Nick DeRiso’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Reissues and Live): Toto, the Who, Roy Orbison, Stick Men, Jon Anderson, Mike Bloomfield
These 10 reissues and live sets provided us with important new perspectives.
Other News
‘More like brothers than actual friends’: The complicated, but enduring, partnership that is Hall and Oates
Forever linked by music, and by their band name, each is actually very different.
Something Else! sneak peek: Jeff Crosby and the Refugees, “Love, Hate Relationship” (2014)
This brings us back to when we first got smitten with rock music so long ago.
Something Else! Interview: Larry Tamblyn of garage-rock pioneers the Standells
Decades after their biggest hits, the Standells are still creating garage-shaking rock.
And now, an important message from Wilco guitarist Nels Cline …
Cline talks up Scott Amendola’s orchestral ‘Fade To Orange’ crowdfunding project.
One Track Mind: Roddy Frame, “Postcard” from Seven Dials (2014)
It’s been eight years since Aztec Camera’s Frame last released a solo disc.
Cagematch – Missing The End All (2014)
This nifty little sax/guitar/drums combo applies a rock poise and an electrified sonic din to avant-jazz structures.
Fred Phillips’ Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Southern Rock and Country): Bob Wayne, Sturgill Simpson, Mat D, Jackson Taylor, Willie Nelson
Sturgill Simpson? The genuine article. Bob Wayne? Back with his best ever.
One Track Mind: Tweedy, “Diamond Light Parts I and II” (2014)
Another song emerges from Tweedy’s new solo album, along with a bonus track.
John Russell, jazz guitarist: Something Else! Interview
“I’m not too much of a fan,” free-form legend John Russell admits, “of the ‘jazz’ label.”
