Tag: review
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Garbageface – Penumbra//Antumbra 12” single
Garbageface Penumbra//Antumbra (12” Single) (Rap Will Eat Itself Records) If history has taught us anything about Karol “Garbageface” Orzechowsky, it has taught us that the artist takes a lot of joy in turning expectations that fans may have of him on their collective head – and the emcee’s newest 12” single, Penumbra//Antumbra, upholds that practice…
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Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9 2LP
Ozzy Osbourne Patient Number 9 2LP (Epic/Sony Music) With the last good Ozzy Osbourne album having been released over twenty years ago now (2001’s Down To Earth was respectable – 2010’s Scream was both an earnest and mawkish expression of Ozzy’s strengths as it tried to update its styling for a new, digital generation which…
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Jacob Brodovsky – I Love You and I’m Sorry LP
Jacob Brodovsky I Love You and I’m Sorry LP (independent) I started trying to write a review of Jacob Brodovky’s debut album, I Love You and I’m Sorry, six times before finally electing to do what the album does and just opening with a bit of candor: on my first play through the album, I…
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Suzi Moon – Dumb & In Luv LP
Suzi Moon Dumb & In Luv LP (Pirates Press Records) After having released two EPs in the last sixteen months, it’s unlikely that fans expected a full-length album to be forthcoming from Suzi Moon – but the even greater surprise is just how incredibly good Dumb & In Luv is. Where the EPs hinted at…
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Man’s Body – A Set Of Steak Knives LP
Man’s Body A Set of Steak Knives LP (Nocturnal Sol Records) It’s funny how names and images have the power to be completely irrelevant, when it comes to music. Really think about it, reader; on first sight, a name like Man’s Body feels like it might be a little prog-gy or even a little metallic…
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The Christian Family – The Raw and Primitive Sound of The Christian Family
The Christian Family The Raw and Primitive Sound of The Christian Family (Voodoo Rhythm Records) While it would be easy enough to spill plenty of ink on the fact that The Christian Family is pretty evidently a kindred spirit to such popular “dirty shirt rock n’ roll” bands as The White Stripes, Boss Hog, Royal…
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Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Spencer Gets It Lit
Jon Spencer & The HITmakers Spencer Gets It Lit (In The Red Records) As he has been famous for doing since he first founded the Blues Explosion in 1991, Jon Spencer has succeeded in confounding his fans by including a couple of songs which didn’t appear on the vinyl release of his newest album, Spencer…
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S-E-R-V-I-C-E – Drag Me LP
S-E-R-V-I-C-E Drag Me LP (Let’s Pretend Records) While fans already had a pretty good idea where Jon Spencer would end up following the dissolution of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in 2016 (other than making appearances in the multitude of projects to which the guitarist had offered both his name and talent over the years,…
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Booze & Glory – Raising The Roof 12” EP
Booze & Glory Raising The Roof 12” EP (Pirates Press Records) It’s funny how, over time, the purpose of EPs has seemed to change. In the Nineties (read: when I began paying attention), EPs took on a pretty lauded and/or respected position as several such titles came up from the underground [by bands like Nirvana,…
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Suzi Moon – Animal 12” EP
Suzi Moon Animal 12” EP (Pirates Press Records) Important point: there are three songs on Suzi Moon’s Animal 12” EP. All three songs appear on both sides of said single so, where most vinyl releases are characterized by the movement from front to back, this single seeks to reprise its progression from one side to…