review Archive
03 Sep 2009
Album Review: The Fabulous Poodles – Mirror Stars / Think Pink
What would the late 70s Kinks have sounded like had they prominently featured mandolin and violin? The simple answer: The Fabulous Poodles. Fronted by a bespectacled Tony deMeur (though he’s […]
02 Sep 2009
Album Review: “The Laughing Dogs / Meet Their Makers”
Generally accepted to have as its genesis the mid-60s singles by The Who (for example “I Can See for Miles”), powerpop has enjoyed a few brief moments in the limelight. […]
01 Sep 2009
Album Review: Cass Elliot / The Road is No Place for a Lady
In 1972 Cass Elliot‘s solo career was in full swing, but she was restless. A switch from ABC/Dunhill to RCA afforded her greater artistic control over her material. She didn’t […]
27 Aug 2009
DVD Review: The Beatles – Rare and Unseen
The Beatles 2CD retrospective Anthology 3 was released in 1996, some 27 years after the Beatles broke up. It’s been another 13 years now — a span of time longer […]
24 Aug 2009
Album Review: 801 – 801 Live Collectors Edition
In 1976, taking a break from his duties in Roxy Music while that art-rock group went on hiatus, guitarist Phil Manzanera assembled a group for a one-off (well, three-off, but […]
21 Aug 2009
Album Review: Big Star – #1 Record / Radio City (reissue)
It’s difficult to review a reissue of this disc’s stature. Big Star‘s #1 Record (1972) and Radio City (1973) rank among this reviewer’s desert island discs (I own original vinyl […]
20 Aug 2009
Album Review: Various Artists – “Boy Meets Girl” Classic Soul Duets
Imagine you’re driving a lonely strip of highway late at night. You’re behind the wheel, and for whatever reason — maybe it’s a rental car, I dunno — you don’t […]
19 Aug 2009
Album Review: Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Concert (reissue)
When something is a familiar part of one’s daily existence — when it’s sort of always there — there’s often a tendency to take that thing for granted, to not […]
13 Aug 2009
Album Review: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – Under the Covers, Vol. 2
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs both have deserved reputations as excellent pop artists with impeccable taste in influences. Both came to commercial and artistic maturity in the 80s: Sweet as […]
10 Aug 2009
Album Review: Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul (reissue)
I’ve written fairly extensively on musoscribe.com about the work of Isaac Hayes. A latecomer to his catalog, I really only discovered the man’s music around the time Ultimate Isaac Hayes: […]