review Archive
24 Nov 2023
Album Review: Bobby Rush – All My Love for You
Bobby Rush is on a tear. Approaching his 90th birthday this November, the singer-songwriter-guitarist is as busy and productive as ever. In the first two decades of this century, Rush […]
19 Nov 2023
Boxed Set Review: Winger – Chapter One: Atlantic Years 1988-1993 (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Winger (1988) Shimmering acoustic guitar opens “Madalaine,” and a hard-rock yowl leads the full band into the arrangement. That tune sets the tone, and Winger never […]
18 Nov 2023
Boxed Set Review: Winger – Chapter One: Atlantic Years 1988-1993 (Part 1 of 2)
One of the most high-profile musical movements of the late 1980s and early-to-mid ‘90s was what is now called (somewhat disparagingly) “hair metal.” Characterized in equal measure by the arrangement […]
12 Nov 2023
Single Review: Millennium Resorts – “Happiness”
The Austin-based duo of Scott Raulie and Jonathan Richerson make music as Millennium Resorts. Claiming influences that include shoegaze/drampop, new wave synth and the sonic aesthetics of Pink Floyd, the […]
12 Nov 2023
Single Review: Never2Late – “Love is Wise”
Visit Spotify and look up “Never2Late” and you’ll come up against a challenge. Not counting artist names in which there are spaces between the words, and not including variants like […]
11 Nov 2023
Album Review: Night Wilds – All That Should Have Been
When executed skillfully, album cover art should provide a hint as to the character of the music inside. Of course there are countless exceptions – the all-white cover of The […]
05 Nov 2023
Album Review: The Dark Fruits – Warm Weather Starter Pack
One might not expect quality indie rock to come out of the Yukon Territory. Not that there’s anything non-rock about the Canadian Province, but hey: less than 45,00 people live […]
04 Nov 2023
Album Review: The James McGowan Ensemble – Reaching In
It’s often quite intriguing – and musically rewarding – when skilled and creative musicians set about with the goal of bringing together disparate genres. That is the chosen mission of […]
29 Oct 2023
Album Review: Gregory Lewis – Organ Monk Coming Home
This New York City based organist is immersed in jazz, funk and blues. And for his latest album, Lewis has chosen to interpret the work of Thelonious Monk. Fronting a […]
27 Oct 2023
Album Review: Love Tractor — Around the Bend (40th Anniversary)
Forty years on, it’s too easy to forget just how fertile a creative ground was the Athens, Georgia music scene of the early ‘80s. Sure, everybody knows about R.E.M. and […]