World Sanguine Report | Skeleton Blush
Some albums need to be heard to be believed. This isn't one of them — but only because you probably still won't believe it after you hear it. Unless...
Classic Album Review: Low | Secret Name
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):
The Cowboy Junkies almost...
Albums Of The Week: The Paranoid Style | For Executive Meeting
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Paranoid Style album For Executive Meeting begins with an elegy for the radical — tragic pop-art titan Barney Bubbles — and ends with a...
Classic Album Review: Grant-Lee Phillips | Virginia Creeper
This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Grant-Lee Phillips fronted one...
Classic Album Review: Maxim | Hell’s Kitchen
This album came out a couple of decades ago. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
No, it’s not a tie-in CD from the T&A-crazed...
Albums Of The Week: Islands | And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “If Islands’ last record Islomania was a Saturday Night Fever dream, then this followup — the ninth entry in their catalog — is the Sunday...
Beck | Hyperspace
WHO IS HE? The mononymous singer-songwriter whose last name is Hansen, and whose family tree has roots in Winnipeg. An artist whose sound has undergone several evolutions and sea...
Wray | Stream of Youth / Blank World
Great album covers are pretty hard to come by these days. But this double-sided concept album from Alabama outfit Wray delivers not one but two gems — both painted...
King Hobo | Mauga
WHO ARE THEY? A Swedish sorta-supergroup side project featuring Kamchatka singer-guitarist Thomas Juneor Andersson, ex-Opeth bassist Per Wibert and Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster.
WHAT IS THIS? Their first album in...
Albums Of The Week: Sam Redmore | Universal Vibrations
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Universal Vibrations is the debut album of original material by Sam Redmore.
Having already built a reputation from producing a huge body of sought-after remixes and edits,...
Now Hear This: Slut Magic | Trauma Queen
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "All those pretty, bi-looking people back there must be the Slut Magic crew." — Overheard at a Slut Magic show.
Slut Magic are an angsty, sonic...
Albums Of The Week: Rhett Miller | The Misfit
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Rhett Miller’s new album The Misfit is The Old 97's frontman's first solo album in four years. The 11 songs that comprise The Misfit are...
Albums Of The Week: Oscar Lang | Chew The Scenery
Chew The Scenery is fast-rising London singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Oscar Lang’s debut long-player and his most ambitious release to date, dealing with growing pains, love, romance, friendships, and...
Now Hear This: Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs | Real One
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Toronto powerhouse Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs’ third studio LP Real One is a work of loving, earnest maximalism. The ambitious record features blown-out...
Classic Album Review: Live | The Birds of Pray
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 will say this...
