Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Whiteboys 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 spoof about white-trash...

Classic Album Review: Stratotanker | The Miracle Of Flight

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):   If Jon Spencer ditched...

Classic Album Review: Vinny Miller | On the Block

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):   Sometimes Vinny Miller’s hushed,...

Classic Album Review: Portable | Secret Life

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):   Modern rock? Power-pop? Post-grunge?...

Classic Album Review: The Beatnuts | Milk Me

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):   These veteran hip-hoppers fire...

Next Week in Music | Oct. 16-22 • New Books

I already have more than 50 music books languishing in a file on my computer, waiting for me to get around to reading them. And based on these new...

Next Week in Music | Dec. 18-24 • The Long List: 75 Releases On...

Do you see what I see? That's right: It's the final pre-holiday list of 75 albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes arriving...

Classic Album Reviews: Rex Allen | The Last Of The Great Singing Cowboys +...

These came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got them. Here’s what I said about them back then (with some minor editing):   Back in the days...

Classic Album Review: Har Mar Superstar | The Handler

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):   Har Mar Superstar has...

Classic Album Review: The Katies | The Katies

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):   Three greasy, long-haired guys...

Classic DVD Review: The Allman Brothers Band | Live at the Beacon Theatre

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):   Southern-rock jammers don’t come...

Albums Of The Week: Idles | Tangk

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Tangk is the righteous and vibrant fifth album from madcap truth-seekers Idles. Pronounced “tank” with a whiff of the “g” — an onomatopoeic reference to...

Classic Album Review: Two Dollar Pistols | Hands Up!

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):   You don’t have to...

Classic Album Review: Suiciety | The Pan Fry Method

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: South of...

Classic Album Review: Skalpel | Skalpel

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):   Q: What do you...

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