Pink Floyd – The Endless River
Much like the means and methods used by the surviving Beatles to approximate a full-on reunion using John Lennon’s previously recorded piano and vocals, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Nick … Read more
Album Reviews
The Haden Triplets – The Haden Triplets
Tanya, Rachel, and Petra Haden are triplets that grew up with music surrounding them; their father Charlie was a jazz double bass player, known for his playing with Ornette Coleman … Read more
The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies: Legacy Edition
What’s to say about Muswells? That it was The Kink’s Big Pink? That it was, in Ray’s own words “a comedy album”? That it wasn’t its predecessor Percy, a soundtrack … Read more
Paul Collins – Feel The Noise
Power-pop is one of the most contradictory forms in rock n’ roll. A genre designed to mine from the best parts of early Beatles and Beach Boy harmonies, Pete Townsend’s … Read more
Bob Dylan & The Band – The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The…
Long considered the single most revered recordings ever made, Bob Dylan and the Band’s Basement Tapes still retain their legendary status nearly fifty years after those sessions concluded in the … Read more
Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Tell ‘Em I’m Gone
In 1970, a young Cat Stevens released an album called Tea for the Tillerman, which catapulted him to international fame and was one of the most seminal and influential albums … Read more
Sons Of Bill – Love And Logic
Eight years and four albums on, Sons of Bill still find themselves residing well below the radar. However judging from the sound of this superb new LP, there’s every indication … Read more
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – I’m In Your Mind Fuzz
With a much buzzed about round of CMJ gigging under their belts, the riotous Melbourne, Australia based psych-punks King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have wasted no time in following … Read more
The Vacant Lots – Departure
Perfectly introducing the listener to the hypnotic, hallucinatory world that The Vacant Lots inhabit, Departures is one hell of a debut record. The album starts with a blast to the … Read more
Lael Summer – Burden To Bear
This talented newcomer’s self-released debut album delivers honest, youthful passion, sultry vocals, and confessional lyrics that reveal both tender, youthful inexperience and surprising maturity. Lael Summer’s style which blends blue-eyed soul, R&B and … Read more
