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David Bowie: Live In Santa Monica ’72

Bob Lange July 25, 2008 No Comments

This set has long been known to Bowie fans, because of its quality and accessibility (it was broadcast on LA's now-defunct KMET after all). But there's more to it than just that. The show finds Bowie on his first U.S. tour, completely immersed in his new Ziggy Stardust persona and at the first of his several artistic peaks. As far as his live performances go, his later, more refined periods probably couldn't match this for theatrics and raw power.

Bill Cutler: Crossing The Line

Jason Gonulsen July 24, 2008 No Comments

Rarely do you get the chance to listen to a finished product 30 years in the making. Even rarer is when it’s any good. But Bill Cutler’s Crossing the Line is just that – a nice piece of work; it’s solid enough to make you wonder what took so long to get these songs — six of which were recorded with Jerry Garcia — released.

Seth Yacavone: Land Of Split Decision

Doug Collette July 23, 2008 No Comments

Seth Yacovone hasn't been idle in the interim since he disbanded his group four years ago. In fact, he spent the better part of the most recent winter on his recently released double CD Land of Split Decision, where he enacts a logical progression from his previous blues-based efforts.

Low Vs. Diamond: Low Vs. Diamond

Shane Handler July 21, 2008 No Comments

Once Low Vs. Diamond cement their niche and get that song in film or television, they’ll be more than just another one of those bands sounding curiously familiar.

Widespread Panic : Carbondale 2000

Jason Rooks July 17, 2008 No Comments

This first release from the Widespread Panic Archives only leaves two questions to ponder: What will come next from Widespread Panic Archives and when will it be released? Until then this release will satisfy any Panic fan cravings.

Return to Forever: The Anthology

Doug Collette July 16, 2008 No Comments

Bob Belden’s extensive liner notes for Return to Forever’s The Anthology depict the chronology of the band in such a way that the evolution of the group in its various incarnations becomes very distinct. In the same way, the music on the two-disc collection delineates how the four-man group distinguished itself from its peers during the halcyon days of jazz-rock fusion.

Tanya Tagaq: Auk ~ Blood

Bob Lange July 16, 2008 No Comments

This album is avant garde to the extreme. Tagaq is, after all, one of the only Inuit throat singers to work as a soloist. While throat singing is a vital part of her music, it isn't that obscure practice alone that makes Auk ~ Blood though.

The Hold Steady: Stay Positive

Shane Handler July 15, 2008 No Comments

Stay Positive is supposed to represent the creative peak of a band that’s earned more Springsteen comparisons than Mellencamp. Guitarist Tad Kubler even told Rolling Stone- "There are some bands that do five records that all sound similar. We've tried to avoid that." Unfortunately, except the talk boxes, harpisichords, mandolins and horns, this is still the same Hold Steady.

Beck: Modern Guilt

Shane Handler July 14, 2008 No Comments

For an artist as prolific as Beck- six proper studio album in the past ten years (10th overall) – one would either A.) be sick and tired of his never going away or B) completely in awe of his continual creative re-inventions. From the somber break-up hymns of Sea Change, the high energy romps of Midnight Vultures, the Odelay flashes of Guero or the “quasi hip hop” of The Information, Beck’s albums are becoming their own box of chocolates.

Sigur Rós – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust

Shane Handler July 11, 2008 No Comments

Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust is the first chance for Sigur Rós to expand beyond their own comfort zone and for listeners to do the same and maybe give Sigur Ros a chance, when previously it might of all been a bit too foreign.

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