Album Reviews

Prince: Musicology

Anthony Anzellotti June 14, 2004 No Comments

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Billy Martin: The Turntable Sessions: Volume 1

Aaron Mendelsohn June 10, 2004 No Comments

Since the summer of 2001, Billy Martin, of Medeski, Martin & Wood, has been organizing Turntable Sessions at various downtown New York City clubs. The Turntable Sessions: Volume 1 is an 11-song collection of highlights throughout the first three years of Martin

Otis Taylor: Double V

Timothy Stout June 10, 2004 No Comments

Otis Taylor spent almost twenty years outside the music business (1977-1995) as an antique salesman, but this record proves he is again where he belongs. Although not a groundbreaking blues album, Double V is an important statement by a man with a lot on his mind.

mellowdrone: go get ’em tiger

Shane Handler June 9, 2004 No Comments

With its mopey vocals and multi-layered arrangements, the second EP from
mellowdrone – go get ’em tiger – is what would result if Radiohead and the Cure had a jam/writing session for a locked away weekend – or maybe an
hour. In fact, the influences are so obvious it’s hard to pin point you’re
actually listening to mellowdrone, the alter-ego of singer/songwriter/musician Jonathan Bates.

Hot Buttered Rum String Band: In These Parts

Dean Barnett June 9, 2004 No Comments

The Hot Buttered Rum String Band has made a CD I’m sure they feel proud to release, and in many ways I agree that it’s a solid work. But the technical skills and instrumental variety the guys bring to their music cannot compensate for the antiseptic quality of the tunes, nor for the distance the band maintains between itself and its subjects.

Brides Of Destruction : Here Come the Brides

Brian Gearing June 8, 2004 No Comments

Musically, Here Come the Brides rocks with all the swagger, inebriation and low IQ of the best hair rock. Like a drunk driver in a fast car on a curvy California road, the Brides play with the reckless abandon one would expect from 80s L.A. veterans

Wilco: A Ghost Is Born

Shane Handler June 7, 2004 No Comments

Rather than focusing on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Firewater: Songs We Should Have Written

David Eduardo June 4, 2004 No Comments

Ignoring history, former Cop Shoot Cop bassist Tod A impresses once again as the spark and hydrogen of New York

Tesla: Into The Now

Shane Handler June 4, 2004 No Comments

After a ten-year recording hiatus, the five piece – featuring all original members – have returned with Into The Now. With true marksmanship,
the band has always excelled with its niche of slow rockers, featuring
seasoned vocals and jubilant choruses.