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Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Shall We Dance? Soundtrack

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Maybe the sight of...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Is it Rolling Bob?: A Reggae Tribute To...

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   The answer, my friends,...

Classic Album Review: Regis Philbin | When You’re Smiling

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Everybody wants to be...

Classic Album Review: Queen Latifah | The Dana Owens Album

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Queen Latifah has already...

Classic Album Review: Kasey Chambers | Wayward Angel

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   “I’m a little bit...

Classic Album Review: Hope Of The States | The Lost Riots

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   If any British band...

Classic Album Review: Gibby Haynes & His Problem | Gibby Haynes & His Problem

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby...

Classic Album Review: Fu Manchu | Start The Machine

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   “It’s all the same,”...

Classic Album Review: The Used | In Love And Death

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   If you’ve heard one...

Classic Album Review: Sum 41 | Chuck

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   There’s nothing like a...

Classic Album Review: Fatboy Slim | Palookaville

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Every boy has to...

Classic Album Review: Helmet | Size Matters

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   The question is not...

Classic Album Review: William Shatner | Has Been

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You’ve heard his unintentionally...

Classic Album Review: Duran Duran | Astronaut

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   I am not sure...

Classic Album Review: Lawrence Ferlinghetti | A Coney Island Of The Mind

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   As the owner of...

Classic Album Review: Jack Kerouac | Reads On The Road

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   So dig it: They...

Classic Album Review: Split Lip Rayfield | In The Mud

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Take an old gas...

Classic Album Review: Breakbeat Era | Ultra-Obscene

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Bristol DJ Roni Size’s...

Classic Album Review: Tara Lyn Hart | Tara Lyn Hart

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   She lives in Nashville...

Classic Album Review: Pet Shop Boys | Nightlife

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   On the cover art...

Classic Album Review: Creed | Human Clay

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   This Florida foursome have...

Classic Album Review: Melissa Etheridge | Breakdown

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Heartfelt heartland rocker Melissa...

Classic Album Review: Solex | Pick Up

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Elisabeth (Solex) Esselink makes...

Classic Album Review: Tram | Heavy Black Frame

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   There’s no business like...

Classic Album Review: F-Minus | F-Minus

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   If F-Minus leader Brad...

Classic Album Review: Agnostic Front | Riot, Riot Upstart

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   They want a riot,...

Classic Album Review: The Freshmäka | I Am The Freshmäka

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Fresh is the word,...

Classic Album Review: Mick Turner | Marlan Rosa

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You might know guitarist...

Classic Album Review: Live | The Distance To Here

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   In a world of...

Classic Album Review: Dope | Felons And Revolutionaries

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   As if Marilyn Manson...

Classic Album Review: Everything But The Girl | Temperamental

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Everything But The Girl’s...

Classic Album Review: Paula Cole | Amen

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Three years ago it...

[DARYL] Take You Back To The ’80s To Dream Alone of The Wasted Casualties

will have you hearing double with the futuristic nostalgia of their simultaneous new concept albums I Dream Alone and The Wasted Casualties — showcasing today on Tinnitist. If John...

Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: Panickin’ Skywalker | What Do You Mean I “Ruined You...

And the bees respond thusly: Lo, Panickin' Skywalker, we do hear thy pleas, coloured in punkish hues, and although such desires and regrets remain alien, so divorced are humans and...

Read An Exclusive Excerpt From The New Cheap Trick Bio American Standard

I bought Cheap Trick’s self-titled debut album a few weeks after it came out in 1977. I distinctly remember picking it up at the iconic Tower Records store on...

Groover Playlist 282 | A Holiday Feast (Part 1)

DVTR go to the dogs, Hum Hum go wild, JBNG play nice and more in today's submissions from Groover, a platform that connects artists with critics like me for...

Groover Playlist 282 | A Holiday Feast (Part 2)

Info is vibin’, Da Skorpion shines bright, Zhaklin is off the chain and more in today's submissions from Groover, a platform that connects artists with critics like me for...

Groover Playlist 282 | A Holiday Feast (Part 3)

Frolin wakes you gently, Philly And Suzy lose it, Jiwon begs you and more in today's submissions from Groover, a platform that connects artists with critics like me for...

MiMc Music Awards: Changing Lives in the Music Industry

Calling all eager musicians and singer-songwriters who want to fast track their careers! Music in Motion Canada in association with EMG Collectives is proud to announce the 2024 MiMc...

Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: Diaphanie | Solid Gold

"There is a crack in everything - that's how the light gets in." — Leonard Cohen Diaphanie in a dress made of solid gold — that's how the light gets...

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