Sunday, January 1 1995
Calliope: (in)organica
Just in time for the sweltering heat and humidity swarming across the country this summer, Calliope have given us a dose of indie pop as…
Cobra Verde, Nightlife
Cobra Verde is rock and roll. We’re talking pyrotechnics, feather boas, and ridiculous backstage parties here. Lead singer John Petkovic has this sort of David…
Neko Case and Her Boyfriends: Furnace Room Lullaby
Furnace Room Lullaby is a rare and laudable thing—a Bloodshot album your parents and grandparents will want to borrow, and might not give back.
The Cherry Orchard: The Start of Our Affair
The Cherry Orchard’s The Start of Our Affair is one of those breezy pop records that you just want to lose yourself in forever. It’s…
Chainsaw Kittens: The All American Chainsaw Kittens
For a bunch of guys from Oklahoma, Chainsaw Kittens sure as hell sound British. Vocalist Tyson Meade shares enunciation skills with Damon Albarn, and has…
The Caribbean: self-titled
In that shadowy realm of music criticism, things can sneak up on you. Some bands (and albums) walk right through the front door and hit…
Jimmy Cliff: You Can Get It If You Really Want
This is the music that really made Jimmy Cliff a star. All the songs were recorded prior to 1970. A few years before audiences watched…
John Coltrane, The Classic Quartet
The Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings (Impulse!) rating: 10, review by Sarah Zupko"
Tom Chapin: In the City of Mercy
If you have small children, the name Tom Chapin may be familiar from the many albums he has recorded for kids in recent years. If…
Color Me Badd: The Best of Color Me Badd
It speaks volumes that, at this historical moment, viable cred can come the title “Original Boy Band”. Throughout The Best of Color Me Badd, you…
Avishai Cohen, Devotion
This is really good music. Composing 11 of the 14 tracks, bassist Avishai Cohen evidences a conceptual and aesthetic breadth that is amazing. Drawing on…
The Creature Comforts: The Politics of Pop
While skimming over the Creature Comforts’ press release I unearthed a few interesting nuggets on the self described “prairie rock” band that I’d never heard…
Bill Cosby: The Best Of
Well before Cliff Huxtable provided a portrait of upper-middle class Black America in the 1980s, and the namesake of The Cosby Show began hawking Jell-O…
Clare Quilty: Strong
Where has Clare Quilty been? Dancing between moody atmospherics and crunching guitars, this band should’ve been college rock favorites years ago. Of course, there’s nothing…
Camper Van Beethoven: Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead - Long Live Camper Van Beethoven
If you are a Camper Van Beethoven geek, you’re gonna love this. And if you’re not, you still should buy this CD to play for…
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Party Doll And Other Favorites
In a world in which the likes of Garth Brooks and Shania Twain dominate the country AND pop charts the folksy sound of Mary Chapin…
Catch 22: Washed Up
Whatever magic caught the interest of Victory Records owner Tony Brummel enough to sign Catch 22 left the band alongside former lead singer Tomas Kalnoky.…
Cousteau: self-titled
I love the concept for this band: lyrical love songs and torch ballads done in a moody, lounge mode with piano, guitar and a lead…
The Comas: A Def Needle in Tomorrow
I’m the first one to applaud the recent resurgence of shoegazer-derivative and slowcore artists. For in my teenage years, I was clad in MBV T-shirts,…
Clem Snide: The Ghost of Fashion
WWhen you play such low key minimalist acoustic country blues, you had better possess riveting lyrics to capture the listener’s attention or else you are…
