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Pt. 3, A Dozen More Reviews, Debuted Here: Kreator, The Lines, Loney, Dear, Mindless Self Indulgence, Pete Molinari, Mount Eerie, Nadja, Milton Nascimento and Jobim Trio, Nico Muhly, New Radiant Storm King, Night Ranger, 1997 / Farewell to Lux Interior
18 February 2009Here’s a third round of reviews posted here and nowhere else! In case you missed my last two posts, we had a nice backlog of several dozen reviews that there was not room for in the current issue 63, or we received the albums right as we were going to press. / Farewell, Lux Interior, a moving recollection by Marcel Feldmar!
A Dozen More Reviews, Debuted Here: Eddie & the Subtitles, Equimanthorn, The Furious Seasons, Half Light, Hellhole, Hospital Ships, the Jealous Girlfriends, the Jet Age, Juniper Lane, Kid Montana, Knitting by Twilight, and Koufax
31 January 2009Here’s a second round of reviews posted here and nowhere else! In case you missed my post from a week ago, we had a nice backlog of several dozen reviews that there was not room for in the current issue 63, or we received the albums right as we were going to press. So again, I thought, let’s put them here for you for now so that you can still read them—and to give those of you who have not seen one of our issues before a taste of what we have been doing in our pages these last 29 years (wow, that’s a long time, isn’t it?). As promised last week, I will try to post them all, a dozen at a time, in this space. So keep checking back every few days and you will find more!
a dozen reviews, debuted here: aids wolf/koenjihyakkei. a storm of light, behexen, between the buried and me, blackmarket, mac blackout, bushart, california guitar trio, paul collins beat, the crowd, dora flood, and mike edison / BREAKTHRU RADIO'S 'LIVE S
22 January 2009We have a nice backlog of several dozen reviews that there was not room for in the current issue 63, or we received the albums right as we were going to press. So let’s put them here for you for now so that you can still read them—and to give those of you who have not seen one of our issues before a taste of what we have been doing in our pages these last 29 years (wow, that’s a long time, isn’t it?). I will try to post them all, a dozen at a time, in this space. So keep checking back every few days and you will find more!
The Current Comeback Tour Trend: Not Reunions, Not Reinventions (Not Addressing the Issue.)
15 May 2007Of course the beauty of music is in the listener’s reaction to how it sounds. Why is this stated like a revelation? Is this also part of the super-saturation of image marketing, identity-politics, fashionable rebellion, and Marxist signifiers?
Interview with me at Rocksellout.com; Pete Townshend/Rachel Fuller live review
18 January 2007First, though I haven’t posted here in two weeks, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been heard from on the net. No! Perish the thought! Actually, a reasonably lengthy interview with me has been posted in the interim at Rocksellout.com / ...”Tonight, Townshend limited himself to three songs, but gave fans a treat by dusting off Quadrophenia’s ‘Drowned.’”
Death of an Idol (Billy)
15 December 2006After the recent release of Happy Holidays: A Very Special Christmas Album, I have come to realize that the Billy Idol I once knew and loved is dead.
To List or Not To List: Must Music and Musicians Be Ranked?
18 July 2006I’m not foursquare against combining lists and music by any means. Making lists is an easy point of reference and arguing music’s relative merits is fun.
Art Would Go On Better if the Search for Celine Dion Sank
15 June 2006Wilson’s book on Celine could potentially cut that endless circle of generation after generation chasing the power of the generation before them. But only if he realizes that he can dislike Celine and not be racist/sexist/classist/rockist at the same time.
Boston's "More Than a Feeling": It Ain't No Guilty Pleasure
9 June 2006With the re-release/remastering of Boston this month, it’s time to examine the soft bigotry of low expectations in music, and how the conflict between critical mass and populist embrace has never been more pointless.
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of February 7
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The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning (Pure Groove U.K.)
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The Joy Formidable – First You Have to Get Mad limited edition live LP (Pure Groove U.K.)
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Rogue Wave – Permalight (Brushfire)
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Sloan – Hit & Run digital EP (Murder)
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Catherine Wheel – Ferment (Cherry Red U.K.)
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Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown (Merge)
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Mission of Burma – The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador)
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Visqueen – Message to Garcia (Local 638)
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For Against – Never Been (Words on Music)
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The Dimes – The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry (Pet Marmoset)