Albums
Various Artists – Papa Nez
– Papa Nez: A Loose Salute To The Work Of Michael Nesmith – Mostly known for his Monkee business, Michael Nesmith finally gets the “official” recognition for the complete works he’s done over the years, […]
Year: 2002
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Various Artists – Gene Pitney Story Retold
When writing about “tribute” album”, I’m never really sure if the focus should be on the artist to whom the tribute is being paid, the artists who are paying the tribute, or is it actually […]
Albums
Various Artists – Fading Yellow Vol. 3
– 22 Shiny Jewels Of U.S. Pop-sike & other delights 1965-1969 – Compiling rare sixties stuff is becoming more and more challenging these days. Every new release makes you thing that the bottom of the […]
Albums
Blue Cartoon – The Wonder Of It All
It’s not that there’s no pop tradition in Texas, but it seems that, if you’re not wearing a hat and the cowboy boots, you’re not likely to be taken seriously. In Blue Cartoon’s case, Beatle-boots […]
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The Winnerys – The Winnerys
It’s not that usual to see reviews of demo recordings, but when you do, you know there’s something special about it. Well, this one’s waaaaaaaay behind its time … of course, I mean it as […]
Albums
Various Artists – Fading Yellow Vol. 2
– A Smorgasbord Of US pop-sike & Other Delights 1965-69 – Along with it’s third volume, Fading Yellow treats us with an all-U.S.“popsike delight”. Thankfully, it’s all divided in two volumes, so that you don’t […]
Albums
Ken Sharp – Happy Accidents
A supposition that rock-journalists/writers/critics are nothing but unsuccessful musicians is totally rejective in the case of Ken Sharp, a man with a couple of extremely competent works on the Beatles/Raspberries/ Cheap Trick biographies and power-pop […]
Albums
Velvet Crush – Soft Sounds
They call it “the album that almost wasn’t”. Two years in the making, Soft Sounds started out as Paul Chastain’s solo project, but after Ric Menck’s idea of the “soft rock” concept, it evolved into […]
Albums
The Nerve – Seeds From The Electric Garden
Even though all of the songs here are from the first half of the nineties, this could very well pass as the new Bronco Bullfrog album, which comes pretty natural since all of them (except […]
EP
Octubre – Todo pasa y no volverá
If you haven’t already heard their debut album, released last year, the fastest way to introduce yourself to the music of this Spanish band is to check out the bonus video for the title tune […]