vinyl Archive
06 May 2026
Armageddon’s First and Last Stand (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Martin Pugh: So I called Aynsley Dunbar, who I had known from England; he had actually tried to get me to join his band, Retaliation. I […]
05 May 2026
Armageddon’s First and Last Stand (Part 1 of 3)
(A shorter, edited version of this feature appeared previously in The Tonearm.) Armageddon was one of those groups that could have only come together in the 1970s. Formed in the […]
31 Mar 2026
Album Reviews: Four by Ray Charles
Among his myriad achievements, Ray Charles was the consummate crossover artist. Across the scope of his lengthy career, he made music in a wide variety of styles: r&b, rock ‘n’ […]
06 Mar 2026
Box Set Review Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here 50: Deluxe Edition (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… LP4: Live at Wembley 1974 In June 1974 – more than a year before Wish You Were Here was released, and in fact more than six […]
05 Mar 2026
Box Set Review Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here 50: Deluxe Edition (Part 1 of 2)
In 1975, Pink Floyd was one of the biggest bands in the world, a status that its members – and most observers – could have scarcely imagined even three years […]
04 Mar 2026
Hundred-word Reviews for March 2026: Archival
This roundup of new(ish) archival releases features five albums, all available on good ol’ back-to-vinyl. Jeffrey Runnings – Piqued Though the label is bandied about with reckless abandon, Lo-fi is […]
27 Feb 2026
Album Review: Miles Davis – The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel
While serious and exclusively-jazz fans might bristle at the notion, Miles Davis is jazz’s Beatles. While their musical careers and work are vastly different, both Miles and the Fab Four […]
29 Jan 2026
Album Review: Charles Mingus – Mingus at Monterey
This record would be remarkable if only for the fact that it’s a superbly-recorded live document of the acclaimed jazz bassist at his creative peak. But it’s also noteworthy as […]
28 Jan 2026
Album Review: Eternity’s Children – Timeless
For their second album, Mississippi’s Eternity’s Children upped the ante. While the first album’s production team of Curt Boettcher and Keith Olsen was gone, in their place came Gary Paxton […]
27 Jan 2026
Album Review: Eternity’s Children — s/t
One of the idiosyncratic qualities of pop music – or at least of the critical examination thereof – is the post-dated creation of subgenres. I’m thinking here of freakbeat, garage-punk […]