Classic Album Review: Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach | Painted From Memory

This came out in 1998 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Plenty of fans are...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida

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):   Talk about a pyramid...

Classic Album Review: Brides Of Destruction | Here Come The Brides

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Ever since Mötley Crüe...

Classic Album Review: Lyle Lovett | My Baby Don’t Tolerate

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):   Lyle Lovett is one...

Classic Album Review: Cryptopsy | Whisper Supremacy

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):   Title aside, there’s nothing...

Classic Album Review: Challenger | Give The People What They Want In Lethal Doses

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   The second-most impressive thing...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Go Soundtrack

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):   This soundtrack for director...

Classic Album Review: Five for Fighting | The Battle For Everything

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   For a guy who...

Classic DVD Review: Brian Wilson | Pet Sounds Live in London

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   The superb CD version...

Albums Of The Week: Bartees Strange | Magic Boy

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bartees Strange has been one of the most significant indie artists to break out in the post-pandemic era. He debuted with Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy,...

Thunder Pie | Safe In The Arms Of Love At Christmas

“Have yourself a merry little Christmas / It may be your last Next year we may all be living in the past Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Pop that...

Classic DVD Reviews: Steve Vai | Live at the Astoria London / Joe Satriani...

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Hours and hours of...

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Today in musical anniversaries: Otis Redding and most of his backing band perished when their small plane crashed into a Wisconsin lake in 1967; the pioneering punk dive CBGB...

Classic Album Review: Gardener | New Dawning Time

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):   Former members of Washington...

Classic Album Review: The Brat Attack | Destruction Sound System

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):   HOME BASE: Garageland. GENRE: Old-school...

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