Sunday, January 1 1995
Itaal Shur Presents Milk and Honey: Ten Hits to Bliss
Itaal Shur? I expect it rings a faint bell. He recently won a Grammy for penning “Smooth” on that ludicrously popular Carlos Santana record. That…
Moreno Veloso + 2: Music Typewriter
There is so much hype washing around this release, the record threatens to become the soundtrack for the lives of the blahnik elitists. That’s because…
Nils Petter Molvaer, Khmer
Borrowing the groove of house and techno and steeped in the trumpet stylings of late period Miles Davis, Nils Petter Molvaer creates an intoxicating blend…
MDFMK: self-titled
If you haven’t heard of KMFDM, you’ve likely been living under a rock. Few industrial groups have achieved the degree of mainstream recognition that they…
Munkafust: Down For Days
Sometimes I just can’t explain how the heck my head works; the connections it makes sometimes mystify even me, and you’d figure at least I’d…
Moods for Moderns: Loud & Clear
I have to say that I pretty much fell in love with Moods for Moderns’ Loud & Clear as soon as I saw the CD…
Mojave 3: Excuses for Travellers
Last year flying back to the US from London on one of my visits, I had the misfortune to be seated next to a rather…
Barbara Manning, In New Zealand
A veteran of San Francisco’s vibrant pop scene, Barbara Manning has played in a host of Bay Area groups, including SF Seals and World Of…
Bob Marley and the Wailers: Kaya
Sandwiched in between two “great” Marley recordings, it has perhaps been easy to ignore—forget really—the significance of Bob Marley 1978 recording Kaya. Exodus (1977) was…
Mudhoney: Here Comes Sickness: The Best of the BBC Recordings
According to guitarist Steve Turner’s liner notes for Here Comes Sickness: The Best of the BBC Recordings, Mudhoney seem pretty damn clear about what they…
My Favorite: Joan of Arc Awaiting Trial
Be careful what you wish for, young man, you will surely get it. Depeche Mode has switched places with U2, as the one became more…
Mark Mallman and Vermont: self-titled
Maybe it’s just because as I write I’m sitting with my feet in a bucket of ice-water next to a fan that’s turned on full…
Billie Myers: Vertigo
Billie Myers could probably get by with marching onto a stage and just standing there—uttering not even a note for two hours and get a…
Steve Morse: Major Impacts
To begin with, Steve Morse is one of the finest rock guitarists in the world, so I’m not sure how I feel about critiquing his…
Momus: Folktronic
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The Montgomery Cliffs: self-titled
FLASH! Apparently quite a number of people in the rock press have likened The Montgomery Cliffs to Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Look, just because…
The Myracle Brah: self-titled
The following interview is fictional, which doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Ben Varkentine: We’re talking this morning to the unlikely named Andy Bopp, singer, songwriter…
The Mercury Program: All the Suits Began to Fall Off
The stock is rising for The Mercury Program no doubt. This Floridian quartet has managed to do something very few bands in its class have…
u-Ziq, Royal Astronomy
Mike Paradinas (a.k.a. µ-Ziq) delivers his first set since 1997’s Lunatic Harness with the staggeringly amazing Royal Astronomy. A tour with Björk renewed Paradinas’ interest…
Monster Magnet: God Says No
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey, Dave Wyndorf and company concoct gloriously big, dumb teen stoner anthems with little more than a dream and a…
