Wednesday, August 24 2011
‘NEDS’: Tough choices in ‘70s Glasgow
NEDS is the very antithesis of the well-made film exemplified by 2011 BAFTA winner The King's Speech, favoring energy and impact over easily digested storytelling.
Monday, May 23 2011
The 25 Best Progressive Rock Songs of All Time
Put as simply -- and starkly -- as possible, many beautiful babies were thrown out with the bath water by hidebound critics who were content to sniffingly dismiss the more ambitious (pretentious!) works that certain bands were putting out as a matter of course in the early-to-mid-‘70s.
Monday, March 22 2010
Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen
Richard Nixon, runaway unemployment, fuel shortages, Uri Geller bending spoons, and the threat of nuclear holocaust. Why was everyone so paranoid?
Friday, January 15 2010
Hardal: Nasil? Ne Zaman?
Nasil? Ne Zaman? was the first of the band's two albums, and it's a game rowl of psych.
Monday, November 9 2009
Mary Roos: Amour Toujours: The French Song Collection 1972-1975
Her songs are designed to be heard once and wiggle themselves into your brain.
Wednesday, July 25 2007
Sarolta Zalatnay: Sarolta Zalatnay
Ultimate, absolute, utter gusto would need more waaaaaow! but the gusto she's got is great.
Tuesday, June 26 2007
Getting Loose by Sam Binkley
Binkley does more than simply mark the transition from Yippy to yuppie.
The Damned: Damned Damned Damned
This lavishly packaged three-disc edition makes a strong case for this excellent punk album's entry into the "must have" canon alongside the classic debuts from the Sex Pistols and the Clash.
