Fans of Lou Reed will remember his now-infamous 1975 noise-rock experiment Metal Machine Music, if their ears aren’t still ringing more than three decades later. Now it’s being reformulated into a museum installation in California. You May Also Like: Lou Reed Head Faked His Fans Once Again With ‘Animal Serenade’
This was a near-total crapshoot. I’ve never heard of guitarist Dorge, but the names Billy Hart (drums) and John Tchicai (soprano and alto sax) were familiar. This is mostly straight ahead jazz with a fair bit of angularity. Dorge’s playing goes from the ethereal to way out there. He hasRead More
Ian Anderson is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick by playing the progressive rock epic in its entirety for the first time since 1972. You May Also Like: How Jethro Tull’s Prog Parody ‘Thick As a Brick’ Instead Became a Prog Classic
The so-called Sound of Philadelphia, as constructed by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell in the 1970s, wasn’t just attitude, in the style of today. Wasn’t just talk, but also a new walk. A shared attitude. A sound. You May Also Like: Marc Ribot + The Young Philadelphians –Read More
You could call “Haitian Divorce” a love song, but as Steely Dan love songs go, it’s not about the bliss so much as it’s about the ugly side of romance. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Listen to Joe Louis Walker, and you’ll hear the grimy city blues of Buddy Guy, the Rolling Stones’ junkie groove, the soaring echoes of Al Green’s church music, and Sly Stones’ urban soul. That’s the magic and the power of his work You May Also Like: Seth Walker – GottaRead More
That much-maligned period of David Bowie’s, the 1980s, seemed to be getting a bit of a revival of sorts 20 years on — beginning with the release of The Best Of 1980-1987 and then this long-out-of-print video getting the DVD treatment. That period just wasn’t kind to him and yet,Read More
During the 1964-68 period while he served as the “idea man” in Miles Davis’ Second Quintet, Wayne Shorter reeled off album after album under his own name that were extremely creative and sometimes breathtaking. You May Also Like: Wayne Shorter (1933-2023): An Appreciation Wayne Shorter – ‘Emanon’ (2018)
Check out an advance track from the forthcoming collaboration between Kevn Kinney of Drivin’ n Cryin’ and Anton Fier of the Golden Palominos You May Also Like: Casey Golden – ‘ATLAS’ (2018) Casey Golden Trio – Miniature (EP) (2016)
There are a couple of kinda odd (and completely unrelated) reasons why I’m reviewing this CD. One is that, after several listens, I’ve found some music here that I really like. The kind that makes me drive too fast. You May Also Like: The Singles – ‘L.O.V.E. From the SantaRead More
