Early James | Singing for My Supper
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Early James, an Alabama native and the latest signing to Black Keys singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound roster, releases his debut album, Singing for My...
Albums Of The Week: Various Artists | Brown Acid: The Fifteenth Trip
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Lo and behold, The Fifteenth Trip is upon us — and it’s another mind-melting dose of brilliant long-lost, rare, and unreleased hard rock, heavy psych,...
Albums Of The Week: T Bone Burnett | The Invisible Light: Spells
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Spells is the second instalment in The Inivisible Light song cycle, a trilogy of expansive, experimental albums from Grammy and Oscar-winner T Bone Burnett, top-shelf...
Albums Of The Week: Can | Live In Brighton 1975
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Live in Brighton 1975 is the second in a series of Can live concerts available in full for the first time. Originally recorded on tape,...
Classic Album Review: Pete Yorn | musicforthemorningafter
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Every decade seems to...
Fantastic Negrito | Please Don’t Be Dead
Fantastic Negrito is "kind of a superhero," his alter-ego Xavier Dphrepaulezz told me a couple of years ago. Well, he's certainly got the origin story for it. In the...
Classic Album Review: The Living End | Roll On
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Kangaroos, koalas, platypuses. Australia...
Black Mountain | Destroyer
WHO ARE THEY? Vancouver's veteran psychedelic / progressive / space / stoner / boogie / indie-rock warriors featuring singer-guitarist Stephen McBean (who actually lives in Los Angeles now) and...
Classic Album Review: John Hiatt | The Tiki Bar is Open
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There are few musical...
The Police | Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings
WHO ARE THEY? Singer-bassist and Tantric sex enthusiast Sting, drummer/nemesis and token American Stewart Copeland and inoffensive middle-man guitarist Andy Summers — AKA the biggest British band of the...
Albums Of The Week: Shabaka Hutchings | Afrikan Culture
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Acclaimed saxophonist, philosopher, bandleader, and musician Shabaka Hutchings — now professionally known as Shabaka for solo musical efforts — has released his first major label...
Albums Of The Week: Charles Mingus | Mingus Three (ft. Hampton Hawes & Danny...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Charles Mingus’s musical legacy is still ongoing — from artists like Kamasi Washington bringing him to a new generation to Chrissie Hynde, whose latest album...
Albums Of The Week: Pretty Lightning | Dust Moves
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dust Moves is the new album from Saarbrücken, Germany duo Pretty Lightning. Since forming over a decade ago, the band are now on their fifth...
Classic Album Review: Tony Bennett | Playin’ With My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Tony Bennett may be...
Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Ali Soundtrack
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
By all rights, this...
