Category: RECORD REVIEWS
Record Review: The Late Greats’ “Kids You Knew”
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream and Jesus And Mary Chain fame is often noted with the phrase, “A band is only
Record Review: Erroll Garner “The Complete Concert By The Sea”
Sixty years ago today, explosively melodic jazz pianist Erroll Garner lit a fire in a Carmel By The Sea, Calif.,
Essential New Music: Thee Oh Sees’ “Mutilator Defeated At Last”
I have no doubt that John Dwyer and the occasionally rotating crew of musicians he calls Thee Oh Sees are
Essential New Music: Ryan Adams’ “Live At Carnegie Hall”
According to William Blake, “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom … you never know what is
Essential New Music: Kinski’s “7 (Or 8)”
Continuing their film-buff aesthetic (band moniker plus the director their side project Herzog is named for—look it up if necessary)
Essential New Music: Jim O’Rourke’s “Simple Songs”
It’s not as if Jim O’Rourke made easily digestible vocal records when he was part of the indie-avant pop milieu
Essential New Music: Mates Of State’s “You’re Going To Make It”
The pleasantly cacophonous joy of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel is the unpredictable blessing and occasional curse of Mates Of
















