review Archive
06 Oct 2010
Album Review: Spock’s Beard – X
File Under: How Did I Miss These Guys? The new album X from Spock’s Beard offers up a set of bright, well-polished progressive rock songs. The group’s tenth outing (natch) […]
04 Oct 2010
Album Review: John Norum – Play Yard Blues
I’m not afraid to admit that I have no use at all for hair metal. I find it totally lacking in substance, full of posing and posturing, and frankly more […]
01 Oct 2010
DVD Review: Rolling Stones 1969-1974: The Mick Taylor Years
Being a music critic, it probably goes without much saying that I place some value in the opinions of other critics. Not all of them, mind you; but quite often […]
30 Sep 2010
Album Review: Putumayo Presents Yoga
I don’t practice yoga. But through my work with clients in my parallel career, I have become very familiar with the aesthetic of this ancient practice. To criminally oversimplify, it’s […]
29 Sep 2010
Book Review: A Wizard, A True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio
Here’s the thing: I occasionally review books, but I certainly never sit down to write a review before I’ve actually finished reading that book. It only makes sense. Rules are […]
24 Sep 2010
Single Review: Sky Parade/Grand Atlantic
I don’t usually review singles (remember those?) but this one warrants attention. Sky Parade is a band fronted by Tommy Dietrick (ex-Brian Jonestown Massacre). The band’s song “I Should Be […]
22 Sep 2010
Album Review: Gold Motel – Summer House
I’m pretty sure I’m no sexist, but for whatever reason, female vocalists have to jump a pretty high bar to give me any joy. There are certainly exceptions, artists whose […]
21 Sep 2010
Album Review: Claudette King – We’re Onto Something
Yes, I know, I know. Return visitors to this site may notice that quite a few of my album reviews begin with a brief (or not-so-brief) section in which I […]
20 Sep 2010
Concert Review: Dungen – Asheville NC, Sep. 12 2010
“Hello. We are The Pixies.” That was the puckish greeting that Gustav Estjes — leader of Swedish folkrockpsych quartet Dungen proffered to the audience on a recent Saturday night at […]
17 Sep 2010
Bootleg Bin: Priory of Brion – Sheffield ‘99
In the mid- to late-1960s Robert Plant did a stint as lead singer for Band of Joy (no musical relation, sadly and somewhat perversely, to the group of the same […]