Albums Of The Week: Dean Wareham | I Have Nothing To Say To The...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500 and Luna makes his long-overdue return with the lavishly titled I Have Nothing To Say To The Mayor Of L.A.,...
Albums Of The Week: Ben Harper | Bloodline Maintenance
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Ben Harper’s eagerly anticipated, fiercely personal and deeply soulful 17th studio album Bloodline Maintenance was largely inspired by the loss of a long-time friend and...
Classic Album Review: Blind Boys of Alabama | Spirit of the Century
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):
If anybody can pull...
Classic Album Reviews: Led Zeppelin | How the West Was Won / Led Zeppelin...
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):
“Playing live was the...
Mondo Cozmo | New Medicine
If you're gonna call yourself Mondo Cozmo, you really need to rock out sometimes. And for Josh Ostrander, that time has come. And not a moment too soon. On...
Albums Of The Week: Frank Zappa | Zappa/Erie
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The latest audio treasure to be excavated from Frank Zappa’s vast and legendary vault, Zappa/Erie brings together an exciting trio of shows that the Maestro...
Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Ten Years After | Undead
Some bands make it by getting a hit song on the charts; others by developing a strong following because of an incredible live act and stellar albums rather than...
Albums Of The Week: Todd Rundgren | Space Force
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Todd Rundgren’s Space Force is a new album of original collaborations with artists whose work spans wide-ranging corners of the musical universe.
Expanding on the duets...
Albums Of The Week: Grateful Dead | Wake Of The Flood: The Angel’s Share
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “We're recording close to two albums' worth of material and distill it into one record, leaving the rest in the can. It's funny, you know,...
Albums Of The Week: Grateful Dead | In And Out Of The Garden: Madison...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “They got on the bus to the Port Authority, rode in on the Long Island Railroad and the New Jersey Transit line. They traveled north,...
Albums Of The Week: Alan Vega | Alan Vega After Dark
I still vividly recall the first time I saw Suicide. I suspect everyone does.
For me it, the date was Friday Sept. 28, 1979. Ric Ocasek and The Cars were...
DOG Power | DOG Power
Suicide never goes out of style — the band, I mean, not the practice. But in the wake of the tragic death of frontman Alan Vega back in 2016,...
Classic Album Review: Eric Clapton | One More Car, One More Rider CD /...
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):
The blues covers like...
Rickie Lee Jones | Kicks
WHO IS SHE? The veteran singer-songwriter and former Tom Waits paramour who immortalized fellow L.A. troubadour Chuck E. Weiss in the 1979 boho-jazz chart-topper Chuck E.'s in Love.
WHAT IS...
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...
