review Archive
15 Apr 2010
Album Review: Dick50 – Lateshow
Critics have a predilection — for both good and ill, one supposes — for labeling, for pigeonholing. And it’s useful too, when you get right down to it. Though some […]
14 Apr 2010
Book Review: Record Store Days
Viewed through one particular prism, Record Store Days is one long mash note to the bygone era of brick-and-mortar retail record shops. The book by a pair of serious musos […]
13 Apr 2010
Album Review: Dengue Fever Presents Electric Cambodia
Here’s a strange one. Dengue Fever Presents Electric Cambodia is a collection of — believe it or not — 1960s rock and pop from the Southeast Asian country. Curated by […]
12 Apr 2010
Album Review: Bettye LaVette – Interpretations
As the old adage goes, a great song is a great song. The best songs bear reinterpretation in a variety of styles. And while covers often don’t really add anything […]
08 Apr 2010
Album Review: Johnny Winter And – Live at the Fillmore East 10/3/70
Let’s get this out of the way right up front: you’re either going to absolutely love Live at the Fillmore East 10/3/70, the new CCM Live archival release of an […]
07 Apr 2010
Album Review: Barry Cleveland – Hologramatron
One might not readily think that combining the genres of “protest music” and progressive rock would be a good fit. And perhaps in general they’re not: prog is more often […]
06 Apr 2010
Album Review: Hot Tuna – Live at New Orleans House, Berkeley CA 09/69
Is “power blues” your thing? The answer to that question is a good indicator as to how well you’ll enjoy the Collectors Choice Live archival release from Hot Tuna, Live […]
05 Apr 2010
Album Review: Bob Seger – Early Seger Vol. 1
Semantic purists and hardcore Bob Seger fans might take small issue with the title of this new collection, but Early Seger Vol. 1 is pretty much as advertised. The first […]
02 Apr 2010
Concert Review: King Khan & the Shrines, 3/30/2010
They fought the law, and the law…well, let’s call it a draw. What law, you ask? Why, the law of diminishing returns. Do essentially the same thing over and over, […]
30 Mar 2010
Album Review: Poco – Live at Columbia Studios, Hollywood 9/30/71
There are two truisms — well, maybe there are more, but I’m only interested in two at the moment — when it comes to country-rock. The first is: The Eagles […]