Could an album’s artwork alone make you not want to listen to the music inside? Before answering, let me present Born Again, the 1983 release from Black Sabbath. Sporting one of the most garish record covers in rock history—a red,…
Scottish singer/songwriter Fish’s latest album, 13th Star , began as a loose concept album of searching, with the 13th star as a symbolic guide. As Fish told the Bristol Evening Post , “The start of the album is about being…
Blues Project founder Danny Kalb returns with a new disc of mainly acoustic blues standards on Sojourn Records’ I’m Gonna Live The Life I Sing About. Kalb is backed on the collection by bassists Lenny Nelson and drummer and producer…
I finally did it! Thirty-some years after I’d begun, I’ve now completed my collection of releases by the original recording line-up of Kansas. With my acquisition of Two For The Show a few years ago (replacing my long lost 8-track…
I have a great love for the band Ozric Tentacles and have followed their exploits for close to 20 years. Forming in 1984 in Somerset, England, and naming themselves after a fictitious breakfast cereal, the Ozrics have also been closely…
The debut release from Geneva, Switzerland’s, This Misery Garden on Progrock Records, Another Great Day On Earth pushes further into the dark side of prog as presented by bands such as Tool and A Perfect Circle. Like those groups, TMG…
Once upon a time, I was a Deadhead. Alright, just like you can’t say, “I used to be a Marine,” once you’re a Deadhead, you’re always a Deadhead. But back in the day, when I was checking out the world…
Vinyl Lovers Records has reissued Joe Jackson’s solo debut, Look Sharp! as a 10-inch double record that includes the bonus cuts “Don’t Ask Me” and “You Got The Fever.” Hearing this record 30 years after it initially hit the stores,…
I used to listen to a lot more jazz than I do these days. Don’t get me wrong; I still enjoy jazz quite a bit. The problem is that jazz started to feel a bit formulaic to me. I know…
Them Crooked Vultures’ Self-Titled Debut Reviewed
By now the word is out that there’s a group menacing the globe, consisting of Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal, Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters and John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin.…