Review: Judas Priest, “Firepower”
So I finally got around to checking out the new Judas Priest album, 2018’s Firepower, and it’s okay. It’s fine. I realize that there isn’t much one could say about…
ALBUM REVIEW: VAN DUREN, “Waiting – The Van Duren Story” (original documentary soundtrack)
In trying to write this “review”, I have to make some immediate disclosures: this will not be easy nor objective. That’s not meant in a negative fashion. You see, I…
ALBUM REVIEW: BOB MOULD, “Sunshine Rock”
If I’m being honest, there are very few musicians/bands who I actively look forward to hearing new music from – it’s the syndrome of “too many years – it all…
Album Review: The John Sally Ride, “Nothing Doing”
Don't keep Nothing Doing by The John Sally Ride a secret.
Album Review: The Deafening Colors, “Run Pass Option”
The Deafening Colors offer a short album with a big punch.
Album Review: Guided By Voices, “Space Gun”
Was it not for the recommendation of my friend, musician and reviewer Jeff Elbel, I’d never have listened to Space Gun, one of the 2018 albums from Guided By Voices.…
Review: Night Vapor – “1,000 Miles of Mud”
“Dirtminer,” and its inherent sense of grime and mire and dischord, is the template. The opening song on Night Vapor’s 1,000 Miles of Mud — out last week via Corpse…
ALBUM REVIEW: “3 X 4”, THE BANGLES/THE DREAM SYNDICATE/THE THREE O’CLOCK/RAIN PARADE
I’ve seen and heard it said in a few places that this is the “sort of sequel” to 1984’s legendary Rainy Day. If you’re not familiar with it, Rainy Day…
Album Review: Rush, “Hemispheres 40th Anniversary Edition”
Celebrating Rush's most overlooked final big prog statement piece, Hemispheres.
Review: Tenchio – “Bedroom Chaos of The Inner Noodle”
Manuel Tenchio, who often just goes by the nom-de-guerre Tenchio, is a Uruguayan teenage guitar whiz who plays a kind of mutant math-thrash with reckless abandon. And if his second…
Review: To touch the milky way – Black Tape For A Blue Girl
For well over thirty years, the evocatively named Black Tape For A Blue Girl project, helmed by Projekt label owner, Sam Rosenthal, has produced strong and ethereally beautiful songs and…
Vinyl Review: Proxy by The Tangent
The Tangent just keep doing it—every new release is the new best album of their 15 year career. In a 2018 that’s already provided fans with Tangekanic’s live Hotel Cantaffordit…