Review: Fantasy – Lightning Dust
Recently, I alerted the readers of TAP to Lightning Dust, an off-shoot band from Vancouver’s extra awesome band, Black Mountain. With the album arriving on June 25 via Jagjaguwar Records,…
Review: Wings Over America – Paul McCartney and Wings
At one point in time, between May and June of 1976, Paul McCartney’s band, Wings engaged in the 32-date American leg of their massive world-wide tour. It must have been…
Review: 13 – Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath has been great enough to weather several successful incarnations of itself over a wide period of not less than 40 years. With but a short hiatus period in…
Review: Blood Speaks – Smoke Fairies
I love a great album of music, especially when it’s excellent from song one to the last note of the last song. And they’re not often found. But with the…
Review: Rainbow Melodies – Mellonta Tauta
Mellonta Tauta is an interesting term to be adopted by a band as its name. It means “things of the future”. It is also a short story by Edgar Allen…
Review: Adam Green & Binki Shapiro
Sometimes, an album comes to my attention that you just can’t seem to find all the right words for it. Of course, I mean this in a good way (we…
Review: Under Cover – Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream has carved out a delightful legacy for all of their ambient treasures dating as far back as 1969. With such classics as Stratosfear (1976), they have pushed the…
Review: Driven – The Lost Patrol
NYC’s The Lost Patrol has labored for many years to gain the following they have gathered over three consistently excellent quality releases. Over the periods of 2008 until now, the…
Review: The Essential Johnny Winter
Essential series titles are gold currency for artists under the Sony umbrella, historically Columbia/Epic/RCA, etc. After a strong career with plenty of music, and loads of fans, many artists have…
Review: Close To The Edge – YES (SACD 2013 Remaster)
It’s no surprise that Close to the Edge has been as popular as it has been. When it was released in 1973, it shook Yes fans’ world. Even Jon Anderson,…
Review: Indigo Meadow – The Black Angels
I always have high expectations for a band that I have decided to underscore as a favorite, or as a band to closely watch. If you’re going to catch and…
Review: Alive On Arrival/Jackrabbit Slim – Steve Forbert (35th Anniversary Reissue)
Back in the late ’70s, an extraordinary individual released a stunning debut album that explored the frustrations of the time in a such a way as to draw deserving comparisons…