review Archive
10 Mar 2010
Bootleg Bin: Television – Town and Country, London 11/19/92
Few expected it when in 1991, one of rock’s most legendary and influential bands suddenly (and briefly) reappeared on the scene. Television had released two landmark albums in the 1970s, […]
09 Mar 2010
Bootleg Bin: Festival Actuel
In October 1969 — two and a half months after Woodstock — the rock festival was at its peak. Eclectic festivals were the norm. So it was then that the […]
05 Mar 2010
Album Review: Mangrove – Beyond Reality
Gentle, pastoral guitar picking starts off the epic-length “Daydreamers’ Nightmare” on Beyond Reality, the latest from Dutch progressive outfit Mangrove. An airy synth line doubles the melodic phrase, and then […]
04 Mar 2010
DVD Review: Blank Generation
Johny Lydon (née Rotten) used to end Sex Pistols concerts by sneering this question to the crowd: “Ever feel like you’ve been cheated?” You might, if you spend eighty minutes […]
03 Mar 2010
Album Review: The Apples in Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
It would be too easy to dismiss The Apples in Stereo simply as sonic tricksters, as, fun trick noisemakers, so to speak. Or to peg them as retro-revivalists. But that […]
02 Mar 2010
Album Review: Paul Revere and the Raiders – The Complete Columbia Singles
On the back-cover liner notes of the 1967 album The Spirit of ’67 by Paul Revere and the Raiders, publicist and bon vivant Derek Taylor wrote these prophetic words: “They […]
01 Mar 2010
Album Review: Jason and the Scorchers – Halcyon Times
When Jason Ringenberg and his merry band of men (the Scorchers) came out with their debut EP Fervor in 1983, it was a breath of fresh air (or a kick […]
25 Feb 2010
Album Review: Various Artists – Looking Towards the Sky
Ember was a tiny, independent British label based in England. Primarily oriented toward singles, the label’s forays into album rock were limited. But during that incredibly fertile period of the […]
24 Feb 2010
Concert Review: The City Champs
Memphis soul trio The City Champs brought their southern-fried (mostly) instrumental sounds to Asheville NC’s Orange Peel on Saturday February 19. Opening for the North Mississippi Allstars, the City Champs […]
19 Feb 2010
Bootleg Bin: Spirit – Texas International Pop Festival, Vol. 7
Happy 62nd birthday to bassist Mark Andes. He was a founding member of Spirit, and later a member of Firefall and Heart. Here’s a review of a legendary performance of […]