Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Call Me Ishmael
My recent column about Led Zeppelin concerts sent me on a side quest about drum solos, specifically Moby Dick.
Now there's a thing you don't hear on albums much anymore...
20 Questions With Rachael Blanche
If music really is the universal language, Rachael Blanche might be more fluent than most. The globe-trotting pop singer-songwriter was both in Australia, lives in London, and has spent...
Concert Review: Iggy Pop & The Losers | Las Vegas, April 29, 2023
LAS VEGAS — “Wise people say that this life is a dream,” Iggy Pop reflects in his unmistakable signature baritone, pausing mid-song to survey the worshipful fans at his...
Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Grandaddy | The Sophtware Slump
I'll never forget the first time I heard He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot, the opening song on 2000's The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy. It was a summer...
Classic Album Review: Yardbirds | Birdland
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):
No, it isn’t another...
Classic Album Review: King Crimson | The Power to Believe
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):
There was a time...
Classic Album Review: The Fisk Jubilee Singers | In Bright Mansions
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 accept that...
Classic Album Reviews: George Thorogood | Ride ’Til I Die + Who Do You...
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):
I will say this...
Classic Album Review: Apocalyptica | Reflections
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):
It looks like even...
Classic Album Review: Widespread Panic | Ball
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):
It should sound like...
Classic Album Review: Trey Anastasio | Plasma
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 anybody knows there’s...
Classic DVD Review: Captain Beefheart | Some YoYo Stuff
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):
There aren’t many DVDs...
Classic DVD Review: Shane MacGowan | If I Should Fall From Grace
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):
Wanna give up the...
Classic DVD Review: Gillian Welch | The Revelator Collection
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):
The full title of...
Classic DVD Review: Rod Stewart | It Had to Be You … The Great...
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):
Tonight only: Rod the...
