Classic Album Review: My Ruin | Speak & Destroy

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   Jet-black Bettie Page bangs. More tattoos than Nikki Sixx....

Classic Album Review: Lemon Jelly | lemonjelly.ky

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   There are a million dance-music duos with a million...

Classic Album Review: Unsung Heroes | Unleashed

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   Unsung Heroes don’t seem so much a band as...

Classic Album Review: Cuong Vu | Pure

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   At first blush, Vietnamese trumpet player Cuong Vu’s album...

Classic Album Review: John Zorn | The Big Gundown

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   John Zorn acolytes, modern-jazz buffs and fans of spaghetti-western...

Classic Album Review: Mark Olson | My Own Jo Ellen

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   Since Mark Olson is the musical and marriage partner...

Classic Album Review: Amy Rigby | The Sugar Tree

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   By current industry standards, Nashville singer-songwriter Amy Rigby shouldn’t...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Shanti Project Collection 2

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   This AIDS benefit compilation’s biggest commercial attraction is also...

Classic Album Review: Jega | Geometry

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   We don’t know what Richard James, Mike Paradinas and...

Classic Album Review: Xzibit | Restless

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   Just what the doctor ordered — Dr. Dre, that...

Classic Album Review: Genesis | Archive #2: 1976 – 1992

This album came out two decades ago. Here’s what I had to say about it back then (with some minor editing):   Being a Genesis fan is a lot like being...

Book Review | Wheatfield Empire: The Listener’s Guide To The Guess Who by Robert...

winnipeggers love the guess who. no wonder. winnipeggers live the guess who. winnipeggers know the guess who. their music is part of our dna. their lives are part of our shared history. their story is...

Divorcees Celebrate 16th Anniversary With Drop Of Blood Album

The Divorcees renew their musical vows on their just-released album Drop Of Blood — showcasing today on Tinnitist. “The Divorcees have been a story of never, ever taking the easy...

Now Hear This: Hamburg Spinners | Skorpion Im Stiefel

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Skorpion im Stiefel is the debut album by Hamburg Spinners, a contemporary soul, mod-jazz and R&B outfit based in Hamburg, Germany. Their sound blends floating...

Now Hear This: Hallelujah Chicken Run Band | Take One

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "In 1972, the country of Rhodesia — as Zimbabwe was then known — was in the middle of a long-simmering struggle for independence from British...

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