review Archive
14 May 2021
Book Review: Rudi Protrudi — As Times Gone
I’m on record as being an ardent Fuzztones fan. And while the band has created plenty of music to satisfy fans’ cravings for garagefuzzpunk, those similarly inclined are apt to […]
13 May 2021
Book Review: Rudi Protrudi — The Fuzztone
Note: While perusing the newest book by the Fuzztones’ Rudi Protrudi, I made a discovery: a review I wrote more than four years ago has somehow failed to be published […]
11 May 2021
Album Review: The Milk and Honey Band – Songs From Truleigh Hill
The Milk & Honey Band first came to my attention well more than a decade ago when Andy Partridge (formerly of XTC) released their album Dog Eared Moonlight on his […]
10 May 2021
Album Reviews: Two featuring Fernando Perdomo
In this post-major-label era when many of the so-called barriers to entry have been swept away, the fact that a recording artist is prolific doesn’t provide a reliable indicator as […]
09 May 2021
Concert Review: Peter Noone, Hendersonville NC, May 9 2021
Not counting Todd Rundgren’s “virtual concert” in Pittsburgh, the last time I wrote a review of a live performance was in December 2019, when I saw Rodrigo y Gabriela tear […]
07 May 2021
Album Review: The Boys With the Perpetual Nervousness — Songs From Another Life
Something about this outfits name immediately brings to mind the gentle approach of bands like Belle and Sebastian. And as it turns out, that snap judgment isn’t too wide of […]
06 May 2021
Book Review: Shut Up You Animals!!! A Remembrance of Dirk Dirksen
Dirk Dirksen wasn’t known as musician, but his importance to the music history of San Francisco is substantial. Imagine a sort of Bill Graham writ small, with a perhaps unexpected […]
05 May 2021
Book Review: Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area
San Francisco has a rich and varied cultural history. The city by the Bay has been home to a long succession of cultural scenes, from the Beat poets to the […]
04 May 2021
Album Review: Richard Barbieri — Under a Spell
For several years, Richard Barbieri was the keyboardist in art rock band Japan; his atmospheric work was a key component of that band’s sound. And once Steven Wilson transformed his […]
03 May 2021
Book Review: Paul Collins — I Don’t Fit In
One of the finest among the so-called new wave bands of the late-late-late ‘70s and very early 80s (the subgenre’s peak period) was The Beat. Renamed Paul Collins Beat to […]