Classic Album Review: Simon & Garfunkel | The Best of …
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Some compilations are aimed...
Classic Album Review: A*Teens | The Abba Generation
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
I wish I were...
Classic Album Review: Gooseflesh | Chemical Garden
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
When Gooseflesh vocalist Kristian...
Classic Album Review: Phunky Data | Fashion Or Not
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Fashion, definitely. At least...
Classic Album Review: Dredger | Pullin’ Out the Jive
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Based on the band...
Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: Ariel Posen | Mile End III
This is Ariel Posen, signing on at one-oh-one Mile End Road in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Much has happened since my last broadcast. Where did I leave off?
Ah yes, I went...
Steve Schmolaris’s EP Review: Holy Crows | Cooked Goose
Now the Festival of Breadcrumbs, called Flyover, was approaching, and the important-seeming crows were looking for a way to cook Crow Jesus’s goose, for they were afraid of the...
Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: Heavy Visions | Heavy Visions
Heavy Visions have hit their breaking point. At first it was barely noticeable: ennui, a bit of malaise, the feeling of always waiting for something to happen; nothing that...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 13-19 • The Short List: 7 Titles You...
It's probably bad form to admit this, but I was never a big fan of Mac Miller. I mean, I liked some of his songs — but not enough...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 13-19 • The Long List: 225+ Releases On...
Jan. 12 has not been especially kind to musicians. Lisa Marie Presley and Robbie Bachman both died on this date in 2023 — exactly one year after Ronnie Spector, six...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 13-19 • 11 New Books
Dion, Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, Bob Marley and Willie Nelson are the biggest names in today's lineup — but I'd be lying if I said that Robert Dayton’s book...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 13-19 • On TV
Maybe it's the L.A. wildfires. Or just the usual post-Christmas slump. All I can tell you is that it's going to be a quiet week for televised music. Exceptions...
Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: River Trash Records | Vulcan Ironworks
The Vulcan Iron Works building was burned to death in 2023. Its moldering corpse - ashen bones, like the rib cage of some giant prehistoric animal, the skeletal remains...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Black Jack Shellac
By adding a shellac-playing turntable to my home system, I did my bit to help honour my partner Chelle's beloved great-grandparents.
Chelle inherited her great grandpa Gus’s portable wind-up gramophone...
Thunder Pie | Playin’ Makeup, Wearin’ Guitar
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
— Groucho Marx
Two years ago in Goodwill I spotted a copy...
