Review: The Essential Donovan – Donovan
There are many of you who can warmly remember when you heard (for the first time) the opening of “Sunshine Superman”, leading into the vocals of the man who would…
Review: Live Dates II – Wishbone Ash
One of the great Live moments in Rock and Roll history is the release of Live Dates, the double LP issued back in 1973 from UK band, Wishbone Ash. That…
Archival Review: Def Leppard, “Songs From The Sparkle Lounge”
05/12/08 Reviewed by – James Hrivnak The 2000s have been a mixed bag for Def Leppard. They may still be a draw on the concert circuit, but their albums have…
Archival Reviews: Collector and Legacy Editions
05/12/08 Reviews by – Lindsay Planer The 2008 Spring harvest of new arrivals has already yielded a bountiful crop of classic reissues — boasting a vast array of formerly unavailable…
Archival Review: Paul McCartney, “The McCartney Years”
01/11/08 Reviewed by – Matt Rowe What can one say about Paul McCartney that isn’t already known throughout the galaxies? You’re right, very VERY little, if anything. Many people have…
Archival Review: The Black Keys, “Attack & Release”
05/19/08 Reviewed by – Matt Rowe Attack & Release is the fifth album by Ohio duo, The Black Keys. Produced by noted producer and musician, Danger Mouse (one-half of Gnarls…
Archival Review: Panic At The Disco, “Pretty, Odd”
04/16/08 Reviewed by – James Hrivnak Some time after the release of A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, Panic at the Disco dropped the exclamation mark and found their parents’…
Archival Review: Radiohead, “In Rainbows”
01/14/08 Reviewed by – James Hrivnak If you are one of the many, like myself, who felt alienated by Kid A upon its release (I’ve since grown to appreciate and…
Archival Review: ELO, “Out Of The Blue”
02/14/07 Reviewed by – Matt Rowe Out of the Blue was an ambitious Jeff Lynne project that paid off with a flurry of hits that included the double album opener,…
Archival Review: Led Zeppelin, “Mothership”
11/21/07 Reviewed by – Matt Rowe Little need be said about the juggernaut that is Led Zeppelin. Formed in the late ‘60s – 1968 to be exact – as the…
Archival Reviews: Magazine
08/31/07 Reviewed by – Matt Rowe Magazine Real Life Magazine Secondhand Daylight Magazine The Correct Use of Soap Magazine Magic, Murder and The Weather Howard Devoto, after a very short…
Archival Review: David Bowie
09/17/07 Reviews by – Lindsay Planer This week, let’s hear it for the Bowie … David, that is! We’re spinning a trifecta of recent multi-media arrivals that reassert David Bowie’s…