As Greg Lake continues his celebrated one-man “Songs of a Lifetime” tour through the UK and Italy, I returned to this 2-DVD career retrospective from Image Entertainment/Warner Music Vision. You May Also Like: Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, But Also So Unusual’
You mean the great jazz singer from the 40’s and 50’s, you ask? Not hardly, but carry over the word “jazz” and shift the “voice” from vocal to the cello (and the location from L.A. to Vancouver), and you’ll have the “Peggy Lee” I want to tell you about. YouRead More
During their stint, Complex released two excellent albums pitched somewhere between psychedelic power pop and progressive rock. My favorite of the pair happens to be the British band’s second effort You May Also Like: The Undertones – True Confessions: Singles = A’s + B’s (1999): Forgotten Series Banchee – BancheeRead More
The aptly-titled Forever is the fifth release from Gato Libre. This is sadly the last with the original quartet line-up, as bassist Norikatsu Koreyasu passed away suddenly in September of 2011 – weeks after the live recording. You May Also Like: Gato Libre – Neko (2017) Gato Libre [Natsuki Tamura,Read More
Porcupine Tree’s album-length 2009 song cycle The Incident is given a full concert reading here, and what Octane Twisted lacks in studio dynamics, it more than makes up for with visceral power. You May Also Like: No related posts.
In a gritty reimagining of the old Animals sound, Eric Burdon has joined up with Cincinnati garage rockers the Greenhornes — featuring the rhythm section from the Raconteurs — for a raggedy-ass street-fighting EP. You May Also Like: Eric Burdon and the Animals’ Self-Titled Debut Was a Dark, Dirty Triumph
It doesn’t really matter what Isis is defined as anymore. The band called it quits in 2010 after the release of a final studio album, the remarkable Wavering Radiant, and has ridden off into the proverbial Boston sunset. You May Also Like: Dan Blacksberg – Radiant Others (2017) Rod HarrisRead More
Just three years out of the Berklee College of Music, pianist and composer Julian Shore has figured out a couple of important things pretty early on in his career: mind your melodies and present them in the best possible light. You May Also Like: Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr – LandedRead More
Even today, more than a decade after discovering Eva Cassidy, listening to her music always brings me an unshakable tinge of melancholy that accompanies the joy and wonderment from hearing her unbelievably perfect voice. You May Also Like: Charlie Carter – ‘Every Ounce of Love’ (2019) Traffic’s Catalog Returns asRead More
What are the chances of two bands sharing the same moniker, having the same number of members in the group, living in the same locale and recording for the same label?
