Monday, July 28, 2025

Archive Review: Blind Willie Johnson’s Dark Was the Night (1998)

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Although revered by folk and rock artists like Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and Led Zeppelin, seldom does Blind Willie Johnson ’s name come up i...
Friday, July 25, 2025

Archive Review: Jello Biafra & the Melvins’ Never Breath What You Can’t See (2004)

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Over the past decade, punk rock icon Jello Biafra has become known by young audiences more for his incendiary spoken word performances than...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Archive Review: Alex Skolnick Trio's Transformation (2004)

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Anyone who doubts the technical proficiency of metal guitarists or dismisses the efforts of musicians who choose to play in the heavy metal ...
Friday, July 18, 2025

Archive Review: The Gossip's Undead In NYC (2003)

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Although the Reverend has vintage bootlegs in his collection with better sound quality than Undead In NYC , there’s no denying the power and...
Monday, July 14, 2025

Remembering Dave Cousins & Strawbs

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Photo courtesy strawbsweb.co.uk British folk-rock innovator Dave Cousins passed away on Sunday, July 13th, 2025 after a lengthy illness; he...
Friday, July 11, 2025

Archive Review: Velvet Crush's Free Expression (2003)

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Velvet Crush is one of those great little pop/rock outfits that continuously cranks out choice tuneage with little or nothing gained in the...
Monday, July 7, 2025

Archive Review: Jarboe’s Thirteen Masks (2004)

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The enigmatic Jarboe is best known as the musical partner and collaborator of Swans mastermind Michael Gira. A haunting vocalist with an im...
Friday, July 4, 2025

Bootleg Review: Captain Beefheart’s Captain, My Captain (1999)

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SOURCE: Radio broadcast on WLIR-FM, live from My Father’s Place in Roslyn, New York; November 18, 1978 (although some sources claim that it...
Monday, June 30, 2025

Bootleg Review: Roy Buchanan’s Telecaster Country (1999)

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SOURCE: Radio broadcast on WLIR-FM, live from My Father’s Place in Roslyn, New York; August 17, 1973. SOUND QUALITY: Good FM broadcast (6-...