Classic Album Review: Puya | Fundamental
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There are Latino bands...
Classic Album Review: B*Witched | B*Witched
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
When the MuchMusic Video...
Classic Album Review: Non-Aggression Pact | Broadcast-Quality Belligerence
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
After splitting a few...
Classic Album Review: Hellbent | Helium
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If Trent Reznor drove...
Classic Album Review: Coldcut | Let Us Replay
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
In the Moog cookbook,...
Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Jungle Jive
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Light the tiki torches,...
Albums Of The Week: Kirin J Callinan | If I Could Sing
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Australian artist, actor, writer, provocateur and musician Kirin J Callinan’s new LP If I Could Sing arrives after a long and winding rollout of singles dating...
Albums Of The Week: Ja, Panik | Don’t Play With The Rich Kids
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Ja, Panik are back! Again! The German-Austrian alt-rockers’ last, experimental, exploratory pop album Die Gruppe Ja, Panik (2021) — which meandered in many directions —...
Albums Of The Week: The Hold Steady | Live in Baltimore 2-2-23
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “It was great to be back at the Ottobar for the first time since…maybe 2014? Baltimore has always been a special spot for us. We...
Albums Of The Week: Emanuel Casablanca | Strung Out On Thrills
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Emanuel Casablanca is an outlaw bluesman, a Brooklynite with a brave, modern style and a work ethic like none other. He doesn’t just want to...
Albums Of The Week: Baratro | The Sweet Smell of Unrest
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Baratro was born when guitarist Federico Bonuccelli (Council of Rats) and bassist Dave Curran (Unsane) met at a show in legendary Milan squat Cox18 and...
Albums Of The Week: The Paranoid Style | The Interrogator
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “From the New York Dolls-meets-the-devil opening title track to the desperate Sister Lovers-adjacent finale The Findings, The Interrogator is 13 vibrant, crackling, scary and hilarious...
Albums Of The Week: J. Robbins | Basilisk
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “J. Robbins' second full-length solo album Basilisk is out now on Dischord Records. Basilisk contains 11 songs recorded at Robbins’ Baltimore studio The Magpie Cage...
Albums Of The Week: Slope | Freak Dreams
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Five guys fight the 9-to-5 life. They're not attracted to the regular. It’s a 360° funk vision.
With their pure and honest hardcore/punk attitude, fused with...
Albums Of The Week: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry | King Perry
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Record producer, composer, singer, and dub pioneer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry passed away in August 2021. His influence over popular music since the 1970s is hugely...
