The Game Theory | Across The Barrier Of Sound: PostScript
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Throughout the 1980s, the California based Game Theory was one of the most original (and critically acclaimed) indie-rock bands. Their blend of ’60s and ’70s pop...
Aphex Twin | Collapse EP
Relapse might be more like it. But in a good way. When he returned from a self-imposed decade-long hiatus in 2014, the man known as Aphex Twin (but born...
Classic Album Review: Echo & the Bunnymen | Live in Liverpool
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):
When it comes to...
Indie Roundup: 13 Tracks to Try | Sept. 20, 2018
Every day I get press releases from indie bands with new songs, albums and videos to hype. Here's the latest batch:
• Nashville duo Striking Matches (Sarah Zimmerman and Justin...
Classic Album Review: The Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight … And How it Got...
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):
As the story goes,...
Devon Williams | A Tear in the Fabric
You can't rush greatness. It reportedly took L.A. singer-songwriter Devon Williams six years to finish this third album. And it shows. His jangly indie-rock and psychedelic power-pop songs are...
Albums Of The Week: Ella Fitzgerald | Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook includes 15 never-before-released songs of Ella Fitzgerald performing selections of her now-classic album Ella Fitzgerald Sings...
Volbeat | Rewind, Replay, Rebound
WHO ARE THEY? The long-serving, hard-touring Danish retro-rockers led by singer-guitarist and main songwriter Michael Poulsen.
WHAT IS THIS? Although the title makes it sound like an anthology, Rewind, Replay,...
Classic Album Review: Celine Dion | A New Day Has Come
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):
Is there anything more...
Albums Of The Week: Lowest of the Low | Taverns And Palaces
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Lowest of the Low’s Taverns And Palaces is an immaculately recorded double live album that contains two 11-song sets that span the entire catalogue of...
Albums Of The Week: Kid Kapichi | Here’s What You Could Have Won
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The 11 songs on Kid Kapichi’s sophomore album Here’s What You Could Have Won are an excellent showcase for the Hastings quartet’s bigger, punchier, ‘beat...
Albums Of The Week: Connan Mockasin | Jassbusters Two
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Pulled from the same fictive universe as 2018’s Jassbusters, the shrewdly named Jassbusters Two makes a languid counterpart to its predecessor — both albums were...
Jeff The Brotherhood | Magick Songs
One of the joys of working for yourself is that you can do pretty much whatever you want, however you want, whenever you want. That level of freedom might...
Frank Zappa & The Mothers | The Mothers 1970
Sometimes a little goes a long way. Case in point: Frank Zappa’s 1970 incarnation of The Mothers. The short-lived lineup (and the first to use the abridged band name)...
Late-Night TV Music (Diversity Edition) | Nov. 13, 2018
Diversity is always a good thing. And diversity is exactly what you got from Tuesday's late-night TV music lineup, which veered wildly from proggy art-rock to down-home country and...
