The Busy Signals
The Busy Signals (Dirtnap). Review by Jen Cray.
The Busy Signals (Dirtnap). Review by Jen Cray.
Aficionado! (Grass Roots). Review by Jen Cray.
The Hits of 1967 (Time Life). Review by James Mann.
Memory Almost Full (MPL Communications LTD). Review by Christopher Long.
Bob Ham takes a look at this furiously positive and lopsided look at the musical career of a living legend.
The Only Place I Can Look is Down EP (I Am Sound). Review by Jen Cray.
Three (In Music We Trust Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
You’re My Lover Now (Park The Van). Review by Jen Cray.
Tied And True (Bloodshot). Review by Jen Cray.
Everybody Else (The Militia Group). Review by Jen Cray.
Diamonds in the Rough (Gravitation). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The last we saw Dr. Dog , they were opening for The Raconteurs. Jen Cray couldn’t resist seeing how their inspired 30-minute set translated to a full set on a stage of their own.
The Dears’ mighty guitarist Patrick Krief has stepped up to the plate to write, perform and produce his very first solo effort. Just a week before the release of his debut solo work, and while still on the road with his band, he took the time to talk with Jen Cray.
The four perfectionists who run the Summerbirds In The Cellar machine consistently put on the best show of any Central Florida band I’ve seen. Billed behind them on a late night gig at Orlando’s BackBooth was Attached Hands , For Ex Lovers Only , Derek Lyn Plastic. Staying until the very late, late end was Jen Cray.
EP (Self-Released). Review by Jen Cray.
Topaz Rarities (Self-Released). Review by Kyrby Raine.
Intentionally stepping down from arenas to clubs, Incubus swept into Orlando to play before a crowd that had sold out in just 5 minutes time. Along for the ride, for his solo debut, was Strokes’ guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. It was not a show Jen Cray would miss.
Friendly Fire (Capitol Records). Review by Matt Parish.
James Brown passed away on Christmas Day. Or did he? James Mann ponders the Godfather of Soul.
Inside In/Inside Out (Astralwerks/EMI). Review by Ben Varkentine.
John Badham’s 1983 future-tech helicopter thriller, Blue Thunder, with its cautionary tale of militarized police and a surveillance state, still resonates decades later.
What if the miracle of sight came with a curse? The Eye builds its horror from that chilling premise.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.