Review: Colin Mawson – “Death of the Ego”
It begins in isolation: a descending piano line, a star-twinkle gradually picking up speed as it traverses the lonely sky. The song – the title track to Colin Mawson’s Death…
Chris Squire Receives Respect With A Life In Yes – The Chris Squire Tribute
Tribute albums can be interesting artifacts. They can be horrible; they can be beautiful. What is essential to almost every tribute arrival is that they come from respect. One of…
BOB MOULD’S “SUNSHINE ROCK” COMING SOON
One of the finest songwriters and guitarists to emerge from the American Underground scene, Husker Du & Sugar’s legendary Bob Mould returns! It’s been two years since Patch The Sky…
Jon Anderson To Release Long Awaited Solo Work, 1000 Hands
In the early days of 2018’s January, Jon Anderson was reported to be finishing a solo work that he began nearly 30 years prior. With everything that gets in the…
Jah Wobble To Release New Album, The Butterfly Effect
For a lot of us, Jah Wobble represents a period of tumult inside music, a directional change that catapulted music from the blues/rock of the ’60s and early to middle…
Bar/None Records Announces New Alex Chilton Compilations
Hoboken mainstay label Bar/None will be issuing two notable releases this coming February; two collections devoted to the lesser-known works of the late, legendary Alex Chilton. On February 8th, From…
CD Review: Vince Guaraldi Sextet, “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
In a lot of ways, I am Charlie Brown: I lost my hair earlier than I planned for, have low self-esteem, and have a predilection for redheads and women who…
Coldplay To Release 2CD/2DVD, 3LP Live Sets, Live In Buenos Aires
Over the years, Coldplay has become fan favorites beginning with their “Yellow” back in the year 2000. Since the release and widespread acceptance of that track, Parachutes (the debut album),…
COMING SOON: WINGS, “Wild Life” and “Red Rose Speedway” (expanded editions)
Fans of Paul McCartney’s Wings are finally going to have long overdue, long rumored, remastered and expanded editions of the band’s 1972 debut, Wild Life and the 1973 surprise smash,…
New Lovespirals Album, Life Goes On, Arrives in November
Since 1992, the genesis of the current Lovespirals began a recording career as Love Spirals Downward (Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry). After four exquisite recordings (Idylls – 1992, Ardor –…
Review: Jessica Moss – “Entanglement”
The violin can be a beautiful thing and there are surely moments on Entanglement – sound artist/Silver Mt Zion member Jessica Moss’ sophomore outing, out next week via Constellation –…
Review: Peel Dream Magazine – “Modern Meta Physic”
Peel Dream Magazine, a fuzzy-eared nod, in part, to BBC man-about-town John Peel, makes pillowy, fey and sometimes borderline-experimental pop. And on the group’s new LP – Modern Meta Physic,…