LP Review: Calexico – “The Black Light: 20th Anniversary Edition”
I don’t know if I’m old but this didn’t seem that long ago. And only old people say that. It was 1999, maybe 2000, apparently. The venue was Maxwell’s, an…
Review: Life Goes On – Lovespirals
With two separate and distinct parts of a band once known as Love Spirals Downward, and now known as Lovespirals, the band spearheaded by Ryan Lum, has flowed neatly from…
Album Review: Various Artists, “White Lace and Promises: The Songs of Paul Williams”
You know Paul Williams. Depending on what generation you hail from, you may not know that you know Paul Williams, but trust me. You do. You may know him as…
REISSUE REVIEW: THE POSIES, “Amazing Disgrace”
Omnivore Recordings continue with their campaign of Posies reissues and conclude with the last album released by the band on Geffen/DGC, 1996’s Amazing Disgrace. One listen will tell you that…
Review: Redemption (EP) – The Lost Patrol
To properly give The Lost Patrol their proper respect, it’s important to begin with their sound. There is a definite Cocteau Twins influence in their music. But it is their…
Album Review: Steven Wilson, “Home Invasion: In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall”
On the final night of his three night sold out residency at the Royal Albert Hall, London in March 2018, Steven Wilson performed what was, in essence, a retrospective of…
Album Review: Carptree, “Subimago”
2005 was a bad time for prog rock. Fans of the genre will dispute this and say it was a golden age, and if you look back strictly in terms…
Review: 360 Degrees Of Billy Paul, War Of The Gods SACD
SACDs, although now somewhat obsoleted by most of the music industry, still have a presence strong enough to encourage some specialty labels to remix classic albums in this DSD format.…
CD REVIEW: THE REPUTATIONS, “Electric Power”
According to the press release: “Austin-based “power soul” group The Reputations recorded their new album, Electric Power, at the monumental Memphis recording space, Ardent Studios, with musician/producer, Jody Stephens (Big…
Review: Countdown – Richard Lloyd
As with ANY solo artist originally associated with a popular band, an expectation of similarity to the original band is always there. Not that it SHOULD be, but we’re fickle…
Review: Christian Frederickson – “Islands of Light”
There’s this piece of ephemera from the days of the Rachel’s ensemble that sticks to the attic of my mind like so much setting rubber cement – let’s call them…