nick frater

28 May 2023

Preview: IPO Liverpool

Bit of a personal note today. I have the extreme pleasure and honor of being the keyboardist in the Steve Stoeckel Band. Stoeckel, of course, is the bassist (and one […]

13 Aug 2022

Album Review: Nick Frater — Aerodrome Motel

By Bill Kopp

new release, pop, rawk, review

Nick Frater is a remarkably prolific artist; in recent months and years he seems to be cranking out new music at a furious pace. And his quality control program is […]

19 Feb 2022

Album Review: Nick Frater Presents The Rebutles

By Bill Kopp

new release, pop, rawk, review

Rock fans of a certain age know about The Rutles. The legend that lasts a lunchtime, the group was the subject of a mid ‘70s mockumentary called All You Need […]

04 Jan 2022

Album Review: Nick Frater — Earworms

By Bill Kopp

new release, pop, rawk, review

There’s an ineffable character that connects bands like Cheap Trick, Material Issue, The Raspberries, Matthew Sweet, Ben Folds and a select few others. Their various approaches to music may not […]

30 Jun 2021

Album Review: Various Artists — Big Stir Singles: The Ninth Wave

By Bill Kopp

compilation, new release, pop, powerpop, rawk, review

Maybe it’s because I’m a writer, but when I encounter an album that includes liner notes, I tend to read before I listen. Or, at least I’ll start to read […]

30 Jan 2021

Album Reviews: Big Stir Singles — The Seventh and Eighth Waves

By Bill Kopp

compilation, new release, pop, powerpop, rawk, review

Time was, Jordan Oakes reigned as the tastemaker supreme in the powerpop world. His Yellow Pills compilation series shone a light on the very best that the genre had to […]

21 Nov 2020

Hundred-word Reviews for November 2020, Part Two

By Bill Kopp

ambient, jazz, new release, pop, powerpop, rawk, review

Here’s five more quick reviews. Powerpop, ambient, jazz and more. Nick Frater – Fast & Loose The title might lead the uninitiated to suspect that Nick Frater’s album is something […]

14 Dec 2019

Hundred-word Reviews for December 2019, #2

By Bill Kopp

alt-country, Americana, blues, country, funk, jazz, new release, powerpop, rawk, review, rockabilly

With the end of 2019 on the horizon, I figure now’s as good a time as any to bring things up to date with another batch of quick reviews. In […]

04 Dec 2018

Hundred-word Reviews, December 2018

By Bill Kopp

funk, fusion, garage, new release, pop, powerpop, prog, psych, rawk, review, soul

This will almost certainly be my last roundup of new releases – capsule review style – for 2018. Lots of great music came out this year; don’t let anyone tell […]

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