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Album Review of "Fables" by Isabel Pine (8/10)
Kranky RecordsProducers: Isabel Pine Playing viola since the age of three, Isabel Pine grew frustrated with the traditional classic college music scene and recently moved to Canada’s remote East Kootenay ... -
Album Review of "Pirate Jenny" by Ute Lemper (9/10)
The Audiophile Society Producers: David Chesky, Ute Lemper Master 1930s orchestral songwriter Kurt Weill has been covered by artists from Jim Morrison to Nick Cave (“Alabama Song”), to Bobby Darin ... -
Live Review of Mary Timony in Los Angeles
The Lodge Room Los Angeles, CA Contact: patrick@pitchperfectpr.com Web: marytimonymusic.com Players: Mary Timony, guitar, vocals; Betsy Wright, guitar, vocals; Chad Molter, bass, vocals; David Christian, drums Material: Mary Timony has ... -
It's a Punk Party at No Values
I made it out to the punk rock Woodstock known as No Values Festival out at the Pomona Fairgrounds this Saturday. The traffic to get in was so hideous that ... -
Album Review: "Under the Endless Sky" By Cortége (9/10)
Self-released Producers: Cortége and Mike Swarbrick This band delivers the sonic goods on this release, an instrumental spaghetti western-style suite. This is truly cinematic music and checks the boxes on ... -
Live Review: The Third Mind
The Troubador Los Angeles, CA Contact: nancysefton@gsmgmt.net Web: thethirdmind.net Players: Dave Alvin, guitar, vocals; Jesse Sykes, rhythm guitar, vocals; Victor Krummenacher, vocals; Michael Jerome, drums, percussion; Mark Karan, guitar, vocals; ... -
Album Review: "And In The Darkness Hearts Aglow" By Weyes Blood (8/10)
Sub Pop Records Producers: Natalie Mering and Jonathan Rado I’ve been hearing chanteuse Weyes Blood on college radio for the past few years. Struck by her combination of pop and ... -
ALBUM REVIEW: Shonen Knife (8/10)
Our Best Place Good Charamel Records Producers: Naoko and Atsushi Shibato Female Japanese trio Shonen Knife made quite a splash in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, delivering their exuberant ... -
Q&A With Khruangbin
Equal parts dance and chillout, Khruangbin weave funk, surf instrumentals, dub reggae, and especially Thai, to make some truly fascinating music. It’s an intriguing combination that has resulted in a ... -
Album Review: "Hoof It" by Schizophonics (8/10)
Hoof It Pig Baby Records Producers: Dean Reis, Steve Kaye It’s hard to convey the insane hypercharged excitement of one of America’s best and intense live bands, but this comes ... -
Album Review: "Angel Tears in Sunlight" by Pauline Anna Strom (9/10)
Label: RVNG Intl. Producer: John Also Bennett Blind since birth, this electronic artist and Reiki healer rose to prominence in the SF Bay Area in the early 1980s. She had ... -
Album Review: "Forgets The Words" by Peter Frampton (7/10)
Peter Frampton Frampton Forgets The Words Anti-Records Producers: John Agnello, Adrian Olsen, and The Dream Syndicate Of course you’ve always wanted to hear Frampton do an all-instrumental album! And here ... -
Album Review: "From KO To Chaos" by Iggy And The Stooges (8/10)
Skydog Records Producer: Marc Zermati A prize for any Iggy and The Stooges lovers, this 7 CD and 1 DVD box set (whew!) hoovers up and refines some of the ... -
Album Review: "Face Of The Screaming Werewolf" by The Fleshtones (8/10)
Yep Roc Records Producers: Michael Giblin, The Fleshtones, Mack White Their hair may be greying on the cover of this latest album release, but after four whole decades of rocking ... -
Album Review: "Doompop" by Zilched (8/10)
Distributed by: Young Heavy Souls Producers: Chloe Drallos, Ben Collins Zilched is a Detroit rock & roll ensemble led by songwriter and guitarist Chloe Drallos, and it’s an immediately likeable ... -
Album Review: "The Book of Strongman" by Dennis Davison (9/10)
Distributed by: Pretty Plague Recordings Producer: Dennis Davison Davison spent decades in the thinking-man’s pop sensation, The Jigsaw Seen. Here on his first solo album, he concocts a masterful recording, ... -
Book Review: Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World's Greatest Guitarists
If one has the slightest interest in electric guitar effects pedals (or “stompboxes”), then this monster of a compendium is definitely for you. The book works on many different levels. ... -
Book Review: Peter And The Wolves
An absolutely beautifully written autobiography. Growing up a troubled gay teen, Bertei realizes she can express herself as a singer. Meanwhile, Peter Laughner is the coolest guy in Cleveland, but ... -
Album Review: "By The Fire" by Thurston Moore (9/10)
Distributed by: Daydream Library Series Producers: Eva Prinz, Paul Epworth Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore delivers a heady magnum opus here, genetically recombining and expanding his signature sounds to new ... -
Album Review: "Mermaid A-Go-Go" by The Neptunas (8/10)
Distributed by: Altered State Of Reverb Producer: Danny Amis The Neptunas, an all-female surf/garage combo, have resurfaced this year with their most polished release to date. Los Straitjackets’ founder Danny ...
