Wednesday, September 15 2010
Los Saicos: Demolición: The Complete Recordings
Occasionally compared to their North American contemporaries the Trashmen, Los Saicos sound more feral.
Monday, March 15 2010
Various Artists: Dengue Fever Presents Electric Cambodia
It's the particular pitch of a female singer like Ros Sereysothea that makes this music singular.
Wednesday, January 20 2010
Rolling Stones: In the 1960s
This two-disc set is a decent attempt at encapsulating the group's early career -- a formidable task given the complexities of both the band and the era.
Friday, August 28 2009
Taking Woodstock
The Ang Lee take on Woodstock never gets much beyond these clichés: hippies took drugs, rain made mud, the music was great and crowds were huge.
Thursday, May 28 2009
Please Step Back by Ben Greenman
It’s maddening to see addiction for the way it turns a person into the one-dimensional cliché familiar from a hundred After School Specials and Behind the Musics.
Wednesday, May 20 2009
Various Artists: Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-vous in Young Nuyorica
This collection of raucous 1960s New York boogaloo has a strong soul component.
Tuesday, December 2 2008
Dusty! Queen of the Postmods by Annie J. Randall
As Randall thoroughly explores, Dusty Springfield's physical transfiguration and visual impact were only the tip of her transformation.
Monday, December 10 2007
The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Bad Girl works better as a travelogue of Ricardo, the rootless intellect, than as a fabulist's tale of love gone sour right from the start.
