Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Greendale – New Studio Release Review
If you listen to Greendale cold without knowing its conceptual membrane, you might get happily lost in the slapdash looseness of Neil Young and Crazy Horse. But for those...
Rival Sons | Darkfighter – New Studio Release Review
Darkfighter is Rival Sons’ first new music since their 2019 Grammy-nominated release, Feral Roots. Mostly written and recorded during the pandemic, the album provided the band with a golden...
Brian Wilson | That Lucky Old Sun – CD Review
Instead of dredging up the past and reviving abandoned masterworks, Brian
Wilson embarks a new journey by returning to Capitol Records and exploring the
sunny side of Southern California on That...
Widespread Panic | Earth To America – CD Review
Widespread Panic, for those of you who aren’t in the know about such
things, was one of the first bands of the 80s to emerge in the shadow of the
Grateful...
Neil Young | Fork In The Road – New Studio Release Review
I know what you’re thinking: Another new Neil Young album? What about Archives? And before you go off thinking Young just threw this new album together on a whim...
Gong | Rejoice! I’m Dead! – CD Review
Rejoice! I’m Dead! is Gong’s first release since the death of founding member Daevid Allen. Lead by singer and guitarist Kavus Torabi, a man recruited by Allen himself, the...
Tangerine Dream | Paradiso – CD Review
How could any red-blooded American male forget those delicious scenes of Tom
Cruise atop a writhing Rebecca De Mornay in the movie Risky Business
(remember the ‘choo choo’ train scene?). Behind...
Michael Schenker-Gary Barden Acoustic Project | Gipsy Lady – CD Review
Never let it be said Michael Schenker doesn’t know a good thing when
he’s found it. With his long-time collaborator/vocalist Gary Barden, he
has released the 12-song acoustic CD Gipsy Lady....
Iron Maiden | Senjutsu – New Studio Release Review
Unlike so many of their peers, Iron Maiden is a band who refuses to rest on their laurels. Instead, they continue to pump out “new” music when others stick...
Bruce Springsteen | Only The Strong Survive – New Studio Release Review
Although a born-and-bred New Jersian and a stone-cold Springsteen fan, I haven’t always been on board when Bruce Springsteen does cover songs. I know “The Boss” grabbed some infamy...
