review Archive
09 Aug 2009
Progressive Nation Act IV: Dream Theater
I like progressive rock, especially the British/European varieties. Those seem informed more by European folk, music of the Middle Ages, and classical, yet with plenty of power and bombast leavened […]
07 Aug 2009
Album Review: Gary Lewis & the Playboys – Complete Liberty Singles
When I was presented with an opportunity to listen to and review The Complete Liberty Singles by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, I jumped at the chance. I knew Lewis’ […]
06 Aug 2009
Album Review: thenewno2 – You Are Here
Have you ever found yourself listening to Electric Arguments, the 2009 album by The Fireman (also known as Paul McCartney and Youth), and said to yourself, “I wonder what it […]
05 Aug 2009
Album Review: Dennis Diken with Bell Sound – Late Music
Good music is always more than the sum of its parts. Let’s say you’re interested in making a pop record. And by pop, here I mean pop in its classic […]
02 Aug 2009
Seven New Album Reviews
Doing my level best to erase the backlog of albums slated for review, I’m pleased to offer up some thoughts on no less than seven recent releases. They include: Phil […]
31 Jul 2009
Progressive Nation Act III: Zappa Plays Zappa
As mentioned previously, I’m something of a Zappa fanatic. I was lucky enough to see the man onstage twice in the 80s; his peculiar hybrid of obscenely-complicated art/jazz/rock/whatever crossed with […]
30 Jul 2009
Progressive Nation Act II: Bigelf
Second to take the stage was Bigelf. Like Scale the Summit, these guys were unknown to me. I was totally unfamiliar with their music, so I did a quick bit […]
30 Jul 2009
Progressive Nation Act I: Scale the Summit
First up was Scale the Summit. This four-piece (two guitars trading leads, plus bass and drums) trades in the modern instro-metal-prog genre. A really young lot (not Hanson “Mm-bop” young, […]
30 Jul 2009
Progressive Nation 2009
So awhile back I bought a ticket to the local date of the Progressive Nation tour. My buddy and band mate Jeff talked me into it. On one level, I […]
03 Jul 2009
Preview Review: Moby Grape – The Place and The Time
I’ve written extensively about the travails of Moby Grape, the best 60s group most people have never heard. Some of my words on the subject are yet to be published, […]