review Archive
17 Oct 2021
Album Review: Dewa Budjana — Naurora
The potential downside of remote recording is that – when it’s not done well, which is often – it can robe the music of the feel of of spontaneity, the […]
16 Oct 2021
Album Review: Sorrows – Love Too Late…the real album
Here’s a record with a helluva story. After making an excellent melodic rock album in 1980’s Teeenage Heartbreak, Sorrows (no “the”) went to England to record their second LP with […]
10 Oct 2021
Album Review: Elder Jack Ward – Already Made
Growing up as a suburban white kid, my preconceptions regarding gospel music were fairly well-formed. I wasn’t especially receptive to the messages conveyed in the music, and – on the […]
09 Oct 2021
EP Review: Lynx Deluxe — Jungleland
Here’s something different. Lynx Deluxe’s Jungleland is a five-song EP that builds its sound around heavy beats. Not the electronic kind, though; this is no hip-hip or electro endeavor. Real […]
08 Oct 2021
Album Review: Sour Ops — X
Say it loud: power pop and proud! Readers of this online music magazine will know that while I approach it with guarded optimism, I do like me some power pop. […]
07 Oct 2021
Album Review: The Orange Peels — Celebrate the Moments of Your Life
One never quite knows what to expect from The Orange Peels, and within that uncertainty lies a part of the group’s charm. They certainly don’t fit neatly into any particular […]
02 Oct 2021
Album Review: Professor Longhair – Fess at Home
This intimate recording absolutely sparkles. You are right there at Tipitina’s in 1973 as Henry Roeland Byrd (Professor Longhair, or “Fess” to those in the know) stretches out for a […]
30 Sep 2021
Album Review: Nektar – …Sounds Like Swiss
Nektar was one of those bands that got lost in a sea of great music. Though they were British, being based in Germany certainly didn’t help gain them exposure in […]
28 Sep 2021
Album Review: The Mommyheads — Age of Isolation
The Mommyheads aren’t widely known outside of New York City (and Sweden), and that’s a shame. With wit that sometimes rivals that of XTC, a melodic sense that recalls 10cc […]
26 Sep 2021
Album Review: Jim Basnight and The Moberlys – Seattle – New York – Los Angeles
Describing something as underrated is sometimes little more than a lazy way of approaching an artist’s work. But it can have useful meaning. In the case of The Moberlys, the […]