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New Music Critique: Sophia Eliana
Contact: hi@sophiaeliana.com Web: sophiaeliana.com Seeking: Review Style: Indie-Folk, Dream-Pop, Singer-Songwriter Sophia Eliana describes herself online as a “Denver-based queer folk musician, florist, and dancer originally from Monterey, CA.” With that ... -
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New Music Critique: Marina Rocks
Contact: marinarocksu2@yahoo.com Web: marinarocks.com Seeking: Booking, Film/TV, Label Style: Rock, Blues, Americana “When I rode into Nashville, I was high on my horse,” Marina Rocks purrs on “S.O.S.,” setting the ... -
Album Review of "Home" by The Ting Tings (7/10)
Wonderful Records Producer: Jules De Martino Manchester, U.K. duo the Ting Tings is back with its fifth album. There’s certainly been some growth; what started out as a quirky, sugary-sweet ... -
DIY Spotlight: Heidi Vincent
Country-pop-rock artist Heidi Vincent received a favorable New Music Critique review in these very pages a couple of months ago, and for good reason. Authentic, quirky, and eminently listenable, hers ... -
Vinyl Minded with Baby Huey
Baby Huey The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (Rhino) Recorded 55 years ago in 1970, this is the only solo album by funk icon James "Baby Huey" Ramey, and ... -
Book Store: "Richard Manuel" by Stephen T. Lewis
The tagline to this weighty volume is, “His life and music, from The Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band.” That’s a fair synopsis. Additionally, the sleeve notes describe Manuel ... -
Book Store: "Chick Singer" by Lorraine Devon Wilke
Devon Wilke landed in L.A. years ago with intentions of becoming a singer-songwriter/rock star at a level that it would provide for her future. In some ways, it didn’t work ... -
Book Store: "Bobbito’s Book of B-Ball Bong Bong!" by Bobbito Garcia
This is interesting! Bobbito Garcia’s memoir takes a long, hard look at his life in basketball and music. A noted hip-hop radio host, Garcia spent the '90s as one half ... -
Book Store: "Tearing Down the Orange Curtain" by Nate Jackson and Daniel Kohn
Respected journalists Jackson and Kohn dig deep into the Orange County punk rock and ska-punk scene, barely leaving a stone unturned. The likes of No Doubt, The Vandals, The Offspring, ... -
Book Store: "501 Essential Albums of the 1980s" Edited by Gary Graff
MC contributor Graff has played an absolute blinder here, working with a long list of esteemed scribes (Cary Baker, Rob St. Mary, many more) to compile the 501 essential albums ...
