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Saturday, March 23, 2019

VAN HALEN II AT 40

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Sophomore Album Syndrome is one of those overused descriptors that those who opine on rock music tend to lean on when tasked with evaluati...
Tuesday, March 05, 2019

ZZ TOP's FIRST ALBUM

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Long before Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill launched a personal campaign to bring down the Gillette Corporation, they, along with drummer Fra...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

MAKING MOVIES

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Truly fitting that Mark Knopfler would soon branch out into writing film soundtracks, as his compositional approach on Making Movies succe...
Sunday, January 06, 2019

FORGOTTEN MUSIC: THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN

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This subtle charmer of an LP is surprisingly solid, considering the mile-wide delta that separates the personalities of the group that wer...
Sunday, December 09, 2018

MINI REVIEW: DARK HORSE

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George Harrison turned a corner with his third studio release. Featuring an array of session players, notably members of the LA Express, t...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY AT 50

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The songs that grace this high watermark in the Kinks discography are some of the finest that Ray Davies would ever submit for public cons...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

SYNCHRONICITY

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Synchronicity – an acausal principle as a basis for the apparently random simultaneous occurrence of phenomena The last recorded stateme...
Sunday, September 02, 2018

SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO TURNS 50

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Indulgence in genre hopping seems fairly commonplace in the 21st century, so most contemporary listeners greet these shifts by their favor...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

TRAFALGAR

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Inspired by the historic naval battle of 1805 that took place west of Cape Trafalgar at the mid-point of the Napoleonic wars, the Bee Gees...
Sunday, April 29, 2018

THE WHO LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST 1968

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Long in circulation as a bootleg recording, the audio document of The Who laying waste to the stage of the Fillmore East in April 1968 cau...
Sunday, February 11, 2018

BEE GEES 1st

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Supposing that this record was a room, then its contents would certainly bear the hallmark of opulence. Rare paintings adorning the walls,...
Sunday, February 04, 2018

DENNY LAINE BAND: LIVE AT BOGIE'S FEB 1st

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Denny Laine, along with a very talented group of musicians, brought a venerable recording to life last Thursday evening. Performing the Ba...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

CARGO

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1982 was a breakout year for Colin Hay and his mates. The Men At Work had put in their time since their formation in 1978 getting tight as...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

STEALERS WHEEL REDUX

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First of three records released under the name Stealers Wheel. Gerry Rafferty (best known for “Baker Street”) and Joe Egan penned and sang...
Friday, January 12, 2018

LED ZEPPELIN I

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Back in the mists of the late sixties, two session veterans coupled with two relatively unknown (yet very good) musicians. With all groups...
Monday, January 08, 2018

SUMMERTIME DREAM

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Following the beast that he had unleashed with Sundown would prove to be a challenge for Lightfoot. Instead of reinventing the wheel, he o...
Saturday, January 06, 2018

SUNDOWN

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Stepping back from the commercial arena in 1973, that calendar year marked the first occurrence where Lightfoot had no new product on offe...
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The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. -Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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