Thunder Pie | Kid In Philly

“People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can...

Classic Album Review: Motörhead | Inferno

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):   He’s ugly as sin....

Classic Album Review: Big John Bates | Mystiki

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):   Innovative rockabilly acts come...

Albums Of The Week: Good Cop | No Country For The Young

Every good cop needs a bad cop. Unless you're Hertfordshire punk outfit Good Cop. They've apparently got both sides of the badge covered with split-personality vocalist Vic Sell. On the...

Classic Album Review: The Evaporators | Ripple Rock

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):   Perhaps you have come...

Albums Of The Week: Tijuana Bibles | Free Milk

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Tijuana Bibles — brothers Tony and Danny Costello, James Brannigan and Mikey Dornan — are poised to mainline their alluring all-killer hooks and chaotic discontent once more. Fascinated...

Classic Album Review: Texas | Careful What You Wish For

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):   I know people who...

Classic Album Review: Matthew Barber | The Story Of Your Life

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):   This year’s Sam Roberts. No...

Albums Of The Week: Margo Price | Strays II

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Strays II expands on Margo Price’s January 2023 opus Strays with nine brand new songs, all recorded at producer Jonathan Wilson’s Topanga studio during the...

Classic Album Review: Dr. John | N’Awlinz: Dis Dat or D’udda

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):   Talk about the right...

Classic Album Review: Jeff Lang | Cedar Grove

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):   Like his American namesake...

Albums Of The Week: Robert Finley | Black Bayou

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “I remember the first time my pawpaw took me down to the Black Bayou,” Robert Finley recalls on Alligator Bait, a talking blues that closes...

Classic Album Review: Cowboy Junkies | One Soul Now

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):   If you’re waiting for...

Albums Of The Week: Bill Ryder-Jones | Iechyd Da

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bill Ryder-Jones’ fifth album Iechyd Da is a record that is rooted in love, loss, pain, heartache and often a deep darkness, but also one...

Classic Album Review: Seven Percent Solution | Gabriel’s Waltz

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):   Most space-rock bands try...

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