Category Archives: CDs

CD Review: Flaming Lips – The Terror (Warner Bros.)

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Bob Lee

Give the Flaming Lips credit for this; after thirty years in business, at the height of their commercial stature on a major label, they’re not afraid to keep it weird. During my twenty years as a fan (I can point … Continue reading →

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Gurf Morlix Finds The Present Tense at McCabe’s on Saturday April 13

Posted on April 10, 2013 by James Eliopulos

I get the love for the acoustic warmth of glowing filaments that purists claim as the special province of music played and recorded and played back again using vacuum tubes. And every once in a while I even think I … Continue reading →

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Love’s ‘Black Beauty’: Unreleased no longer!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Dave Soyars

In this day and age in which even CDs are largely treated as a relic from another era, it takes a unique obsession to specialize in vinyl LPs.  The folks at High Moon Records are just that obsessed, not only choosing to release … Continue reading →

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EP Review: Everything Everything’s “Cough Cough”

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Simone Snaith

The UK’s Everything Everything gives the U.S. a preview of their upcoming album with new EP Cough Cough. The six songs are tightly constructed and packed with tension and energy. The band has an original sound marked by heavy drums … Continue reading →

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Everything Everything comes to The Roxy, releases U.S. debut

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Simone Snaith

British band Everything Everything releases their U.S. debut EP Cough Cough on Feb. 5th on Strokes singer Julian Casablancas’s label Cult Records/Kemosabe Records. The band also plays The Roxy on March 19th. The title track has an infectiously urgent feel, with hammering drums, staggered … Continue reading →

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Indulge Me: Personal Favorites from 2012

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Simone Snaith

As we breeze through December in our 65 degree weather, we find ourselves inundated again with Year-End Lists. So here is one more! (At least this one probably won’t be followed by angry comments about what was left out.) Here … Continue reading →

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CD Review: Simon Townshend: Looking Out/Looking In

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Shirley Pena

  “Life has served up some interesting stuff that’s inspired me! I think it’s my best CD yet. Now let us know what YOU think. You may have to buy it first though. Damn!” – Simon Townshend I agree, Simon. … Continue reading →

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New Single from The Ross Sea Party: “Two Things”

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Simone Snaith

The Ross Sea Party are a local band named after one of the ships in Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Trans-Antarctic Expedition.  Their new album Hotel Pool was released in October and the group is offering their second single “Two Things” as a … Continue reading →

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Legacy Reissue Roundup: Charles Mingus, The Thelonious Monk Quartet, Bill Withers

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Bob Lee

Here are some suggestions to weigh down someone’s stocking this year from the good folks at Legacy Recordings. I have a personal preference for boxes that deliver the most music for the most reasonable price, and these modestly sized but … Continue reading →

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Music Review: Rat Soup, Hot and Brassy, Cool and Sassy

Posted on November 18, 2012 by James Eliopulos

If I have to stand at another bar and listen to one more insipid conversation about ‘Who’s gonna carry on the tradition of Rock and Roll?’ or ‘Who’s gonna replace ______________ (fill in whatever band name the annoying loud mouth … Continue reading →

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