review Archive
28 Jul 2011
Concord’s Jazzapalooza 2011, Part Two
Continued from Part One. In June 2011 Concord Music Group added six more reissued jazz titles to their already vast catalog. Each features the original album (in 24-bit remastering) with […]
27 Jul 2011
Concord’s Jazzapalooza 2011, Part One
They’re having a veritable jazzapalooza over at Concord Music Group, and we’re all invited. I try, but I can’t keep up with the amazing rush of quality reissues from the […]
26 Jul 2011
DVD Review: Brian Eno 1971-1977: The Man Who Fell to Earth
First, the bad news. The people who put out this new critical analysis/history DVD obviously spent no more than a few seconds thinking up a title. What they came up […]
25 Jul 2011
EP Review: Mayer Hawthorne – Impressions
What can I say? I’m old-school. It’s only an album if you can hear it and hold it in your hand. But modern technology being what it is, and the […]
22 Jul 2011
Album Review: Dino Valenti – Get Together
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about musical artists to whom the word mercurial applies. Rock’s history is filled with their names: Moby Grape‘s Skip Spence; Pink Floyd founder Syd […]
21 Jul 2011
Album Review: Night Beats
If your idea of a good time is tinny, fuzz-drenched garage rock in the vein of Sky Saxon and the Seeds, I’ve got a hell of a find for you. […]
19 Jul 2011
Album Review: Anathema – We’re Here Because We’re Here
I heard about this album a long time before I heard it. We’re Here Because We’re Here is the eighth studio album from UK sensation Anathema, and it was released […]
18 Jul 2011
Album Review: Concord’s Latest “Definitive” Collections
Concord is at it again, but this time with a bit of a twist. Drawing upon the increasingly deep catalogs under their control, the label has compiled several entries in […]
15 Jul 2011
Album Review – Andy Creeggan – Andiwork III
A subgenre of pop dubbed space age bachelor pad music enjoyed a brief resurgence among muso hipsters, anyway) in the 1990s. An act like Combustible Edison – who, in any […]
14 Jul 2011
Album Review: John Mayall – Howlin’ at the Moon
John Mayall is often labeled a father of the British blues movement, and he earned that title long ago. Born in 1933, Mayall was always older than most of the […]