Sunday, January 1 1995
Nash Kato: Debutante
If ever there was a need for good, honest rock and roll, it’s right now. With all the bubblegum pop groups and pseudo-heavy bands that…
Leo Kottke, One Guitar, No Vocals
As the title says, this album offers up no Kottke vocals. Some among us recognize the genius in Kottke’s singing, the self-deprecating fake-out of his…
Kitty Craft: Catskills
One part effervescent dance pop and one part electronic folk, DJ Pamela Valfer’s Kitty Craft is almost indefinable. Comparable from everyone from Air to Beck,…
K.: New Problems
K. (or “k.” as it is printed on the disc) is Karla Schickele, formerly of Ida and Beekeeper. On her new solo album New Problems,…
The K.G.B.: The Space Cadet EP
First impressions are important. The title track of The Space Cadet EP does not leave a very good impression as the first track: “I’m just…
Kelis: Kaleidoscope
Everybody got drama. Like Alanis Morissette proved on Jagged Little Pill, psychotic emotions and random paranoia are widespread. But when some of this is packaged,…
Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: self-titled
When he died in 1997, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was the foremost exponent of Pakistani devotional Qawwali music, rooted in the 700-year tradition of…
KMFDM, Adios
Could this truly be their fond farewell, or could it be mere set up for tour upon tour directed towards sucking every last cent out…
Kool Keith, Black Elvis/Lost In Space
Remember the kids at junior high school dances who would stand around in the corner talking about how much the music sucked? They all ended…
Kent, Isola
Judging from chart success, Kent is the biggest band in Sweden right now. Their popularity highlights the degree to which the British and Swedish music…
Gladys Knight: At Last
Easily the most underrated on the major soul sirens that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gladys Knight did not possess the singular…
The Kingston Trio: Both Sides of the Kingston Trio Volume 1 & 2
Timing is everything, and that’s especially true with pop music. In 1956 Three Stanford grad students (Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane) started a band…
KRS-ONE: The Sneak Attack
Ever since that point, KRS has struggled. On the final BDP album Sex and Violence and three subsequent solo albums, he was never quite sure…
Kincaid: Kincaid Plays Super Hawaii
I’ve always been a pop freak, I’ll admit it; even as a heavy metal-listening kid, the stuff I liked the most had at least some…
Kamal: Suburbia
Kamal fills the void of any discernible talent by puffing out his chest and fabricating a P.I.M.P image. Even then, Suburbia is a fabrication and fails to impress.
Killah Priest: View From Masada
Killah Priest is in the second tier of the Wu-Tang family, one of the many MCs affiliated with the Wu but not an actual Clan…
The Jazz Mandolin Project: Xenoblast
What do you get when you mix a mandolin with a bass and some drums? Country meets the Chili Peppers? Down home funk? The short…
The Jesus Lizard: Bang
Considered by some to be the world’s most dangerous band, the Jesus Lizard cut and thrashed, slashed and burned all buck-naked and sweaty.
Quincy Jones: The Reel Quincy Jones | PopMatters Music Review
We can probably blame the success of the Austin Powers movies for the existence of this CD. The first Austin Powers movie featured Jones’ “Soul…
Jagged Edge: J.E. Heartbreak
For some time now the R&B market-place has been dominated by cookie-cutter like male vocal groups. While none of these groups posses the harmonic maturity…
