Sunday, January 1 1995
Gang of Four, 100 Flowers Bloom
Despite the intervening years of New Romantic pop, goth, grunge, electronica, and the pop renaissance, Gang of Four’s funky, intellectual post-punk attack has lost none…
Groove Armada: Vertigo
Innovation is paramount to the electronic music aesthetic. Flow is nearly tantamount. Groove Armada achieves neither on their debut Vertigo. They never make an attempt…
Kevin Gordon, Cadillac Jack’s #1 Son
Kevin Gordon is one of the best alternative country singer-songwriters working in Nashville today. The Northern Louisiana native constructs vivid narratives of life along the…
Ginger Moon: Celebrity Volunteers
It’s immediately important to note that the subtitle to Ginger Moon’s Celebrity Volunteers is “(or Bill Clinton, Pete Townshend, Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates,…
Gods Reflex: Scenes from a Motel Seduction
Argh. Why is it that lately every time I review a CD by a band that obviously comes from the same “emo” camp as folks…
Garmarna, Vengeance; Inti-Illimani, Amar de Nuevo
Inti-Illimani Amar de Nuevo(Xenophile) by Sarah Zupko A couple of new world music releases are out that are absolute must-haves. First up, from Sweden, is…
Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell: The Best Of - The Millennium Collection
Marvin Gaye was arguably Motown’s biggest star in the early era, and his string of charted hits reads like a primer for the ‘60s and…
Guy: III
Between 1987 and 1994, three influences dominated R&B: Teddy Riley, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, and the team of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. These producers—music’s equivalent…
Gomez: Machismo EP
You’re Gomez. You’ve made two excellent, great-selling albums. You’ve won a Brit Award. You’re the music critics’ darlings. You’ve toured the States twice. You’ve even…
Galaxie 500, The Portable Galaxie 500
The Portable Galaxie 500 is a best of album for a group who would seem to resist such compilations. Galaxie 500 produced music that, while…
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band: Merryteria
I’m going to use a phrase I don’t often use. This album rocks the house. And I pick the words carefully. Swiss pianist/leader/arranger Gruntz’s piano…
Ghostface Killah: Supreme Cliente
Put down those early ‘90s Miami bass 12"s you’ve been eyeing in the cut-out bin, and buy the present and future of hip-hop.
Paul Gilbert: Alligator Farm
Paul Gilbert’s latest offering, Alligator Farm could have easily been titled, The Many Faces of Paul Gilbert because of the varied styles he chooses to…
Go Fast: Great American Get Down
It’s hard to understand where Go Fast is coming from with their music. The cover of Great American Get Down has the cartoon band driving…
Garageland: Do What You Want
New Zealanders Garageland recorded Do What You Want, their second album, in fellow countryman Neil Finn’s home studio. It’s a choice that makes perfect sense…
Gas Giants: From Beyond the Back Burner
Admit it: you’ve been waiting for the Gin Blossoms to get back together for more than two years now. You just can’t live without the…
The Generators: Tyranny
TKO Records proudly pronounces The Generators as “Los Angeles’ own Street Punk heroes . . .” With the mild mainstream success of bands like Rancid…
Gameface: Always On
AC/DC was the greatest band. They wrote like five songs, a bunch of different times and made like the same record a bunch of times…
Guns N’ Roses: Live Era ‘87 - ‘93
At this point most rock fans know whether they like Guns N’ Roses or not. For many it’s been a war of attrition. It was…
Gang-Starr: Full Clip: A Decade of Gang-Starr
Critics have long second-guessed the rap game, proclaiming, “I never knew it’d last this long!” True, fads come and go, there will always be flashes-in-the-pans,…
