vinyl Archive
21 Apr 2021
Album Review: Breakestra — The Live Mix, Part 1
A central component of some of the best hip-hop is the repurposing of tasty licks, breaks or other snippets from previously-record music, creating something new out of the old. Los […]
20 Apr 2021
Album Review: Binker and Moses — Dem Ones
It take confidence to put together a musical duo featuring only saxophone and drums; there’s nowhere to hide, musically. There’s no traditional rhythm section to establish a foundation, no polyphonic […]
19 Apr 2021
Album Review: Polyrhythmics — Man From the Future
Polyrhythmics are an eight-piece band from the Pacific Northwest. If your tastes run toward ‘70s fuk and soul, the current-day funk-soul revival of (primarily but not always instrumental) bands like […]
14 Mar 2021
Album Review: The Braam Brothers — Landscapes
Have you ever wondered what Cowboy Junkies might’ve sounded like with a male lead singer? Me neither, but here’s the answer anyway: The Braam Brothers on their latest album, Landscapes. […]
05 Mar 2021
Album Review: Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder (2020 expanded reissue)
Twenty-two years after its initial release, it’s worth considering just how remarkable an album Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound of Thunder was in 1988. Though Pink Floyd had released 13 albums, […]
18 Feb 2021
Hundred-word Reviews: February 2021, Part 3
These five are all archival, reissue and/or compilation releases. There’s even a vinyl release here. Wolfgang Lackerschmid & Chet Baker – Quintet Sessions 1979 I was only recently introduced to […]
12 Feb 2021
Not Your Father’s Terry Gross: Post-rock Trio Gears Up for a ‘Soft Opening’
Some of the most innovative and creative recording artists — Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis and Brian Wilson chief among them — have used the recording studio as an instrument. But […]
11 Feb 2021
Album Review: Merry Christmas from Jackie Wilson
If you sent or received anything via the US Postal Service in the final months of 2020, you likely know that due to some serious shenanigans on the part of […]
20 Jan 2021
Album Review: Gretchen’s Wheel — Such Open Sky
On Such Open Sky, her latest album as Gretchen’s Wheel, Lindsay Murray takes a turn that’s both darker and more energetic than what has come before. From the opening strains […]
08 Jan 2021
Album Review: The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Time Outtakes
Released in 1959, The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out is a landmark album. An accomplished synthesis of West Coast and cool jazz, it’s remarkable for combining “unusual” time signatures – […]