Classic Album Review: Freddy Fender | La Musica de Baldemar Huerta
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):
No, this isn’t Tex-Mex...
Classic Album Review: Kinky | Kinky
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):
The musicians are from...
Classic Album Review: The Pine Valley Cosmonauts | The Executioner’s Last Songs Vol. 1
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):
Not to slag benefit...
Classic Album Review: Hot Hot Heat | Knock Knock Knock
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):
Victoria isn’t exactly known...
Albums Of The Week: Robert Fripp | Washington Square Church
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “After completing the first round of concerts with a revived King Crimson starting in May 1981, Robert Fripp headed over to the U.S.A., where he...
Next Week in Music | May 2-8 • The Short List: 15 Titles You...
Canadian superstars. Scottish alt-popsters. Japanese garage-punks. Australian indie dudes. British icons. New York undergrounders. American rockers. Variety is definitely the spice of next week's musical gumbo. Bon appetit!
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Next Week in Music | May 2-8 • The Long List: 410 Releases On...
Fun fact: On May 1 1956, Johnny Cash recorded I Walk The Line, which became his first No.1 Billboard country hit and remained on the charts for over 43...
Next Week in Music | May 2-8 • New Books
Ronnie has the last word, Duke takes a spin through the Tops, Greil revisits the wilderness, Kim gets down to work — and you’ll need to get down to...
Next Week in Music | May 2-8 • On TV
This is more like it: Arcade Fire, Elvis Costello, Black Crowes, Parquet Courts, Linda Lindas, Norah Jones, Father John Misty, Lucius and a double shot of Sheryl Crow are...
Albums Of The Week: Charles Mingus | The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott’s
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s is a volcanic, never-before-heard 1972 club performance by bassist-composer Charles Mingus’s powerful sextet.
The live set, comprising nearly two-and-a-half hours...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Last year a very controversial list came out — the 21 most hated bands of all time. The list was compiled an online lifestyle magazine using data culled from...
Albums Of The Week: Loose Fit | Social Graces
THE EDITED PRESS RELEAESE: “Social Graces is the debut album from Australian post-punk outfit Loose Fit, made up of Kaylene Miller, Anna Langdon, Max Edgar and Richard Martin. Kaylene...
Albums Of The Week: Eleganza | Water Valley High
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “I don’t know the reason, or even if there’s one,” sings Brian Vanderwerf in the opening track of Eleganza’s Water Valley High LP. Despite Brian’s...
Albums Of The Week: Los Calvos | ...Y Que Calvos!
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “If the first album from Venezuela’s Los Calvos, despite its greatness, could be considered to have a varied sound, then this second and lamentably final...
Albums Of The Week: Jane Lee Hooker | Rollin’
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “New York City combo Jane Lee Hooker’s new studio album Rollin' features the band's signature lead guitars, heavy rhythm section and soul-scorching vocals. Jane Lee...
