Brian Blade – ‘Mama Rosa’ (2009)
‘Mama Rosa,’ named after Brian Blade’s grandmother, is a thematic album built around family, faith and early life events, as well as people he’s come to love along the way.
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? and the Mysterians, “96 Tears” (1966): One Track Mind
The frontman from ? and the Mysterians once said that voices from the future told him they would still be playing “96 Tears” in the year 10,000. So far, so good.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, April 22, 2009: Shows I’ll Never Forget
“Outlaw Pete” isn’t exactly my favorite Bruce Springsteen song, but in concert it took on new life.
One Track Mind: Roger Hodgson, "My Magazine" (1987)
Like Paul or Ringo, Roger Hodgson will forever be associated with his former band no matter much good music he’s made since he left the group. Granted, Hodgson never quite generated any more note-perfect pop standards such as “Give A Little Bit” or “The Logical Song” from his Supertramp days,Read More
Something Else! Reviews on the 2009 Grammy winners
Click through the titles below for Something Else! reviews on a number of last night’s key Grammy-award winners, including Robert Plant and Alison Krauss — who must have charley horses from going up and down to the podium so often. We also review B.B. King, whose terrific “One Kind Favor”Read More
The Best of 2008, Part 1: The Mainstream
It’s less than one week to Christmas, ladies and gents. Still trying to figure out what to give your loved one or boss that perfect music gift?
Queen Sarah Saturday – Weave (1993)
by Nick DeRiso Coming as this debut rock release did, amidst the mid-1990s’ copy-cat grungery, it’s still a wonder “Weave” is any good at all. Chalk that up to Queen Sarah’s ceaseless woodshedding, said then to take place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day in the basement ofRead More
One Track Mind: The Georgia Satellites "Don't Pass Me By" (1988)
by S. Victor Aaron I always thought that the best covers are ones that takes a mediocre original and turns it into a genuinely good song. Such was the case when Atlanta roots rockers The Georgia Satellites took Ringo Starr’s hokey “Don’t Pass Me By” and gave it a swift,Read More
Rolling Stones ’90s Songs That Don’t Suck: Gimme Five
by Nick Deriso There was no reason to believe that the Rolling Stones, 30 years into their dangerously debauched rock career, would make anything worth a damn out of the 1990s. In fact, the preceding decade — one in which, by far, the Stones’ best new thing was actually aRead More
On Umphrey’s McGee’s Masterful Marketing of ‘Mantis’
‘Mantis’ will be the first Umphrey’s McGee album of all-new material, never before performed live.
