Classic DVD Review: U2 | The Best of 1990 – 2000
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
A good video is...
Classic Box Set Review: Bob Dylan | The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 — Bob...
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Even in the stoned-out...
Classic Box Set Review: Rod Stewart | Reason to Believe: The Complete Mercury Studio...
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Like all rock stars,...
Area Resident’s Albums Of The Week: Pink Floyd | 18 Live Concerts + Alternative...
I left a plate of pie with no crust out for Santa Floyd last night and was dutifully rewarded. The not-so-jolly Old Pink left a pile of goodies in...
Weekend Mixtape | 158 Songs That Can’t Be Topped (Side 3)
Happy 73rd birthday to the one and only Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. The last time I saw them live, he played the same guitar for their entire 95-minute...
Albums Of The Week: The Smile | At Montreux Jazz Festival July 2022
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Smile’s exceptional concert at the 56th Montreux Jazz Festival has been immortalised on a live album. The Smile At Montreux Jazz Festival July 2022...
Albums Of The Week: Discreet | This Is Mine
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The culmination of Texas hardcore band Discreet’s work to date, This Is Mine offers 14-tracks of devastating meditation on the realities of life, sex, addiction...
Albums Of The Week: Heavy Mother | This Time Around
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Hey kidz, this is yer Uncle Big Dad talkin’ at ya. The staff over at Feel It Records asked if I’d say something about this...
Albums Of The Week: Massirraytorr | Twincussion
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: Massirraytorr unearth the spell, travel through the mind cave, speak to the maven, digest the embryo and arrive at the conduit of rock glory with...
Albums Of The Week: Werewolf Jones | Rot Away
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sophomore album from Detroit's grittiest punkers! This album sees the band evolving from nihilistic scum punk toward a more refined post-punk garage-rock sound that only...
Albums Of The Week: Toeheads | A Cruel Winner’s World
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Toeheads are pulverizing Detroit's garage-rock scene, and their self-produced record A Cruel Winner's World, is encased in debauchery, sincerity, and relatability.
The dense, jagged lo-fi recordings...
Albums Of The Week: Frank Zappa | Waka/Wazoo
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In 1972, following the aftermath of being pushed off stage at the Rainbow Theatre in London by a crazed attendee, Frank Zappa found himself recuperating...
Now Hear This: Sprints | Back Catalogue
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sprints’ Back Catalogue sees their early work collected together for the first time.
The band’s 2020 debut single The Cheek won them early support. 2021’s Manifesto...
Now Hear This: Gaye Su Akyol | Anadolu Ejderi
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Courage. Bravery. Daring. Those are the watchwords that guided Turkey’s Gaye Su Akyol when she was making Anadolu Ejderi, her fourth album and first full-length...
Now Hear This: The Messenger Birds | Tragic Comedy
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The sophomore album from Detroit synth-rock duo The Messenger Birds, Tragic Comedy picks up right where the band’s debut LP Everything Has To Fall Apart...
