Album Reviews

Ray Charles: Genius & Friends

Keith Hannaleck October 18, 2005 No Comments

The Ray Charles train just keeps on rollin

Tim O’Brien: Cornbread Nation / Fiddler

Timothy Stout October 17, 2005 No Comments

Tim O

Chad VanGaalen : Infiniheart

Brian Gearing October 16, 2005 No Comments

Chad VanGaalen

Anthrax: Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991)

Shane Handler October 16, 2005 No Comments

Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991), features 30 re-mastered track. Songs, personally chosen by the band amongst their groundbreaking metal albums: Spreading The Disease(1985), Among The Living (1987), State Of Euphoria (1988), Persistence Of Time (1990), I’m The Man EP(1987), and of course “Bring Tha Noize” with Public Enemy from 1991

Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary

Shane Handler October 14, 2005 No Comments

You can blame The Arcade for Montreal suddenly losing the biggest secret in rock title. And you can blame The Arcade Fire for bringing art rockers Wolf Parade out on tour and transforming them into the North Country

The Rosebuds: Birds Make Good Neighbors

Garin Pirnia October 13, 2005 No Comments

The Rosebuds are one of those charming indie bands emerging from the storied North Carolina scene featuring such legends as Superchunk and Archers of Loaf.

Orenda Fink : Invisible Ones

Catherine L. Tully October 13, 2005 No Comments

Most people who have heard of Orenda Fink know her as one half of
Azure Ray, but her CD, Invisible Ones, says that this lady can stand
alone.

Neil Young: Prairie Wind

Tim Newby October 12, 2005 No Comments

hankfully once ever decade or so Neil Young gets back together with his most underrated band, The Stray Gators (in this case the surviving members of the band), and releases an album that is an immediate masterpiece. Young ditches his electric guitar and gets back to a rootsy, acoustic sound with songs that seemed ripped from some small Midwestern town that has tumbleweeds blowing down the street, and an old man on every porch with a story to tell. Completing the trilogy that started with 1972

Soulive: Break Out

Shane Handler October 12, 2005 No Comments

In the true essence of keeping an old sound new again, Soulive has enlisted a number of very special guests for Break Out, their first release with the Concord Music Group after breaking ties with Blue Note. This time Ivan Neville, Corey Glover, Robert Randolph, Chaka Khan and Reggie Watts lend their talents in the key of soul to the mix. Not to be overlooked, the