Finders/Keepers | Three Amazing Albums To Discover Today
Today's finds: Country weirdos Those Poor Bastards, London dance-punks oh800 and African groovers Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band. Let's get right down to it:
Those Poor Bastards
Inhuman Nature
MY ASSESSMENT:...
Classic Album Reviews: The Police | Remasters: Outlandos d’Amour / Reggatta de Blanc /...
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):
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Gordon Lightfoot | Solo
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Canada’s most celebrated songwriter and international folk legend Gordon Lightfoot has announced his new album Solo. The album sees Lightfoot returning to the studio to release...
Classic Album Review: Hayden | Elk-Lake Serenade
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):
Maybe I wasn’t paying...
Classic Album Review: Aerosmith | Just Push Play
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):
Just Push Play makes...
Classic Album Review: Jimmy Rogers All-Stars | Blues Blues Blues
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):
When venerable blues guitarist...
Le Butcherettes | Don’t Bleed
WHO ARE THEY? The aggressively artsy Texas-based garage-punk outfit fronted by singer-guitarist and songwriter Teresa Suárez Cosío aka Teri Gender Bender.
WHAT IS THIS? A seven-song EP of new originals...
Classic Album Review: Shuggie Otis | In session: Great Rhythm & Blues
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):
Shuggie Otis hasn’t made...
Albums Of The Week: Bastards Of Soul | Corners
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bastards of Soul’s second album Corners is larger than life itself — a testament to a titanic talent taken too quickly from this world, capturing...
Now Hear This: Matriarchs | Year Of The Rat
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Matriarchs is a Euro/American hybrid metallic hardcore band formed in Los Angeles in 2014. It started out as strictly a studio project by founding guitarist...
20 Questions With The Record Breakers
A few weeks back, The Record Breakers shared their latest single and video for In My Car right HERE. Today, the Montreal country-popsters share the driving as they navigate...
Albums Of The Week: Ida Mae | Click Click Domino
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “For nearly two straight years following the release of their critically acclaimed debut, Chasing Lights, Ida Mae — the Nashville-via-London duo of Chris Turpin and...
Albums Of The Week: Mayer Hawthorne | For All Time
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Mayer Hawthorne cut his teeth in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he started making beats and DJing at the height of Detroit hip-hop....
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Oct. 29, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Sporty Spice, Bryan Ferry, Smithereens, Slipknot and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...
Now Hear This: Me And That Man | New Man, New Songs, Same Shit,...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Three years after their initial debut, Me And That Man – Adam (Nergal) Darski’s dark folk/blues solo project – have returned with their sophomore release,...
