Classic Album Review: Bubba Sparxxx | Deliverance
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):
Nobody’s ever gonna accuse...
Classic Album Review: Spiritualized | Amazing Grace®
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):
You can’t have good...
Classic Album Review: Rufus Wainwright | Want One
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):
“So what if I...
Classic Album Review: Elvis Costello | North
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):
It’s often been said...
Classic Album Review: Sting | Sacred Love
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):
First and foremost, I...
Classic Album Reviews: Various Artists | Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
“It’s the alternative approach to the history of blues,” says filmmaker Marc Levin, hyping the PBS mini-series Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues. “The orthodox approach is the Ken Burns’...
This Week in Music | October 2-8 • On TV
For the past five months of the TV writers' strike, I have dutifully and dependably compiled this list every single goddamn week — even when it was nothing but...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 2-8 • The Long List: 400 Releases On...
I have been in Memphis for most of the past week watching bands, eating BBQ and drinking beer (not necessarily in that order). So I have had neither the...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Pure Pag For Fab People
By the age of 10 or so, I was already a keen enough Beatles fan to be able to decipher the era of the song and which of them...
Thunder Pie | The God of Ice Cream: Mini Essays about Overeating
“It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I...
Area Resident’s Album Of The Week: Jeff Plankenhorn | Alone At Sea
As any talented musician and songwriter should, Jeff Plankenhorn has surrounded himself with good people. Just a minute or so into his brand new album Alone At Sea, it...
Albums Of The Week: Jason Isbell | Southeastern 10th Anniversary Edition
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Jason Isbell’s songs are filled with ghosts. They're haunted by spirits both welcome and unwelcome, by the personal and historical legacies that make us who...
Albums Of The Week: Green Day | Dookie 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Green Day’s third studio album Dookie was released in February 1994, and has since sold over 15 million copies worldwide, including 10 million in the...
Albums Of The Week: Stepmother | Planet Brutalicon
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Spearheaded by legendary underground guitarist Graham Clise (Witch, Annihilation Time, Lecherous Gaze, Rot TV), Oz outliers Stepmother have just released their debut album Planet Brutalicon.
Channelling...
Albums Of The Week: Dictator Ship | Electric Jihad
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dictator Ship are back! In 2020, the band released their excellent debut Your Favorites, winning praise from fans and media alike. Now the Swedish foursome...
