Reviews
Friday, October 20 2006
Various Artists: Rogues Gallery
Aarrrggh, ye mateys, this here's buried treasure: a Hal Wilner-produced collection of bawdy sea chanteys and pirate songs by big stars, such as Sting, Bono, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Nick Cave, and Richard Thompson -- but the Popeye-voiced Baby Gramps steals the ship and leads us to uncharted waters of resistance.
Thursday, October 19 2006
Luna: The Best of Luna and Lunafied
In Luna, Dean Wareham quipped his way through New York's arty-boho, high-society set over a cinematic soundscape of catchy melodies, guitar textures, and chugging Velvet Underground-inspired rock.
Thursday, June 22 2006
Norfolk & Western: A Gilded Age
The troubles of the modern world, reflected in a thrift-store mirror with a gilded frame.
Wednesday, June 7 2006
Tengir-Too: Music of Central Asia, Volume 1: Mountain Music of Kyrgyzstan
The nomadic Kyrgyz music of the mountains becomes a new nomadic sound in the emporium of world music.
Friday, May 26 2006
Quasi: When the Going Gets Dark
An album of political frustration and rage from the duo, Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss.
