Classic DVD Review: Electric Frankenstein | Camden Underworld, London
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):
THE MAIN EVENT: Old-school...
Classic Album Review: Hide Your Daughters | Twisted and Distorted Gender Relations 101
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):
HOME BASE: The opening...
Albums Of The Week: Blind Illusion | Wrath Of The Gods
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Thrash as a primitive, earthy genre has given us many greats: Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, Death Angel, Heathen and the like. But the more calculated, technical,...
Classic Album Review: The X-Ecutioners | Built From Scratch
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):
If you want to...
Albums Of The Week: Media Jeweler | The Sublime Sculpture of Being Alive
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Behind the clatter and clang of his band, behind the inexhaustible roll of melodies, behind the rhythms that seem to occupy three-dimensional space, Walter Benjamin...
Albums Of The Week: Kanaan | Diversions Vol. 1: Softly Through Sunshine
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Hardworking European band Kanaan have just released their sixth studio album in four years. Softly Through Sunshine will the first volume in their new Diversions...
Now Hear This: Anton Barbeau | Kenny Vs. Thrust
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Anton Barbeau is said to play "pre-apocalyptic psychedelic pop", but that tag doesn't even begin to touch on the scope of his work. His oeuvre...
Classic Album Review: Eric Von Schmidt | Living On The Trail
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):
His name may not...
Classic Album Review: Lauryn Hill | MTV Unplugged 2.0
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):
We are led to...
Classic Album Review: Third Eye Blind | Out Of The Vein
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 never know when...
Classic Album Review: Flat Duo Jets | Lucky Eye
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):
One of the best...
Classic Album Review: Pernice Brothers | Yours, Mine and Ours
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):
The fireworks pictured on...
Albums Of The Week: Belle and Sebastian | What To Look For In Summer
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “All live records are a time capsule to some extent, but Belle and Sebastian’s What To Look For In Summer is perhaps a bit more...
Albums Of The Week: The Black Crowes | 1972 EP
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Black Crowes’ new covers collection 1972 celebrates the 50th anniversary of some of the best rock ’n’ roll songs.
“The year 1972 was a watershed...
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes | Cypress Grove
WHO IS HE? A 72-year-old blues singer-guitarist who also owns Mississippi's Blue Front Cafe, which is reportedly America's longest-operating juke joint — so presumably Jimmy "Duck" Holmes had no...
