[rating=8.00] Multi-Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri is releasing his second salsa album of the year, Mi Luz Mayor. Special guests include salsa iconic vocalists Gilberto Santa Rosa and Herman Olivera as
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Master Volume, the new album from Canadian rockers Dirty Nil, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution
[rating=8.00] Neil Young’s had a busy year in terms of recordings. In addition to releasing Paradox (Original Music from the Film), he plumbed the depths of his archives for Roxy:Tonight’s
[rating=7.00] Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy is no stranger to writing deeply personal lyrics. On the band’s 1999 album Summerteeth it took the form of deeply depressing lyrics packaged in catchy
[rating=7.00] The Reverend Horton Heat loomed large for this reviewer in the 90s who was a huge fan of 1994’s Al Jourgensen-produced Liquor in the Front, but never felt the
[rating=8.00] It’s not easy at the outset to get a handle on Finally Free, the eighth album in as many years from Daniel Romano. Romano’s obsession with psychedelic folk is
[rating=8.00] In their prime, the Beach Boys were two separate bands. One band was led by Brian Wilson, studio scientists pushing the limits and expectations of what pop music could
The resurging Impulse label has brought us a 2007 live performance from the double bassist, the late Charlie Haden and pianist Brad Mehldau who performed for the first time as
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Socks, the new Christmas album from real deal rock and roller JD McPherson, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image
[rating=10.00] Given the spate of reissues, compilations and greatest hits, it’s hard to believe that the Jimi Hendrix Experience only recorded three actual studio albums during the guitarist’s all too
