2011 November 11 — Something Else! Reviews

Archive for November 11th, 2011

One Track Mind: Tangerine Dream with Brian May, “Star Sounds” (2011)0
/ November 11, 2011 8:46 am

One Track Mind: Tangerine Dream with Brian May, “Star Sounds” (2011)

You suspected, just from listening to his wildly inventive work with Queen, that there was little guitarist Brian May couldn’t do. This live collaboration with space-music pioneer Edgar Froese’s Tangerine Dream confirms it.

Jake Saslow – <i>Crosby Street</i> (2011)0
/ November 11, 2011 8:32 am

Jake Saslow – Crosby Street (2011)

Born in Soho and raised mostly at Long Island, the sights, sounds and ways of the Big Apple were never foreign to tenor specialist Jake Saslow.

On Second Thought: The White Stripes – <i>Elephant</i> (2003)0
/ November 11, 2011 7:58 am

On Second Thought: The White Stripes – Elephant (2003)

I really wanted to not fall for it. I really wanted to be able to stand back and scoff at it. I’d done so for a while, very successfully.

One Track Mind: Jethro Tull, “Locomotive Breath” (1971; 2011 reissue)0
/ November 11, 2011 7:22 am

One Track Mind: Jethro Tull, “Locomotive Breath” (1971; 2011 reissue)

Beginning with a wistful blues then charging forward with a brilliantly contained moxie, Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath” doesn’t at first present as this eerily impellent message song

The Friday Morning Listen: <i>This Is Spinal Tap</i> (1984)0
/ November 11, 2011 6:39 am

The Friday Morning Listen: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

I swear ta gawd, the guy behind me at the theatre said something like “They should have made a movie about a good rock band.” It capped off the experience of seeing This Is Spinal Tap

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