review Archive
17 Feb 2010
Album Review: King Crimson – Lizard (40th Anniversary Series)
Among King Crimson fans, 1970’s album Lizard is a misunderstood release, and ranks among the least-popular of the group’s albums. That’s a shame, as Lizard is effective and groundbreaking in […]
16 Feb 2010
Album Review: Nick Curran – Reform School Girl
Five seconds in, the listener will know that on Reform School Girl, Nick Curran means business. True, many artists have made careers out of reviving styles of old — Brian […]
15 Feb 2010
Album Review: Gentle Giant – Free Hand (2010 reissue)
Sporting a sound that’s at once highly polished and more accessible than anything the band had done before, Free Hand remains firmly in the progressive rock camp. A challenging listen, […]
14 Feb 2010
Special Valentine’s Day Review: Love – Forever Changes
The mid 1960s was a fertile era for popular music. Unprecedented creativity was the norm. The list of stone classic albums released in those few years includes some amazing records: […]
12 Feb 2010
Here’s One You Missed: Randy and the Bloody Lovelies – Lift
Here’s a review I wrote for a now-defunct national print magazine back in 2007. The disc is still available if you search hard enough, and it’s worth your time. The […]
11 Feb 2010
Album Review: Dick Wagner – Full Meltdown
As a member of Frost, Ursa Major and — most notably — guitarist with Lou Reed and then Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner has made quite a name for himself as […]
10 Feb 2010
Album Review: Gentle Giant – In a Glass House (2010 reissue)
If you’re not expecting it, the smashing glass sounds that open “The Runaway,” the opening salvo of Gentle Giant’s 1973 In a Glass House, they’re a pretty jarring experience. While […]
09 Feb 2010
Album Review: Gentle Giant – The Power and the Glory (2010 reissue)
As “Proclamation” — the opening track on Gentle Giant‘s 1974 album The Power and the Glory, newly remastered and reissued in 2010 — unfolds, it may at first seem that […]
08 Feb 2010
DVD Review: The T.A.M.I. Show
One of pop music’s lost treasures has been rescued from obscurity. The legendary and influential film The T.A.M.I. Show has been restored to its original magnificence and is set for […]
04 Feb 2010
Album Review: City Boy – It’s Personal
One look at the cover of It’s Personal, the 1981 album by British foursome City Boy, and there’s no question that this is a product of those new-wavey days. Two […]