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Review: Aimee Mann Revives Dreams with Live Recording at LA’s Largo

November 15, 2021 News Comments Off on Review: Aimee Mann Revives Dreams with Live Recording at LA’s Largo

By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES – Aimee Mann had to restart a couple of songs during her delightful Largo at the Coronet show. She said she was aiming for perfection because this performance was being […]

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Review: Matt Jaffe Hits his Stride with New Album ‘Undertoad’

March 9, 2021 News Comments Off on Review: Matt Jaffe Hits his Stride with New Album ‘Undertoad’

By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN Matt Jaffe has hit his stride with his latest album, Undertoad.  I have been following Jaffe since he was 14 and playing hugely good guitar at a house concert series in Northern […]

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Review: Switchfoot Pays Respect to Range of Performers with Album ‘Covers’

June 8, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: Switchfoot Pays Respect to Range of Performers with Album ‘Covers’

By DAN MACINTOSH Covers albums can take on a wide spectrum of variations. Many of these projects include the older songs that inspired artists to create their own music in the first place. Listening to […]

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Review: Born Ruffians Use Sophomoric Tactics to Create Profound Sound with Album ‘JUICE’

April 22, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: Born Ruffians Use Sophomoric Tactics to Create Profound Sound with Album ‘JUICE’

By DAN MACINTOSH Born Ruffians kicks off its sixth album, JUICE, with the hyperactive “I Fall in Love Every Night,” which sounds like “horny” 1980s New Wave, as well as classic rock. Heck, it features […]

Teri Gender Bender and Le Butcherettes at The Hi Hat - Photo by Donna Balancia
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Review: ‘Don’t Bleed’ by Le Butcherettes An Emotive Journey That Speaks For Those Who Cannot

January 31, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: ‘Don’t Bleed’ by Le Butcherettes An Emotive Journey That Speaks For Those Who Cannot

By DONNA BALANCIA No matter how bad things devolve, signs of perseverance are all around us. Take the new EP Don’t Bleed by Le Butcherettes. Due out February 14, Don’t Bleed is an inventive collection […]

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The Damned Proves its Definitive Punk with ‘Black Is The Night’ Anthology

November 24, 2019 News Comments Off on The Damned Proves its Definitive Punk with ‘Black Is The Night’ Anthology

By DAN MACINTOSH The Damned was the first punk band from the United Kingdom to release a single (“New Rose”), so why is this London-birthed act not always immediately mentioned whenever discussing pioneering punk, the […]

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Classic Rock

Review: Jeff Tweedy Album ‘WARM’ is Intelligent with a Lot of Heart

January 21, 2019 News Comments Off on Review: Jeff Tweedy Album ‘WARM’ is Intelligent with a Lot of Heart

By DAN MACINTOSH Jeff Tweedy solo is not all that different from music he makes with Wilco. It’s just more stripped down and less adventurous. That’s not a bad thing, though, because it frees Tweedy’s […]

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Review: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ‘Wrong Creatures’

January 19, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ‘Wrong Creatures’

By DAN MACINTOSH There many times while listening to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s Wrong Creatures where the band sounds like the Goth band Bauhaus, had it listened exclusively to American garage rock and psychedelic music. […]

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REVIEW: Noel Gallagher’s ‘Who Built The Moon?’ Travels New Terrain

December 26, 2017 News Comments Off on REVIEW: Noel Gallagher’s ‘Who Built The Moon?’ Travels New Terrain

By DAN MACINTOSH For such a famous rock guitarist, Noel Gallagher’s latest album with his High Flying Birds, Who Built The Moon? is sure a relatively un-guitar-y collection. Rather, it’s one tending to play with […]

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Pam Mark Hall’s ‘Mangle the Tango’ A Treat for Fans of True Folk Music

November 18, 2017 News Comments Off on Pam Mark Hall’s ‘Mangle the Tango’ A Treat for Fans of True Folk Music

By DAN MACINTOSH Many songs from Pam Mark Hall’s album Mangle the Tango suggest the familiar saying, ‘everything old is new again’ because this 11-song set is in many ways a throwback to social/political singer-songwriter […]

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Review: Insubordia Pt II is a Great Follow Up to Lost Poets Previous Album

April 23, 2016 News Comments Off on Review: Insubordia Pt II is a Great Follow Up to Lost Poets Previous Album

By ABE NOORZAY After great success with their first album, Insubordia, The Lost Poets are back with another hit album that all metalheads can headbang to. Insubordia Pt II has plenty of material that could […]

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