Sunday, January 1 1995
Queensrÿche, Q2k
Most ‘80s hard rock bands ought to have hung it up long ago. In general, they degenerate album by album, and ultimately become wastes of…
The Queers, Later Days and Better Lays
From 1993 to 1996, the Queers ruled the whole pop-punk universe. Green Day sold infinitely more records and Screeching Weasel put more tattoos on the…
Q-Tip: Amplified
Back in 1998 many a hip-hop fan justifiably lamented the loss of A Tribe Called Quest. After five albums one of the genre’s most innovative…
Question of Honour: Canopic Jars
Do you ever imagine what a hybrid of Soundgarden and White Zombie might sound like minus the fancy production, playing out of somebody’s mom’s garage,…
Question Mark and The Mysterians: More Action
It is always with a mixture of dread and hopeful anticipation that I meet the arrival of any new material from a former legendary band…
Queen, The Crown Jewels
It’s a bit pricey, but an essential for any Queen fan. The Crown Jewels includes the band’s first eight albums (Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart…
Elvis Presley: ‘68 Comeback Special / One Night With You [DVD]
Professional cynic Dennis Leary once remarked that he wished that someone had stepped up behind Elvis sometime late in 1957 and put a bullet behind…
Paloalto: self-titled
God, am I sick of bad rock and roll. Those of you who are regular readers of my reviews may detect a theme in recent…
Paula Cole Band, Amen
You will not have fun listening to Amen. Any urge you may have to dance or make love—reasonable responses to the ‘70s soul that inspired…
Pale Boy: self-titled
Pale Boy is comprised of 13 musicians playing tuba, marimba, guitars, French horn, sax, violin and keyboard. The lyrics are composed and sung by one…
Panacea, Twisted Designz
Twisted is right—not that there’s anything wrong with it. German DJ extraordinaire Panacea has been performing his blend of teutonic hardcore and UK happy dance…
The Pin-Ups: Backseat Memoirs
Punk-lite with female vocals and guys from Green Apple Quick Step and The Presidents of the USA (not the bald guy, though). Dejha has a…
Plone: For Beginner Piano
Electronic music works really well when it offers ferocious beats or when it employs complex textures and soundscapes that encourage you to become lost in…
Poi Dog Pondering: Soul Sonic Orchestra
For 12 years now, Poi Dog Pondering have been doing their thing without paying much attention to the fact that they’re neither well-known in the…
Doug Powell: More
More is the perfect title for this CD, because Powell really delivers more on this recording. A humongous spectacle of sound, More is equal parts…
Dolly Parton: The Grass is Blue
Country’s latest embrace of mall-glam sophistication (see: Faith Hill’s wardrobe for the Breathe booklet) has meant the much-noted betrayal of the music’s old guard, a…
Stacey Pullen: Today Is the Tomorrow You Were Promised Yesterday
As the dance scene grows, fragments and, all too often, moves further and further away from its roots in black musical forms, it is interesting…
Chuck Prophet: The Hurting Business
Chuck Prophet was once described as the missing link between Bob Dylan and Paul Westerberg. It’s not a bad thing to be. On The Hurting…
Psycho-Bitch: Beatblaster
Beatblaster is a totally accurate description of what Chicago DJ Psycho-Bitch does on her debut CD. Long time resident on Saturday nights at the Crobar…
Pitchshifter: Un-UK
Originally available only in the U.K., Pitchshifter’s Un-UK EP has recently been released in North America on Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles label (look for a…
