Sunday, January 1 1995
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…
Phish: Farmhouse
Fans of Phish rush to the store, wait sometimes hours in line for the stroke of midnight, and hope Phish’s latest studio album will live…
The Push Kings, Far Places
Far Places is consistently superb throughout—virtually any of these songs is strong enough to be a single.
Poster Children, New World Record
Long-time college radio faves from Champaign, the Poster Children have returned to their indie roots at last, and so perhaps, for them, it is a…
Puddle of Mudd: Come Clean
ONE Album of the year, my friends (not by Billboards standards. Mine). If you are enjoying the recent explosion of heavy alternative rock, like Staind,…
Philosopher’s Stone, Apparatus
Drones and samples abound on Apparatus, the second album recorded by Gareth Mitchell under the name Philosopher’s Stone. The sounds are mostly guitar based and…
P.O.D.: Brown
P.O.D. has had an amazing run of success over the last year, thanks to their Atlantic Records contract, which spawned the album The Fundamental Elements…
Phase Selector Sound: Disassemble Dub
Oh yeah—this ain’t your parents’ dub! Taking cues from forefathers like King Tubby and Horace Andy, the duo of Joshua Elrod and Craig Allen present…
Augustus Pablo: The Great Pablo: A Reggae Pioneer’s Finest Recordings
By the time of his death last year at the age of 46, Augustus Pablo (born Horace Swaby) had attained global recognition as one of…
Outrider: All in a Hard Day’s Work
The question has, of course, been posed, and just about everywhere, as it would seem: does real rock and roll exist? There’s not an easy…
Oleander: Unwind
As a new major label rock act given the opportunity to record and release a second album, Sacramento-based Oleander is something of a rarity these…
