review Archive
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 […]
03 May 2009
Album Review: Arthur Alexander — Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
I first heard the name Arthur Alexander many years ago when listening to an interview with John Lennon; the then-former Beatles was talking about his major influences, especially some of […]
02 May 2009
Album Reviews: Toy Matinee — s/t and 3rd Matinee — Meanwhile
Toy Matinee was a short-lived pop-prog/art-pop group that released a single eponymous album in 1990. With a sound halfway between Mr. Mister and Jellyfish, Toy Matinee balanced the former’s chart-oriented […]
01 May 2009
Album Review: Air — Moon Safari 10th Anniversary Edition
At the very tail-end of the 20th century, Air — the duo of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel — released their debut, Moon Safari. Their blend of dance, exotica, rock […]