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Neil Young : Sugar Mountain – Live At Canterbury House 1968

Doug Collette November 25, 2008 No Comments

Hard as it is to imagine, when Sugar Mountain Live was recorded in 1968, Neil Young was no more or less than a virtual unknown anxious to gauge the acceptance of both his music and performance months after leaving Buffalo Springfield.Live At Canterbury House is a seventy-minute composite of stereo recordings taken from both nights of solo acoustic performances that constitutes a declaration of purpose and an artistic statement that resonates to this day.

Blue Highway: Through the Window of a Train

Jason Rooks November 24, 2008 No Comments

With their remarkable songwriting, dazzling instrumentation, and stunning vocal harmonies on Through the Window of a Train, Blue Highway continues to set themselves apart from the rest of the bluegrass world.

Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um (Legacy Vinyl Re-Issue)

Bob Lange November 20, 2008 No Comments

These aren't just words from Charles Mingus. He didn't always manage to make things simple, but one of the many amazing things about Mingus Ah Um is that he took this incredibly challenging jazz, in perhaps its creative heyday, and made it as easy as pop music

Scream Hello: Everything is Always Still Happening

Bob Lange November 18, 2008 No Comments

So, what do you expect from a band called Scream Hello? I mean if it was Say Hello or Scream I Hate You, it'd be easy to form some preconception, but Scream Hello? Who knows. As it turns out, the name fits the band perfectly.

Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping

Shane Handler November 17, 2008 No Comments

Hold onto to your headphones as Skeletal is more all-night dance mix than cohesive album – what some might call brilliant and others call unfocused and cracked out. Listen at your own risk.

Jackson Browne: Time The Conqueror

Doug Collette November 14, 2008 No Comments

Long considered (and often stereotyped) as the conscience of California singer/songwriters, Jackson Browne has swung back and forth between the personal and political during the course of his career. He achieved a fine, if precarious, balance between the two schools of thought on his last studio recording, The Naked Ride Home, and on this, his first album of original material for his own record label, is almost equally artful.

DOA: Northern Avenger

Bob Lange November 12, 2008 No Comments

DOA is DOA and will likely always be, God bless them, DOA. If you're expecting something other than aggressive politico-punk from these guys, guess again. They still wrap up left-wing politics into simple, heartfelt songs whose anger and outrage never overarch their equal doses of life and fun

Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol: 8

Doug Collette November 11, 2008 No Comments

Bob Dylan has long taken a decidedly unconventional stance toward his recordings so it should come as no surprise he’s demonstrated the same non-traditional tendency for his archive project. Notwithstanding the significance of landmark recordings such as The Royal Albert Hall Concert and Live 1964 Concert at Philharmonic Hall, the highlights of “The Bootleg Series” consist of Volumes 1-3 released in 1991 and now Volume 8, both of which are subtitled “Rare and Unreleased.”

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals: Cardinology

Shane Handler November 10, 2008 No Comments

Cardinology isn’t the strongest Ryan Adams release to date, not even close, but it flows as a cohesive song cycle, perhaps a step forward for an artist who has recently struggled with those inner demons.

Matthew Sweet: Sunshine Lies

Doug Collette November 10, 2008 No Comments

Arguably one of the architects of alternative rock, Matthew Sweet is nevertheless a pop traditionalist of the highest order. His watershed 1991 album Girlfriend, like more diverse productions such as In Reverse and Living Things, is centered on the work of a compact rock and roll combo and so too is Sunshine Lies.

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