Category: Reviews
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These days it’s not uncommon for artists to celebrate a major anniversary by re-recording their most popular songs. Often, though, the new versions pale in comparison to the original songs. The only reason half of these albums are made and released is to milk a few more bucks out of an artist’s die-hard fans who
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Hailing from the UK, Spector delivers a solid as a diamond slice of post new wave rock with “All The Sad Young Men,” which reminds me of listening to bands like Depeche Mode and Roxy Music when I was young and didn’t know better. Relax, I’m kidding. I still like Depeche Mode and Roxy Music.…
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If I had heard Milo Greene’s 2012 debut, which is said to have been folk pop, then I probably wouldn’t like this album. At least that’s the impression I’ve arrived at after reading several reviews. The big complaint comes from people who loved the band’s first album, who are having a fit about Control not
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Echosmith’s new video has arrived and it’s for “Bright,” one of my favorite tracks from their superb album, Talking Dreams. It’s a light and fluffy mid-tempo ballad that simply makes you feel good without being melodramatic like so many pop ballads these days. So what if it reminds us fine folks of Massachusetts of all…
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This time around living legend Diana Krall takes some classics from the last thirty years, most of which were mellow to begin with, and slows them down even more, making them dreamy and hypnotic, songs that would lull you off to sleep if they weren’t so darn captivating. The Mamas & The Papas’ “California Dreamin’”
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Stryper’s powerhouse vocalist Michael Sweet and guitar maestro George Lynch, formerly of Dokken, have joined forces here and the result is a truly incredible album that’s better than anything either of them has done in quite a while. Not that either of them have put out bad music during recent years, mind you. George Lynch
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Either you love K-Pop or you hate it. Nobody just kind of likes K-Pop in a casual way. Likewise, those who don’t like it tend to strongly dislike it. And 4Minute’s “Crazy” is one of those songs that’s guaranteed to make you feel one way or the other. There’s just no in between where this…
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Last night on February 6, 2015 I caught a big concert dubbed “80’s Extravaganza” in the arena at Mohegan Sun Casino. Some of my Facebook friends were curious about it, so I wrote what now appears below to satisfy their curiosity. I never intended to post it here but a fellow music critic told me
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Pain of Salvation are technically a prog rock band, but “Falling Home,” the title track of their new acoustic album, is more of a traditional folk song that has more in common with Joshua Radin than, say, Rush. If you like beautiful acoustic music you’re in for a real treat here.
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The Dodo’s last album, Carrier, was made in the wake of the death of their live guitarist Christopher Remer (see also: Women). It was a record brimming with emotion and fairly complex arrangements, easily one of The Dodo’s best albums. Immediately following the making of that album, Meric Long and Logan Kroeber, who’ve always been
