Music
Settly, Settly (More Recordings)
You have to admire anyone who stakes out his musical landscape and clings to it no matter what. In the pop marketplace, the desire to reach a mass audience […]
Go By Your MOMS and ‘Em
With Halloween comes MOMS Halloween Party, this year taking place at the Howlin’ Wolf Saturday, October 27. The theme this year is “Pass the Joint of No Return,” with music […]
Festival, Festival!
Voodoo may be the biggest festival in the area in October, but it’s not the only one. The Hard Rock Café is hosting a series of promotions in “Rocktober” including […]
Declaration of Independents
The Zydepunks are one of six bands selected by Billboard to compete in the southeast region for the Independent Music World Series Showcase. The competition is sponsored by Disc Makers, […]
Various Artists, Summer Records Anthology: 1974-1988 (Light in the Attic)
I keep thinking I’ve said pretty much all I have to say about dub, toasting and reggae, and then something is reissued I feel obliged to pay attention to […]
Dennis Alcapone, Forever Version (Heartbeat)
I keep thinking I’ve said pretty much all I have to say about dub, toasting and reggae, and then something is reissued I feel obliged to pay attention to […]
Aretha Franklin, Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul (Atlantic/Rhino)
“Rare and Unreleased” promises so much, and the CDs bearing the phrase rarely deliver. The results are often for completists and scholars, and Aretha’s s Rare & Unreleased Recordings […]
Young Marble Giants, Colossal Youth (Domino)
This three-disc set presents the complete output from Young Marble Giants, a post-punk band from Cardiff. It includes Colossal Youth, the album the band released in 1980 on Rough […]
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, 100 Days and 100 Nights (Daptone)
There’s a lot of blog love for Sharon Jones, and that makes a lot of sense. Jones’ debut album and the new 100 Days 100 Nights sound like miraculous […]
Big Blue Marble, Natchez (Independent)
There was a time when Dave Fera seemed uncomfortable with his own art, playing a rock ’n’ roll show one night with Mahayla, then following it a week later […]
