Flying Lotus: Until The Quiet Comes
Flying Lotus Until The Quiet Comes Warp Where the last Flying Lotus album was jam-packed with ideas, almost off-putting (at least at first) the new one floats and wafts and eases itself into place. No...
View ArticleThe Doors: Live At The Bowl ’68
The Doors Live At The Bowl ‘68 Warners While various versions of this show have been about on cheap tapes and dud-sounding CDs for many years here, finally, is the complete show (sounding good). July...
View ArticleJohn Frusciante: PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone
John Frusciante PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone EMI Ever since 1994’s Niandra Lades And Usually Just A T-Shirt Frusciante has been releasing weird (and often oddly-titled) albums. He pushed the concept of...
View ArticleKara Gordon & The Wreckage: Kara Gordon & The Wreckage
Kara Gordon & The Wreckage Kara Gordon & The Wreckage Triple A Records I love this record. And what I love about it is that you feel – instantly – that the artist means it. That should be the...
View ArticleDead Can Dance: Anastasis
Dead Can Dance Anastasis Liberation The new Dead Can Dance album, the duo’s first in 16 years is wonderful. I’ve had it on my stereo for weeks – a couple of months now I guess. And it follows me...
View ArticleRodriguez: Searching For Sugar Man (Soundtrack)
Rodriguez Searching For Sugar Man – Soundtrack Sony Sometimes an artist is best served by that one great album and though there is an obvious reason to see this movie soundtrack as a Greatest Hits...
View ArticleDigests: The Best of 2014’s Album Reviews – August
Another 50 great albums – really, really good albums – reviewed in August. Doing my best to power through this stuff – so much stuff, and a lot of really good material. Duds too. They get reviewed of...
View ArticleCD Review of Kids of 88’s Sugar Pills: From The Archives
Kids of 88, Sugarpills Placebo: something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another. In one common placebo procedure, a patient is given an inert pill, told that it may...
View ArticleRNZ Reviews: December 2018
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I...
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