Features
Sunday, January 1 1995
Just What You Needed: An Interview with The New Cars
The New Cars get ready to hit the road with singer Todd Rundgren.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Talking Oceans Apart: An Interview with Robert Forster of the Go-Betweens
From the other side of the world, one of pop's best songwriting duos slowly gets their music heard.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Back to Happy Times Again: An Interview with Tommy Keene
The dangerous use of power pop, the big label mistake, and the joys of being and not being a sideman.
Reviews
Wednesday, May 24 2006
The Isley Brothers: Baby Makin Music
With producers who know how to package their sound, the Isley Brothers turn out their best album in ten years.
Friday, April 28 2006
Electric Light Orchestra: No Answer
The release of No Answer and E.L.O. II turns the spotlight on a part of Lynne's career before he was writing pop symphonies transmogrified into schlock by decades of movies and TV commercials.
Monday, March 13 2006
The Advantage: Elf-Titled
Occasionally we need music that makes no grand statements and demands only to be played loud at a party.
Friday, February 24 2006
The Gourds: Heavy Ornamentals
The Gourds are a fun, 'try this out' kind of band, and closer to actual country music than alt-country… It’s tough to say whether this will be The Gourds' breakout album, but it sure as hell deserves to be.
Thursday, February 23 2006
Kaleidoscope: from where you were
It rewards attention and re-listens. It's not music you can slap onto an iPod or run while you balance a checkbook.
