Tuesday, October 25 2011
Justice: Audio, Video, Disco
Feeling like a classic from beginning to end, Audio, Video, Disco is a brilliant change-up from the brilliance of Cross, as well as a promising new direction for the band.
Thursday, September 15 2011
Foreigner: Feels Like the First Time
Foreigner's skill at cloning past compilations with a new disguise hasn't faded with time. While it may be good for the band's pocketbook, it's hardly that for anyone else.
Tuesday, August 2 2011
Graveyard: Hisingen Blues
The Swedish retro-rockers return with a an assured, surprisingly nuanced second album.
Thursday, April 15 2010
Pour Some Sugarland on Me: Why Country Music Is the New Classic Rock
Question: Since everyone seems to love the big arena-rock of the '80s, why don't they make records like that anymore? Answer: They do. It's called country music, now.
Friday, October 23 2009
MV + EE: Barn Nova
Prolific purveyors of independently-released psychedelic classic rock return to Ecstatic Peace! with their fourth offering on a bigger stage.
Wednesday, October 1 2008
Rain: Rain
Another lone release from coulda-been contenders in the power pop/prog vein quashed by an ignorant label in 1971.
Friday, September 19 2008
Justine: Justine
The term "lost classic" gets tossed around a lot, but the lone orchestral pop release from London's Justine can be classified as nothing else.
