Albums Of The Week: Ella Fitzgerald | Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook includes 15 never-before-released songs of Ella Fitzgerald performing selections of her now-classic album Ella Fitzgerald Sings...
Classic Album Review: The Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight … And How it Got...
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):
As the story goes,...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Dec. 31, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Buddy and Julie Miller, Goodie Mob, Armand Van Helden and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had...
Aphex Twin | Collapse EP
Relapse might be more like it. But in a good way. When he returned from a self-imposed decade-long hiatus in 2014, the man known as Aphex Twin (but born...
Jeff The Brotherhood | Magick Songs
One of the joys of working for yourself is that you can do pretty much whatever you want, however you want, whenever you want. That level of freedom might...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Nov. 5, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Foo Fighters, Bush, XTC and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about them back...
Classic Album Review: Uncle Luke | Something Nasty
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 Eminem wants to...
Hozier | Wasteland, Baby!
Five years ago, Hozier asked everyone to take him to church — and millions of fans around the world were happy to oblige. Then the Irish singer-songwriter born Andrew...
Classic Album Review: Jennifer Love Hewitt | BareNaked
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):
Give Jennifer Love Hewitt...
Frank Zappa & The Mothers | The Mothers 1970
Sometimes a little goes a long way. Case in point: Frank Zappa’s 1970 incarnation of The Mothers. The short-lived lineup (and the first to use the abridged band name)...
SubmitHub Finds for Tuesday, March 26
I recently joined SubmitHub, a site where artists pay a small fee to send songs to reviewers, labels, bloggers and radio stations. I'm trying it out to see if...
Albums Of The Week: Vapors Of Morphine | Fear & Fantasy
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Vapors of Morphine perform the music of ‘low rock’ pioneers Morphine, utilizing the ethereal, hypnotic and expansive sounds popularized in the ’90sby late singer-bassist Mark...
Robyn | Honey
Life turns a lot of folks hard and bitter. It does not make most people soft and sweet. Good thing Robyn is not like most people. In the eight...
Classic Album Review: Gary Numan | Scarred
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 can still remember...
Now Hear This: Bobby Rush | Rawer Than Raw
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Grammy-winning blues icon Bobby Rush’s Rawer Than Raw is a stripped-down, acoustic tribute to the rich blues history of Mississippi featuring songs from a handful of...
