Sunday, January 1 1995
Peace Orchestra (Peter Kruder), Peace Orchestra
Peace Orchestra is a rare gem. An electronic album that manages to be origional, funky, and sophisticated all at once.
Dolly Parton: Little Sparrow
Dolly Parton exudes such charisma and personality that it is easy to forget just what made her a star in the first place. While Parton…
Projektor: Red Wolf Glass
Endearing Records seems to be on a mission to keep the spirit and substance of mid-‘90s rock alive and kicking into the new millennium. Just…
Podunk: Throwin’ Bones
From the bowels of Port Arthur, Texas, comes a hard rocking quartet with AOR written all over them. One listen to “Wings” or “Catch The…
Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes: Live at the Greek
The recording and distribution of live music is undergoing massive changes right along with the rest of the record industry. This 19 track, two-CD release…
Pavement, Terror Twilight
With every British band namechecking Pavement of late (think Blur and Radiohead), it shouldn’t come as any shock that the influence goes both ways. O.K.…
Placebo, Without You I’m Nothing
I must admit I never thought much of Placebo in the past. The camp outrageousness has been done to death to far better effect by…
Peaches: The Teaches of Peaches
In a world where the elusive power dynamics of sex have created a form of ideological trench warfare, it's hard to deny the citrus refreshment offered by the Peach with her brights on, bearing down on an innocent priapic fellow.
Poe: Haunted
From its first moments, Poe’s Haunted builds mood out of its own sparseness. Even when the album layers sounds, there’s a frightening intimacy in every…
The Promise Ring, Very Emergency
Very Emergency is brilliant by consciously avoiding brilliance. Its intentional simplicity charms and energizes like nothing the band has ever done.
Prince: Dirty Mind
While Prince has made several groundbreaking albums, 1980’s Dirty Mind, which was only a minor commercial success, still provides the most satisfying listen.
PFFR: Rock Rocker Rocketh
Brooklyn owes the charmer under me. And if not, then the city has one hell of an all out rock and roll experience in the…
Pachinko: Splendor in the Ass II: Electric Boogaloo
Damn. After that title, what more is there to say? Oh, plenty. Come on. This record comes out of the fabulous and famous Alternative Tentacles…
Penfold: Our First Taste of Escape
Although it’s probably unintentional, there’s a small dose of irony in the title of Penfold’s first full-length release. While Our First Taste of Escape is…
Pearl Jam: Binaural
As one of the pioneers of the alternative rock revolution out of Seattle, Pearl Jam is also one of the only bands to survive it.…
P.O.D.: The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
The video for P.O.D.‘s “Southtown” just aired on TRL Wannabees on MTV. What an appropriately titled venue for the video to appear on, considering the…
Matt Piucci: Helenes
One of the more interesting sub-genres amid the heyday of college radio in the 1980s was that of the so-called, “Paisley Underground”. So dubbed due…
The Places: The Autopilot Knows You Best
Though the title of the first album from The Places (The Autopilot Knows You Best) may reference the notion of automatic travel, the gentle, sometimes…
Popland: Action!
Reviewing your friends’ and acquaintences’ CDs is often a tricky thing. It’s great when their disc turns out to be a wonderful event, but other…
William Parker Trio: Painter’s Spring
Bassist William Parker has become a legendary figure in certain jazz circles. He’s been a major player in the New York jazz scene since 1972…
