Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Joe Walsh | Barnstorm
Eagles are the one band where Joe Walsh was never in any danger of stealing an unfair share of the spotlight.
That's exactly what happened to his other two bands...
Albums Of The Week: Orchestra Gold | Medicine
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Oakland ensemble Orchestra Gold offer a kaleidoscope of sound deeply rooted in the Malian tradition while introducing a genre-bending nod to the future through their...
Corey Hart | Dreaming Time Again
When you only release a handful of songs every handful of years, they should be incredible. Magical. Unforgettable. Essential. Unfortunately, none of these words apply to the songs on...
Now Hear This: Monster Rally | Castaways, Vol. 1
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Monster Rally is the brainchild of Cleveland native Ted Feighan. Producing music that is sampled-based tropical pop, Monster Rally began with the goal of assembling a...
Album Of The Week: Alice Cooper | Detroit Stories
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: Named for the city that launched the original Alice Cooper group on the road to success, Detroit Stories follows last year’s Breadcrumbs EP as a...
Take Note | Wednesday’s Music News From Around The Web
Today in headlines: Old rockers squabble, other old rockers reunite, still other old rockers sell out (again), Weird Al refuses to go viral and guess Who hates birthdays?
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Album Of The Week: Alabama Slim | The Parlor
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Alabama Slim was born Milton Frazier in Vance, Alabama on March 29, 1939. His father built trains at the Pullman plant and his mother did...
Now Hear This: Human Expression | Love At A Psychedelic Velocity
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Human Expression’s Love At A Psychedelic Velocity is a collection of unbelievably great psychedelic garage rock from 1966-’68. Up there with the Thirteenth Floor Elevators,...
Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Deep Purple | Come Taste The Band
You would actually be well-advised to not put any part of this band in your mouth. Come Taste The Band (1975) and its subsequent tour boasts Deep Purple at...
Classic Album Review: Mark Eitzel | The Ugly American
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Call it Eitzel Goes...
Roots Magic | Take Root Among the Stars
Between the cover art and the title, you might quite reasonably think you've stumbled upon an album from some sort of way cool Afro-futurist outfit. Nope. Turns out Roots...
Zapruder | Zapruder
WHAT I SAY: It's a magic bullet, all right. Fearsome French post-everything unit Zapruder's self-titled sophomore album — their first release since their singer relocated to Canada — zigs...
Albums Of The Week: Belle & Sebastian | Late Developers
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Do you love Belle and Sebastian? When you look at the cover of one of their records, do you instantly get transported to a much-improved...
Harvery Lisberg Has Something Good To Tell You
When 22-year-old accountant Harvey Lisberg heard The Beatles’ Please Please Me, he had an epiphany: He could be Manchester’s answer to Brian Epstein. He had a musical ear, a...
Next Week in Music | May 27-June 2, 2019 • TV & Movies
Thanks to the long weekend down south, nearly all the late-night talk shows are off this week. So televised music performances will be few and far between. Here are...
