Classic Album Review: OutKast | Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
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):
Some see the glass...
Albums Of The Week: Gary Del Vecchio | Buzzin’
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The incendiary proto-hard rock and ambitious epic journeys this album delivers are all the more uncanny and devastating when you realize Gary Del Vecchio was...
Classic Album Review: David Bowie | Reality
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):
To quote Robin Williams:...
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...
Classic Album Review: Iron Maiden | Dance Of Death
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):
Galloping drumbeats. Harmonized and...
Albums Of The Week: Firefall | Friends & Family
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “When groups reach their fifth decade like Firefall has, they develop deep roots with their fellow musicians, whether it’s from sharing touring bills or the...
Classic DVD Review: Paul McCartney | Paul Is Live
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):
Looks like Sir Paul...
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...
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: 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...
Sonic Youth | New York, NY • CBGB • December 13, 1988
I was lucky enough to see Sonic Youth play a bunch of times over the years. And like every punk fan who goes to New York, I made the...
Bruce Springsteen | Madison Square Garden 1988 • No Nukes 1979
For most artists, self-releasing five historic live recordings in little more than a month would be seen as egomaniacal overkill. For Bruce Springsteen, it's no big deal. In fact,...
The Specials | Encore • The Beat feat. Ranking Roger | Public Confidential
It may not be the dawning of a new era. But it is a reasonably enjoyable facsimile of an old one. Reconstituted 2-Tone titans The Specials and The Beat...
Phish | Kasvot Växt / í rokk
When is a covers album not a covers album? When it's this elaborate prank by the men of Phish. For more than two decades now, the jam-band vets have...
Albums Of The Week: Lloyd Cole | On Pain
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Through both his work being the front man of The Commotions and his solo career, Lloyd Cole has established himself as one of the most...
