MUSICTAP EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: LIFE IN A BLENDER, “On The Sand”
“On the Sand” is the latest video for Life In A Blender’s Bent by the Weather, the band’s fourteenth album. It’s a track of some wistfulness and true emotion, which…
CD/ALBUM REISSUE REVIEW: THE dB’s, “REPERCUSSION”
This is going to be interesting. And fun. A decade ago, I wrote a piece about my love and appreciation for this album in another publication. The dB’s Repercussion is…
CD/ALBUM REVIEW: PAUL WELLER, “66”
It’s always exciting, interesting and daunting to try and review a new Paul Weller album. Next to Paul McCartney, he’s been my hero, greatest influence and the one artist who…
CD/ALBUM REISSUE REVIEW: THE dB’s, “STANDS FOR DECIBELS”
Let’s start in late August, 1981, just before beginning my junior year of high school. Staten Island had a new college radio station, WSIA, and it was here that I…
HBO ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES, “STAX: SOULSVILLE U.S.A.” DEBUTS MAY 20TH
Once again, more great and welcomed news! Long-awaited and hoped for, the Stax Records documentary is finally hitting the airwaves. Here’s the breakdown on HBO’s Stax: Soulsville U.S.A., direct from…
THE dB’s SEMINAL DEBUT “STANDS FOR DECIBELS” TO FINALLY BE REISSUED IN THE U.S.
This is huge. And SO important. And LONG OVERDUE. And VERY WELCOMED. I’ll let you read the press release I received just a few minutes ago, courtesy of Wendy Brynford-Jones,…
CD REVIEW: WRECKLESS ERIC, “Leisureland”
I have to admit, Eric Goulden’s 1980 American 2-LP set, Big Smash (on the much-heralded Stiff/Epic imprint) was a tremendous influence on me and my then-burgeoning attempts at songwriting. “A…
CD REVIEW: CHRIS STAMEY, “The Great Escape”
Over the course of the last 42 years, I have loved the music of Chris Stamey – from the first time I ever heard The dB’s to his last “pop”…
ALBUM REVIEW: SOFIA TALVIK, “Center Of The Universe”
Hard to believe this is Sofia Talvik’s ninth album and I’ve been listening to her for the past eight years, when I wrote about her 2015 release Big Sky Country…
CD (RE)ISSUE: BOBBY SUTLIFF, “Only Ghosts Remain Plus”
It’s a little difficult to write this, let alone listen to this album. Bobby Sutliff was a friend; we bonded around 2008 or 2009 via Facebook, over our mutual love…
ALBUM REVIEW: DJANGO HASKINS, “Lost World”
It’s been a little while since I’ve written, listened or reviewed anything – and now is the right time to discuss the upcoming new album from singer-songwriter Django Haskins, Lost…
BRAND NEW TRACK FROM FEENEY VIX, “Dummies”
Recording artist/songwriter/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist and producer, Jenn Vix, has teamed up with Boston-based guitarist/songwriter/vocalist, Feeney, to create Feeney Vix. Ms. Vix has previously collaborated with legendary band members from the late David…