Albums Of The Week: Les Amazones d’Afrique | Musow Danse
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The all-female African supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique, a collective that has included some of the biggest stars in African music, make a triumphant return with...
Classic Album Review: Crazytown | Darkhorse
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If the tune Hurt...
Albums Of The Week: Barry Adamson | Cut To Black
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Cut To Black is Barry Adamson’s 10th solo studio album, and finds him in a fertile period of creativity, reflection and investigation.
Up Above The City,...
Albums Of The Week: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs | Land Of...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “I’ve always liked the quote: “Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them.” So reckons Matt Baty of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs...
Classic Album Review: Nick Cave | No More Shall We Part
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Goth pioneer, psychobilly shaman,...
Albums Of The Week: Ecko Bazz | Mmaso
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Since the appearance of his cult breakthrough debut Tuli Banyo in 2018, Ugandan rapper and MC Ecko Bazz has challenged perceptions of East Africa's burgeoning...
Hear The New OK From Drive-By Truckers’ Upcoming Surprise Album
Like a lot of folks, Drive-By Truckers have had plenty of down time on their hands this year. But while the rest of us have been baking and eating,...
Albums Of The Week: Charlie Musselwhite | Mississippi Son
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Mississippi-born, Memphis-raised, Grammy-winning music legend Charlie Musselwhite doesn’t just sing and play the blues; he is, in every sense of the word, a bluesman. Growing...
J Mascis | Elastic Days
J Mascis has obviously dished up plenty of lead guitar heroism in his longtime day job with veteran indie-rock power trio Dinosaur Jr. And on some of his previous...
Albums Of The Week: Dirty Sound Magnet | DSM-III
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dirty Sound Magnet’s third record DSM-III uses the best blues-rock and boogie tricks to enhance their vintage psychedelic rock sound. The band envisioned a very...
Classic Album Review: The (International) Noise Conspiracy | Bigger Cages, Longer Chains
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):
If you weren’t paying...
Rewinding July | The Best Rock
Summertime and the livin' is easy? Not around here, bub. Based on the number of posts I churned out last month — a grand total of 236 — July...
Classic DVD Review: John Lennon | Lennon Legend: The Very Best of
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):
This video collection for...
Now Hear This: The Atomic Bitchwax | Scorpio
THE PRESS RELEASE: "In a busy three years since NJ’s most powerful power trio issued 2017’s Force Field, they’ve toured the US and Europe multiple times over, taken part...
Classic Album Review: Kelly Joe Phelps | Beggars Oil EP
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Some artists spend years...
