“Captain” Adam Howorth and his “soul” are among the rare ones of the Poptones’ first generation bands that survived and stayed on the label’s roster. This is where the reason for that becomes clear. Personally, […]
Even without his own songwriting involvement, as I’ve pointed out several times before, the presence of Michael Carpenter on an album is almost enough a reason for high expectations. This time around, besides twisting the […]
This record inaugurates a new archival imprint co-founded by burgeoning mogul Ric Menck [Action Musik] and his distributor Geoff Merritt [Parasol]. It is also a redone version of Brain – The Lost Recordings 1967/68 put […]
Here’s another NYC, not Brooklyn, band that’s put out singles overseas and toured there before even making the short hop to play down here in Philly. A tried and true biz methodology now, that EMI […]
There are various bands who existed before 1976 but because they were a bit out of sync with current fashion and a bit raw, as time marched on, got drafted into what became known as […]
Unlike the big Floyd box from a few years back, the ten disc Grateful Dead package has, this year, been broken down into its constituent parts. This two-disc set is the portion that contained pre-Warners […]
In the short existence of this publication I’ve written about these guys a couple times in the A.S.T. section. And after finally listening to their debut album, I think they are better digested in those […]
Crispin Mills — scion of famed ’60s teen actor Hayley, whose classic film Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows was partially shot on the outskirts of town here — returns from the crash of Kula Shaker […]
I should first inform you that I’ve known Art Di Furia — who is pretty much the Photon Band, especially since he was between rhythm sections and just about everything on this album was done […]
The Diplomats… are an organ — the B3 — led instrumental quartet from Iowa City, who include that man about town, Doug Roberson [see Dangtrippers & Bent Scepters]. The sound is classic lounge R&B, falling […]
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