Category: Reviews – Vinyl
Metal still sounds best on large, round pieces of pressed vinyl. The smell, the artwork – and it gets played through a needle.
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Boots ‘n Booze (comic book w/ 7” single)
Whether it was intentional or not (and, given the multi-media-angled nature of this release, which combines a comic book with a 7” single, it may indeed be intentional), Pirates Press and the Swingin’ Utters have actually done something pretty surprising with Boots ‘n Booze; while other bands (like NOFX, Butthole Surfers, The Replacements, Rancid and…
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Tom Petty – Wildflowers & All The Rest 3LP
A deeper look at the grooves pressed into the Wildflowers & All The Rest 3LP reissue by Tom Petty. Author Rae Carson once wrote that, “Some people, the best ones, are motivated more by the chance to prove themselves than by a command to serve. It is the work itself that calls them onward, especially…
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Jane’s Addiction – Ritual De Lo Habitual
I must confess that, when I learned Warner Brothers Records was reissuing Jane’s Addiction’s third full-length album as part of their Rocktober promotion last year, I got really, really excited. In fact, excitement barely even begins to qualify the wealth of sensations that I felt when I heard about it; the number of memories that…
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Seized Up – Brace Yourself LP
A deeper look at the grooves pressed into Seized Up’s Brace Yourself LP. Ever heard an album which hits the mark brilliantly and causes you to remember why you like or got into one particular type of music or another, reader? Brace Yourself, the new album by Seized Up, hit me like that – about…
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Lenny Lashley’s Gang Of One – All Are Welcome LP
A deeper look at the grooves pressed into the All Are Welcome LP by Lenny Lasley’s Gang Of One. After the events which have taken place in the United States recently, one would have to ask if the album title and the image which adorns the cover of Lenny Lashley’s All Are Welcome LP is…
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The Germs – (MIA) The Complete Anthology
There’s a certain perfect irony about the fact that, upon opening my vinyl copy of The Germs’ (MIA) reissue [yes, The Germs’ single best-known album has been reissued during a pandemic – I know that’s ironic too –ed], I found that the sticker on the C-side of the album was mangled and torn in a…
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Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
It’s not easy to articulate what kind of mark a fiftieth anniversary represents. Those who remain married for fifty years call it their Golden anniversary (or Golden Jubilee) and, while it’s no uncommon to live longer in the twenty-first century, fifty years is still a pretty significant event – it is half a century, after…
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Jamie Wyatt – Neon Cross
After having watched all the sonic and stylistic directions in which the artists on New West’s roster have gone, it feels more than a little reassuring to see that at least SOME artists are signed to a country music label because they want to make country music – and not necessarily just make music which…
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The Full Counts – Next Up
About two years after the release of their debut album (which is a marked acheivement, at a certain level – many bands go many years between releases, in their early development) the Full Counts made a blistering return with Next Up in 2019. The improvements to the band’s sound are obvious and consistent; now with…
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The Full Counts – First Out
The fact of the matter (as inconvenient as it may be) is that not every record is a work of genius and not every band is made up of earthbound gods; sometimes the band is a job for those in it, and the music they make simply makes the bandmembers and their fans happy. That…