Album Reviews
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A fine, superb bedroom pop album full of songs about the confusion nature of new adulthood, from a woman with a promising future. Read more
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We review the lovely folk album by British musician Roseanne Reid, a woman with deep folk roots but her own unique style. Read more
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Dark folk singer Heidi Berry’s early work for Creation Records receives a much-needed reissue campaign, with these two records showing a talent in their early, formative years. Read more
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In 1981, Blondie front woman Debbie Harry went solo with KooKoo, an album produced by Chic production duo Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards. Surprisingly, the collaboration didn’t quite gel. Read more
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Various Artists: Cherry Stars Collide: Dream Pop, Shoegaze, and Ethereal Rock 1986-1995 (Cherry Red)
Cherry Red’s new boxset documents the dream pop scene, and offers up five hours’ worth of fine, superb music from 1986-1995. Read more
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An unknown country singer from the 1970s proves to be an undiscovered jewel, as this new compilation shows. Read more
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Dionne Warwick spent her Seventies signed to Warner Brother records, but she didn’t see the same highs as her Sixties. A new box set collects her recordings for the label and allows for an opportunity to revisit this less regarded era of her career. Read more
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When Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker died in 2017, his partner Donald Fagen decided to keep the name alive. Northeast Corridor is a collection of live performances from the post-Becker band, and it shows how well Steely Dan’s new lineup superbly carries on. Read more
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Sure, Disco may have sucked, but did it always? Disco 75 is the first in a compelling new compilation series from Robinsongs that is dedicated to exploring the best of the best for each year of the disco era. This first collection is much more diverse than you might think. Read more
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Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis occasionally stepped away from the full band experience for a handful of solo acoustic performances. Fed Up And Feeling Strange captures those moments, offering not only his first-ever solo acoustic performance, but also his 1995 solo album Martin & Me, and a loose but fun show from 1998, shortly before… Read more
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