JAZZ CORNER Presents: The Dave Brubeck Quartet – “Time Out” (1959)
Without a doubt Time Out, with one of the most beautiful album covers of all time, is among the most subtle and signature releases by Dave Brubeck, where...
Reviews
The Auras – “The Auras” (2012) review
The Auras - The Auras (2012) In consideration of the band’s catalog in general ... Many years ago, one of the first things that drove me to cassettes...
Healing Spells – “Past Lives” (2018) review
Healing Spells - Past Lives (Self-released, 2018) https://artist.landr.com/music/800739316126 I know, I know. You’re judging the album art. I get it. That was my first instinct too. I suppose...
Spirit – It Shall Be: ‘The Ode & Epic Recordings 1968-1972’ (2018)
The late 1960s and early 1970s were a most fertile time in musical history, especially in the rock genre. While many of the seminal bands came from the...
The Beatles – “The Beatles in Stereo” (2009) review
The Beatles - The Beatles in Stereo (Parlophone, 2009) To my way of thinking, one can’t say enough about the most influential band of my life, and for...
The Rising Storm - “Calm Before…” review / interview
US group The Rising Storm emanated from out of a small, but isolated scene outside of the main commercial rock circuit that was happening in and around the...
Sweet Thursday: The New Herman Dune
Sweet Thursday: The New Herman Dune (Video Premiere in This Article!) David-Ivar Herman Düne is a French/Swedish citizen who began playing anti-folk in Paris at a time when...
From The Vault: Banchee – “Banchee” (1969)
Banchee - “Banchee” (Atlantic Records 1969) I first became aware of Banchee in the late nineties, when hearing their song, “I Just Don't Know,” on a “Psychedelic Frequencies”...
Ryan Summers – “ii” (2018) review
Ryan Summers - ii (Self-released, 2018) https://ryansummers.bandcamp.com/album/ii Wisconsin-based electronic artist Ryan Summers recently released “ii,” a darkwave LP that explores ambient soundscapes with a wide assortment of chilling...
Magical Beasts – “Someone To Lift The Blue” (2018) review
Magical Beasts - Someone To Lift The Blue (Self-released, 2018) There’s a Chicago-based music group out there that isn’t interested in pushing the envelope, pioneering a new subgenre, or...