Classic Album Review: Shalabi Effect | The Trial of St-Orange

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):   Just when I thought...

Classic Album Review: The Catheters | Static Delusions and Stone-Still Days

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 Catheters seem to...

Classic Album Review: Bryan Ferry | Frantic

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):   I had almost given...

Classic Album Review: The Breeders | Title TK

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):   It’s been what, about...

Classic Album Review: Tommy Lee | Never a Dull Moment

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):   Wanna bet?   https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lzUOq5-lzn7TMXhHSizfnw5r8-F-NpcEM https://youtu.be/A48VUvB6kWE

Classic Album Review: Eminem | The Eminem Show

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):   You know what they...

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Andrew Bird takes it inside, Drive-By Truckers join the club, Fantastic Negrito puts it in black and white, Sass Jordan gets the blues again, Charlie Musselwhite returns to Mississippi,...

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Happy birthday to Noel Gallagher, who turns 55 today (May 29). Can't wait to find out what Liam got him. A vintage guitar, smashed into teeny-tiny pieces? Framed, blown-up...

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A bedroom rapper, a country packrat, a punk poetess, a grown-up teen popster — and the only band that matters: These are are your choices for a quiet week....

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It's quiet out there. Too quiet. Blame Memorial Day in the U.S. Or the fact that summer has finally arrived. Or hell, blame me. I don't mind. All I...

Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records

Of all the quadraphonic albums I've managed to find so far for my little collection, none is as fascinating as Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. I'm going to...

Albums Of The Week: Ghostkeeper | Multidimensional Culture

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “ ‘Let these bodies know / that they exist for one another,’ beckons Shane Ghostkeeper above an angularly shifting progression. ‘This is a reckoning of...

Albums Of The Week: JD McPherson | The Warm Covers EP, Vol. 2

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “JD McPherson’s The Warm Covers EP, Vol 2 is a five-song set featuring new interpretations of songs originally performed by Iggy Pop, Pixies, Irma Thomas,...

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THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Upon arrival during the fraught summer of 2020, Flower of Devotion felt like Dehd’s necessary prescription for us all. That was, of course, a moment...

Albums Of The Week: Walker Brigade | If Only

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “If Only is the long-awaited full-length debut from L.A. neo-postpunk quartet Walker Brigade. Featuring a whopping 20 tracks — including all the prior singles and...

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