Classic Album Review: Rickie Lee Jones | The Evening Of My Best Day

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):   Rickie Lee Jones seems...

Classic Album Review: Belle & Sebastian | Dear Catastrophe Waitress

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):   “If I could do...

Classic Album Review: Triumph | Live At The US Festival

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):   Funny thing about Triumph:...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Intercontinental Pop Exchange Vol. 1 & 2

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: Here, there...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Winnipeg: The High and Lonesome Years Vol. II

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: Times Change(d),...

Classic Album Review: The Brat Attack | Destruction Sound System

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: Garageland. GENRE: Old-school...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Peg City Skank 2: All You Can Eat

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: Big ska...

Classic Album Review: Flavour | The Common Good

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: Deep in...

Albums Of The Week: The Rolling Stones | Hackney Diamonds

In my world, any new Rolling Stones album beats no new Rolling Stones album. So I'm more than, um, happy that Mick, Keith and Ronnie finally got around to...

Albums Of The Week: Pip Blom | Bobbie

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “For their third album Bobbie, Pip Blom, the band’s namesake and main writer, decided to rip it up and start again. After making her name...

Albums Of The Week: Dirt Buyer | Dirt Buyer II

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Joe Sutkowski of Dirt Buyer’s new album is a documentation of making it to the other side. Sutkowski grew up in New Jersey, and although he...

Albums Of The Week: Martin Rev | The Sum of Our Wounds (Cassette Recordings...

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Suicide's Martin Rev initially explored free jazz and similarly free forms of musical expression before discovering the magnetic attraction of electronic production and instrumentation, enabling...

Albums Of The Week: Chris Shiflett | Lost At Sea

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Punk veteran. Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee. Americana and rock songwriter. Modern-day guitar hero. For more than 25 years, Chris Shiflett has blurred...

Albums Of The Week: Gold Dime | No More Blue Skies

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Cinematic — is there a better word to describe Andrya Ambro’s songwriting? On No More Blue Skies, her third record as Gold Dime, the Queens-based...

Albums Of The Week: Sam Roberts Band | The Adventures of Ben Blank

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Adventures Of Ben Blank is a collection of nine tracks including irresistible melodies, rich harmonies and insightful lyrics with the distinctive Sam Roberts Band...

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