Albums Of The Week: Roger Waters | The Dark Side of the Moon Redux
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “To celebrate the 50th anniversary year of The Dark Side Of The Moon, Roger Waters announces the release of his homage to the original: The...
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’...
Albums Of The Week: A. Savage | Several Songs About Fire
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “I imagine myself playing these songs in a small club that is slowly burning,” says A. Savage of his second solo record, Several Songs about...
Albums Of The Week: Timber Timbre | Lovage
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “After six years, Taylor Kirk, the Toronto musician behind Timber Timbre, finally returns with a new full-length entitled Lovage — his most accomplished and engrossing...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Excuse Me While I Bootleg This Guy
I love feeding-frenzy records. These are the ones which come out after someone has become a star — usually involving their early studio works or unofficial material — and...
Albums Of The Week: Clockwise On Fire | Take Me With You
THE EDITED PRESS RELEAESE: “Clockwise On Fire mold a living and breathing hybrid of psychedelic rock, progressive, funk, and alternative, shapeshifting with each key change. The musical union of...
Classic Album Review: Millionaire | Outside the Simian Flock
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):
I have no idea...
Albums Of The Week: Sufjan Stevens | Javelin
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Over the course of his career, Sufjan Stevens has blurred distinctions between the major and the minor, between the details that color our existence and...
Albums Of The Week: Velvet Two Stripes | No Spell For Moving Water
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Always moving, never stopping, always forward, allied in threes. Velvet Two Stripes are united by a 15-year band history, and still Sophie and Sara Diggelmann...
Classic Album Review: Elvis Presley | 2nd to None
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):
Last year, I incurred...
Albums Of The Week: The Bures Band | Bird’s Nest
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “New in 2023: The Bures Band, a folk-rock / blues / psyche five-piece from Perth, have released their debut album Bird’s Nest, an homage to...
Classic Album Review: Dido | Life for Rent
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):
Dido’s last (and first)...
Albums Of The Week: Heatmiser | The Music of Heatmiser
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Legendary ’90s indie-rock group Heatmiser — Elliott Smith, Neil Gust, Tony Lash and Brandt Peterson — have released The Music of Heatmiser, a 29-song compilation...
Classic Album Review: Steve Earle | Just An American Boy
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):
Steve Earle’s music speaks...
Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Nick Mason | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports
I like Nick Mason for the same reasons I like Ringo Starr — neither were the greatest drummers ever, but they were the right drummer for their famous bands...
