review Archive
13 May 2009
Album Review: John Lee Hooker — Anthology: 50 Years
John Lee Hooker was never the smoothest of bluesmen. While he had no qualms about going electric (in fact nearly all of his celebrated work features electric guitar) he made […]
12 May 2009
Album Review: Robyn Hitchcock — I Wanna Go Backwards
Quirky Cambridge England singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock has always followed his own twisted muse. Like some bastard son of Bob Dylan and Syd Barrett, Hitchcock has made a career of memorable […]
11 May 2009
Album Review: Isaac Hayes — Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)
It’s with some trepidation that this reviewer plays an album called Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak). Had said album been credited to anyone other than the estimable Isaac Hayes, the disc […]
10 May 2009
Album Review: The Grip Weeds — House of Vibes Revisited
The 1980s and 90s saw the rise of a rock subgenre/movement dubbed the “paisley underground.” Populated by groups who bowed at the altar of mid-period Beatles and the other finer […]
09 May 2009
DVD Review: Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Released (or more accurately, repackaged and re-released) in 2009, this is actually a live performance of Emerson, Lake and Palmer dating from 1992. As such, it’s dated in a number […]
08 May 2009
Album Review: Chris Darrow — Chris Darrow / Under My Own Disguise
In 1967 a west coast based group calling itself Kaleidoscope (no relation to the UK psych group of the same era) released their first album, Side Trips. That album is […]
07 May 2009
Album Review: Rodney Dangerfield – Greatest Bits
Rodney Dangerfield is a cultural icon. Even those not overly familiar with his standup comedy work on television and in film would recognize his face. And his distinctive voice is […]
06 May 2009
Album Review: Creedence Clearwater Revival — Covers the Classics
There’s something to be said for conceptual/thematic repackaging of selections from a music artist’s catalog. Hell, even 1970s cash-in packages like The Beatles’ Love Songs and Rock and Roll made […]
05 May 2009
Album Review: Brian Jonestown Massacre – Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request
Perhaps most people know of Anton Newcombe from Ondi Timoner’s 2003 questionable documentary Dig! than through his career itself; as leader of the neo-psychedelic Brian Jonestown Massacre, Newcombe and his […]
04 May 2009
Album Reviews: Marc Bonilla — EE Ticket and American Matador
Guitar “shredding” is one of those things that as a listener one either gets or doesn’t get. For those in the latter category, the style is a showoff-y example of […]