Albums Of The Week: Velvet Two Stripes | No Spell For Moving Water
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Always moving, never stopping, always forward, allied in threes. Velvet Two Stripes are united by a 15-year band history, and still Sophie and Sara Diggelmann...
Classic Album Review: Elvis Presley | 2nd to None
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):
Last year, I incurred...
Albums Of The Week: Heatmiser | The Music of Heatmiser
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Legendary ’90s indie-rock group Heatmiser — Elliott Smith, Neil Gust, Tony Lash and Brandt Peterson — have released The Music of Heatmiser, a 29-song compilation...
Classic Album Review: Dido | Life for Rent
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):
Dido’s last (and first)...
Albums Of The Week: The Bures Band | Bird’s Nest
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “New in 2023: The Bures Band, a folk-rock / blues / psyche five-piece from Perth, have released their debut album Bird’s Nest, an homage to...
Classic Album Review: Steve Earle | Just An American Boy
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):
Steve Earle’s music speaks...
Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Nick Mason | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports
I like Nick Mason for the same reasons I like Ringo Starr — neither were the greatest drummers ever, but they were the right drummer for their famous bands...
Classic Album Review: Los Straitjackets | Supersonic Guitars in 3-D
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):
Sure, instrumental surf-guitar bands...
Albums Of The Week: Dogstar | Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Here in 2023, Dogstar epitomize the quintessential Southern California storytelling rock band they’ve always been in their hearts, making resonant music that literally comes from...
Classic Album Review: Dave Matthews | Some Devil
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):
Some rockers put out...
Classic Album Review: Emmylou Harris | Stumble Into 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):
The grace part is...
Classic Album Review: Randy Newman | The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
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):
Musicians always say that...
Albums Of The Week: The Rural Alberta Advantage | The Rise & The Fall
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Rise & The Fall is the fifth studio album from charged folk-rock trio The Rural Alberta Advantage. It is the first album featuring the...
Classic Album Review: Buck 65 | Talkin’ Honky Blues
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):
Offkilter Halifax rapper and...
Albums Of The Week: The Darkness | Permission To Land… Again (20th Anniversary Edition)
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Permission To Land — the chart-topping, award-winning, multi-platinum debut which arrived on July 7 2003 — The Darkness have...
