is taking a big risk. This approach stands in direct contrast to the tried-and-true method (popular in the […]
22 Aug 2011
CD Review: Putumayo Presents Jazz
To my way of thinking, CD releases on the Putumayo label occupy a specific market niche. Generally speaking, they are not designed as potential additions to the music collection of […]
19 Aug 2011
CD Review: The New Mastersounds – Breaks From the Border
There’s a tradition – maybe not a proud one, but a tradition nonetheless – of not messing with that which works. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” goes the […]