The Regrettes: ‘How Do You Love?’ Debra Kate Schafer July 30, 2019 Albums, Reviews Evert since their angsty, feminism-driven first single, “A Living Human Girl,” there has been something about The Regrettes unforgiving attitude and their riot grrrl, pop, and classic rock musicianship that ha...
The Rolling Stones — ‘Bridges to Bremen’ Dan Alleva July 17, 2019 Albums, Reviews The presence and power of the Rolling Stones is undeniable, regardless of what era of their illustrious career is placed under the microscope by means of archival releases or feature-length documentaries. But,...
METZ — ‘Automat’ (Sub Pop) Gregg McQueen July 16, 2019 Albums, Reviews METZ has been producing a mighty big racket for more than a decade now. To celebrate, the Toronto noise-punk merchants have released Automat, a collection of B-sides, rarities, and non-album singles datin...
Tacocat — ‘This Mess Is a Place’ (Sub Pop) Debra Kate Schafer July 16, 2019 Albums, Reviews Bands that come out of Seattle have always had a certain sound to them. For Tacocat, it is always one that is uniquely indie rock and unabashedly themselves. On This Mess Is a Place (Sub Pop), which is their f...
Mannequin Pussy — ‘Patience’ Acacia Pyle June 19, 2019 Albums, Reviews Philadelphia’s Mannequin Pussy has never been a band that took too much time. Each of their first two albums run less than twenty minutes, flying through songs that manage to balance hard and fast instrumental...
Perry Farrell — ‘Kind Heaven’ Dan Alleva June 19, 2019 Albums, Reviews Few artists have merged alternative rock and electronica like Perry Farrell. His latest solo record, Kind Heaven, is an eclectic mix of hard rock, Cyperpunk, psychedelia, and pop, set to highly-stylized, pulsa...
Chris Robinson Brotherhood— ‘Servants of the Sun’ Dan Alleva June 11, 2019 Albums, Reviews When I spoke with Chris Robinson last July in these very pages, the basic tracks for his band’s latest LP, Servants of the Sun, had just been completed. When asked about the album, Robinson remarked that “The ...
5-29 Mike Greenblatt’s Rant’n’Roll Mike Greenblatt May 29, 2019 Albums, Reviews Nils Lofgren & Lou Reed For his first studio album in eight years, with songs worked on during his day job touring Australia as a guitarist in Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, singer/songwrite...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt May 22, 2019 Albums, Reviews Man, that Dale Watson sure has got it goin’ on! As one of the last of a dying breed of real true-life honky tonk heroes like Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, and Lefty Frizzell (all gone), Watson ...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt May 15, 2019 Albums, Reviews A Gal Named Anoushka Listening to Reflections (Deutsche Grammophon), by Anoushka Shankar, brought me back to when I saw her dad Ravi perform at Woodstock. True story: I went so wild over the sound of my firs...
