Music Review: The Lickerish Quartet, “Threesome Vol. 1”
Would you fadoodle with them?
ALBUM REVIEW: THE MONKEES, “Live – The Mike & Micky Show”
Technically, this is the first, “official” live album from The Monkees – since Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz are still performing under The Monkees’ banner (Live ’67 was released in…
Album Review: Morse-Portnoy-George, “Cov3r to Cov3r”
The latest in Morse-Portnoy-George's ongoing covers series feels less fun, more calculated.
ALBUM REVIEW: RICHARD X. HEYMAN, “Pop Circles”
Pop Circles is the 13th solo outing from New York City-based power-pop master/legend Richard X. Heyman. He produced the set at Eastside Sound in New York and the Kit Factory,…
ALBUM REVIEW: JULIANA MACDOWELL, “Leaving Home”
There’s quite a story behind singer/songwriter Juliana MacDowell and her new album, Leaving Home, her sophomore effort. The album was produced by British producer-turned-Key West studio owner, Ian Shaw, who…
Music Review: Frost*, “Others E.P.”
Frost*'s Others brings dark, modern sounds.
Review: Stuck – “Change Is Bad”
Holy mother of fuck, how did this one slip below the radar? Born Yesterday Records released the Chicago quartet Stuck’s debut LP, Change Is Bad, mid-pandemic in April and I…
ALBUM REVIEW: MATT WILSON & HIS ORCHESTRA, “When I Was A Writer”
When I Was A Writer is the full-length debut from former Trip Shakespeare leader Matt Wilson’s latest project “Matt Wilson & his Orchestra.” The album was recorded at Wilson’s home…
ALBUM REVIEW: SUNSHINE BOYS, “Work and Love”
Though Sunshine Boys have been referred to as indie rock royalty, they prefer to think of themselves in more modest terms: as three musicians with the good fortune to find…
RE:Visit — Kansas, “In The Spirit Of Things” (1988)
Even a lesser Kansas work—and In The Spirit Of Things is an obviously and significantly flawed album—rewards deep and repeated engagement from its listeners.
Review: Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams – “Aporia”
Lowell Brams has been part of singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens life since Stevens was barely out of toddlerhood. Brams – the titular “Lowell” of Stevens’ excellent 2015 solo LP Carrie &…
Review: The Strokes, “The New Abnormal”
The Strokes are feeling the Eighties and I’m here for it. Their first full-length since 2013’s unfortunate but aptly named Comedown Machine, The New Abnormal stands as the first Strokes…